on “Please discuss your individual project in detail. Discuss what you were asked to do, your process, and any hurdles you experienced accomplishing this project.” My project this term was editing a guide on Primary Sources. Claudia asked me to make the guide comprehensive for all disciplines rather than just a humanities focus, and to organize… Continue Reading Fall 2019 Blog 3
on “Please discuss your individual project in detail. Discuss what you were asked to do, your process, and any hurdles you experienced accomplishing this project.” This term I have worked on the Technical Services data analysis and report. In this project, I have examined the inquiries that Technical Services had received from May 21st, 2018 to… Continue Reading Fall 2019 Blog 3
on On November 14th, I attended the Minitex Technical Services Symposium along with Technical Services staff members and all-library intern Valerie. This year’s symposium theme was “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Technical Services,” and I learned the importance of diversity in the profession from various perspectives. The experience made me really think of what diversity means… Continue Reading Emika – Minitex Symposium Reflection
on Some obstacles that come to mind for libraries’ settings would be not having enough resources to aid those who are completely blind, deaf, or those who are both. I can see obstacles arising on not being able to use the computers, librarians having trouble finding resources that are affordable and good quality, and having people… Continue Reading Fall Term 2019 Blog Post #3
on Two big differences between the metadata used in libraries from the ones used in archives are the amount of detail used when cataloging the item(s) and where the metadata is published. For regular books that are circulated constantly, it is easier to describe the content of what the book is about. For example, when circulating… Continue Reading Fall Term 2019 Blog Post #2
on When I read Carolyn Caffrey Gardner and Gabriel J. Gardner’s articles, “Fast and Furious (at Publishers): The Motivations behind Crowdsourced Research Sharing” and “Bypassing Interlibrary Loan Via Twitter: An Exploration of #icanhazpdf Requests,” this week, I was struck by just how many people use peer-to-peer or crowdsourcing methods to access scholarly articles. I think I… Continue Reading Fall 2019 blog post 2