1) What I have accomplished throughout the week:
Preservation
This week I continued cleaning and sewing pamphlets. I also began listing the Craigie journals I had previously worked on by searching for annotations and cleaning. This listing involved documenting each volume's title, volume number, issue, dates published, and determining if it was a duplicate and the library already held a copy. This created a finding aid for the materials that were donated by Craigie.
Librarianship
This week I continued working on the New Perspectives project, by researching American university rankings by department. I found the top schools in the States for sociology, history, art, and museum studies and determined the department chair contact information. I also helped set up the new display in the rare books room, creating and laminating labels for the pieces being put on display.
Archiving
This week I continued cataloging the photographs from the Miss Great Britain archive. The archive is comprised of 300 photographs, so the project will take some time to complete. As before, I measured the size of the photo, created a short title for it, described it's contents, described it's physical features, denoted the photo's maker, and listed in what album number the photo was held.
2) What intersections I have seen between my job duties:
This week is my last week at my internships, though since I am staying in London a bit longer I am continuing my work at the Women's Library. This week was mostly about tying up loose ends at the Natural History Museum and finishing up the projects I have been working on all summer. The listing I did in my preservation internship was almost exactly like the listing I have been doing during my archiving internship, which has been a common theme throughout my work. It seems that listing and cataloging is a part of all three occupations.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Week 10
1) What I have accomplished throughout the week:
Preservation
This week I continued and finished my work on the divorce hearing pamphlets. Again, I was cleaning, stripping, and sewing the papers. As well, using Japanese Tissue Paper, I mended pages of a book that had been torn, and learned how to use glue to fix a book whose spine was coming off. This involved gluing down the pieces coming away from the text block, wrapping in grease proof paper, and then bandaging the book together to ensure the glue dried in the correct place.
Librarianship
This week I was given a tour of the Conservation department and a talk on the department's processes and activities. It was especially interesting to be exposed to the library materials from this new angle. Many of the items I have been working on at the Natural History Museum have either been through conservation, or need to be evaluated. To see where these materials go was very useful. I also received a tour of the entire museum, and was able to go into many of the science departments for the first time. Through this tour I gained a better understanding of the audience to which the library is directed, and the work that is being achieved using the resources we hold. I also got to see a giant squid, which didn't have much to do with my work but was really impressive. Finally, I continued my work on the New Perspectives project- researching British universities who received high marks in social sciences, art, and history in order to contact the heads of department in each area.
Archiving
This week in my archiving internship I cataloged two folders of posters held within the Miss Great Britain archive. Cataloging this material was really similar to cataloging photographs, one major exception being the focus on color. When cataloging the posters it was necessary to note all the colors used in the printing, and to describe the contents using its colors (ex. poster contains a blue door and a woman in a red dress). This is to make it easy for posters to be identified by the archivists. This week I also finished cataloging another section of the Miss Great Britain photographs.
2) What intersections I have seen between my job duties:
Many of the things discussed in my conservation talk at the Natural History Museum overlapped with my work at my preservation internship. Many of the same preventative techniques are used, such as moderation of temperature and humidity, boxing of fragile items, and proper storage of library materials. Also, many of the mending done in the conservation department is similar to the mending I do in preservation. The two areas are very similar, though the more advanced problems (such as larger paper mendings and chemical cleaning) are held within the realm of conservation and are not dealt with at my preservation job. These things are done in-house at the Natural History Museum.
Preservation
This week I continued and finished my work on the divorce hearing pamphlets. Again, I was cleaning, stripping, and sewing the papers. As well, using Japanese Tissue Paper, I mended pages of a book that had been torn, and learned how to use glue to fix a book whose spine was coming off. This involved gluing down the pieces coming away from the text block, wrapping in grease proof paper, and then bandaging the book together to ensure the glue dried in the correct place.
Librarianship
This week I was given a tour of the Conservation department and a talk on the department's processes and activities. It was especially interesting to be exposed to the library materials from this new angle. Many of the items I have been working on at the Natural History Museum have either been through conservation, or need to be evaluated. To see where these materials go was very useful. I also received a tour of the entire museum, and was able to go into many of the science departments for the first time. Through this tour I gained a better understanding of the audience to which the library is directed, and the work that is being achieved using the resources we hold. I also got to see a giant squid, which didn't have much to do with my work but was really impressive. Finally, I continued my work on the New Perspectives project- researching British universities who received high marks in social sciences, art, and history in order to contact the heads of department in each area.
Archiving
This week in my archiving internship I cataloged two folders of posters held within the Miss Great Britain archive. Cataloging this material was really similar to cataloging photographs, one major exception being the focus on color. When cataloging the posters it was necessary to note all the colors used in the printing, and to describe the contents using its colors (ex. poster contains a blue door and a woman in a red dress). This is to make it easy for posters to be identified by the archivists. This week I also finished cataloging another section of the Miss Great Britain photographs.
2) What intersections I have seen between my job duties:
Many of the things discussed in my conservation talk at the Natural History Museum overlapped with my work at my preservation internship. Many of the same preventative techniques are used, such as moderation of temperature and humidity, boxing of fragile items, and proper storage of library materials. Also, many of the mending done in the conservation department is similar to the mending I do in preservation. The two areas are very similar, though the more advanced problems (such as larger paper mendings and chemical cleaning) are held within the realm of conservation and are not dealt with at my preservation job. These things are done in-house at the Natural History Museum.
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