on Reflect on your experience as our library-wide intern. What could we have done better? What did you like? What are some ideas for next year’s projects? Suggestions for successful remote work? I really appreciated that the staff would check in on me. I think that this is really important especially when it is the student’s… Continue Reading Spring Term 2020 Blog Post #3
on This term, I read the first eight chapters of Institutions of Reading: The Social Life of Libraries in the United States. This book, edited by Thomas Augst and Kenneth Carpenter, is a collection of critical essays about the evolution of libraries in the United States. Claudia asked me to choose a book about librarianship to… Continue Reading Spring Term 2020: Report on Chapters 1-8 of “Institutions of Reading”
on For my last blog post, Claudia asked me to respond to the following prompt: Please discuss the meeting you had with Rachel Mattson and Cecily Marcus from the University of Minnesota Libraries. What did you learn about their collections and what if anything, surprised you about their educational background and career trajectory? Claudia, Emily, Rebecca,… Continue Reading Spring Term 2020: Blog Post #3
on This term, I met with several librarians and a conservator to learn more about their work and experiences in libraries. I met with Abby Merritt (Carleton’s Conservator), Lisa Pillow (Carleton’s Collections Strategy and Development Librarian), Brad Schaffner (Carleton’s College Librarian), Cecily Marcus (Curator of the University of Minnesota’s Givens Collection of African American Literature, the… Continue Reading Spring Term 2020: Interview/Library Visit Reflection
on For this blog post, Claudia asked me to respond to the following prompt. How has Covid-19 impacted your life this term? Talk about your experience working and going to school online. Have you ever taken online classes before? What do you think you are missing out on, and what is working well? Compared to so… Continue Reading Spring Term 2020 Blog Post #2
on Blog 2 due: Response to video “Change the Subject” The “Change the Subject” documentary, in short, focuses on a group of students from Dartmouth that are trying to change the subject heading that appears in the library catalog as “illegal aliens” to “undocumented immigrants.” The librarians at that college agree that there should be a… Continue Reading Spring Term 2020 Blog Post #2
on The purpose of this project was to survey a set of research libraries in order to understand their Reference/Research and Instruction (R&I) departments’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I wanted to research libraries with a wide variety of sizes, affiliations (public university vs. private university vs. independent library), and locations. To achieve these goals, I… Continue Reading Report on R&I Departments’ Responses to COVID-19
on For this blog post, Claudia asked me to respond to the following prompt: Give a very brief description about what this book is about. Why did libraries in early America seem to be so undemocratic? What surprises you the most about the libraries in early America? Institutions of Reading: The Social Life of Libraries in… Continue Reading Spring Term 2020 Blog 1
on Reflection on readings/podcast or reflection on your experience with online learning/ remote work so far. In a nutshell, the readings and the podcast touched base on how libraries are working in the midst of the pandemic. A lot of the people are mentioning that no one has ever documented how to operate a library during… Continue Reading Spring Term 2020 Blog Post #1
on This term, I spent half of my hours working in Special Collections with Rebecca Bramblett, Carleton’s Special Collections Librarian. During that time, I worked on two main projects: researching and curating a pop-up exhibit with Valerie, and researching and installing a display on publishers’ bindings in the East Wing. Both of these projects were really… Continue Reading Winter Term 2020 Blog Post 4: Special Collections Projects