Preservation Win

I had to give an internetz shout out to the folks in the Yale University Library Preservation Department. A few months ago, some encased photographs came with an accession to a collection we are working on. After I appraised them, I quickly realized that these treasures were in need of re-housing. And this is the result: custom made boxes for each encased photograph surrounded by foam in a larger box so these items can safely travel between our reading room and the Library Shelving Facility in Hamden, Connecticut.

The ladies of preservation are awesome and I value their knowledge and their craftsmanship.

 

 

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I had a meeting about how to best answer reference questions about our architecture collections with some of the other reference archivists this afternoon. Our amazing (and departing colleague) created finding aids that meet the complex demands of the materials she curates with sensible elegance. She is one of the finest people I’ve ever worked with and I am really going to miss her.

 

Milestone.

Internetz, today I gave my first professional presentation at the New England Library Instruction Group. I was nervous, but excited as I LOVE talking about teaching and how archivists/librarians can engage undergraduates in a variety of disciplines.

My talk went really well! No one flayed me on Twitter and the folks in the room asked great questions and really got into the group activity I incorporated.

It was a great day; being around other librarians who are as invested in teaching as I am was so energizing! I really feel like I am finding my professional passion, or as my amazing former boss says, “you figured out where you want to hang your hat and fly your flag.”

I think I will send him my slides.

#Reading

"As long as librarians, archivists, and museologists (not to mention other information professionals) continue to be educated in isolation from one another—for example, with few standards that cross disciplinary boundaries in terms of organizations, preservations, and user access—real boundaries to collection, management, and access of materials will remain."

Lisa M. Given & Lianne McTavish “What’s Old Is New Again: The Reconvergence of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the Digital Age.” Library Quarterly 80(1), January 2010, p. 23

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