Showing posts with label realia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label realia. Show all posts
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
I spent most of the day pulling and scanning sports negatives for the ongoing sports exhibit project. I also entered some more items into the accessions database.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Brad was out sick, so I didn't get to go back to the off-site storage facility today.
Instead, I worked on filling an order for images of the Forest Quad dorm. The requester had selected particular images, so I just had to pull the negatives and scan them. Once the images were scanned, Dina placed them on a website where the patron could download them.
I then entered some more items from the memorabilia cabinet into the accessions database.
Instead, I worked on filling an order for images of the Forest Quad dorm. The requester had selected particular images, so I just had to pull the negatives and scan them. Once the images were scanned, Dina placed them on a website where the patron could download them.
I then entered some more items from the memorabilia cabinet into the accessions database.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Today I continued entering items from the memorabilia cabinet into the accessions database. Brad and I also went through some orders for images and prints.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Today, Brad and I continued going through patron requests and he showed me how he goes about filling these requests by selecting appropriate images and informing the requester of the Archives' policies regarding the use of images. I scanned two negatives and a photograph of two Indiana University chemistry professors for an article, and tomorrow I will probably select images for a requester.
I also accessioned some more items from the memorabilia cabinet.
I also accessioned some more items from the memorabilia cabinet.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
[10:45 a.m.]
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!
I'm at my internship right now, continuing to accession realia from the memorabilia cabinet and also working at the desk. It's pretty quiet, though, since it's spring break. No one is in the reading room at the moment.
I started accessioning items from a new box, and I've run across some interesting things. One of those things was a piece of rope used to pull the plow at the groundbreaking for the New Gymnasium at Indiana University on December 7, 1915. I would have thought the dead of winter, when the ground is frozen, wouldn't have been the best time for the groundbreaking on new construction, but I don't really know much about construction.
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[11:30 a.m.]
I've just accessioned what is supposed to be the first touch-tone telephone installed in Monroe County. I wish I'd remembered my camera--I'd have taken a picture and posted it.
[12:00]
Finished the second box and started on a third.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!
I'm at my internship right now, continuing to accession realia from the memorabilia cabinet and also working at the desk. It's pretty quiet, though, since it's spring break. No one is in the reading room at the moment.
I started accessioning items from a new box, and I've run across some interesting things. One of those things was a piece of rope used to pull the plow at the groundbreaking for the New Gymnasium at Indiana University on December 7, 1915. I would have thought the dead of winter, when the ground is frozen, wouldn't have been the best time for the groundbreaking on new construction, but I don't really know much about construction.
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[11:30 a.m.]
I've just accessioned what is supposed to be the first touch-tone telephone installed in Monroe County. I wish I'd remembered my camera--I'd have taken a picture and posted it.
[12:00]
Finished the second box and started on a third.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
This morning, Brad showed me how to enter realia into the University Archives accession database, AskSam. We brought a box from the memorabilia cabinet up to the photographs area and went through several items together.
Basically, entering the items involves searching the database to make sure the accession number they have been assigned has not already been used, creating a new record, and then entering information about the object, including a description of the item and, if available, the date it was created, the person or entity who created it, the person or entity who gave it to the University Archives, whether there are any restrictions on use or reproduction of the item, and the item's location in the archives. While I may not use the same database program in my first job, this will still be useful experience, since most archives will probably keep very similar records of their accessions.
Some of the items I accessioned today included a bag of buttons from the Little 500 race, a paperweight given to Indiana University president Herman B. Wells, and a pin commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Indiana University chapter of the fraternity Sigma Nu.
Basically, entering the items involves searching the database to make sure the accession number they have been assigned has not already been used, creating a new record, and then entering information about the object, including a description of the item and, if available, the date it was created, the person or entity who created it, the person or entity who gave it to the University Archives, whether there are any restrictions on use or reproduction of the item, and the item's location in the archives. While I may not use the same database program in my first job, this will still be useful experience, since most archives will probably keep very similar records of their accessions.
Some of the items I accessioned today included a bag of buttons from the Little 500 race, a paperweight given to Indiana University president Herman B. Wells, and a pin commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Indiana University chapter of the fraternity Sigma Nu.
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