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Continue reading →: The Next ProjectBehold the next archiving project. Purge, organize, process, digitize, and create a finding aid.
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Continue reading →: First Project Complete
My first archiving project is complete, as is my very first finding aid.
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Continue reading →: My First Archiving ProjectToday was my first day working in an archive. I’d been wanting some hands-on experience with archiving ahead of my intro course this fall. Natalie, the McGreal Archivist, gave me three project options, and I felt the most interested in Sister Kennedy’s files on Father Samuel Mazzuchelli. Sr. Kennedy kept…
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Continue reading →: Visiting Media BurnHad an amazing time visiting Media Burn with my student chapter of SAA. It was also wonderful to talk with the other members of the student org immediately afterward. Media Burn provided The Last Dance with their video of Chicago. It was interesting to visit an archive like this and listen…
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Continue reading →: Northwestern’s Transportation LibraryToday, I visited Northwestern’s Transportation library, which contains over half a million items. The library is housed in the university library designed by brutalist architect Walter Netsch. Rachel Cole, the collection’s Curator and Head, was our host, and the tour and discussion with her were amazing. I learned a lot…
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Continue reading →: Registration Day
I went to my Executive Director’s office to confirm that she would still help me with scholarship applications as a reference. Boy, was she ever. This led to an impromptu meeting that was incredible. She reminded me that my BS in Business would make me less likely to feel intimidated…
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Continue reading →: ILA 2024I attended my first professional conference on October 5th, 2024. ILA was amazing and overwhelming (in a lovely way). Work covered all the costs, but one of the requirements is that when they do so, staff must email the department with a debrief and takeaways about the event. Here is…
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Continue reading →: Bend BeginningsWayback when I lived in Bend, during one of my (frequent) visits to the Bend Public Library, one of the Librarians at the Reference desk commented about me spending so much time there that I should apply for a job. Why was I…stunned by this comment? Why hadn’t I thought…
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