Tag Archives: special collections

Student Perspective: The Heart of Curated Collections

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Evangeline Pina

Being approached with the opportunity to process a collection was exciting. It was a task completely shiny and new, far from the procedural digitization and organization from before. Only one other student worker at the time had been working on one, … Continue reading →

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Student Perspective: Importance of Research Skills

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Nicole Neale

I was sent to the Special Collections Book Room with the task of finding items that exemplify the scope of the collection and could make interesting social media posts. In other words, to find cool stuff and take pictures of … Continue reading →

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Intern Perspective: The Worth of a Small Collection

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Kelsey O'Connell

By: Maddie McDermott Finding internships in archives can be a daunting task. Pretty much every archive has a backlog of collections that need to be processed: worked through, repaired, rehoused, cataloged, organized, and prepared for researchers. Because one of an … Continue reading →

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