Internship Update

As you might remember from a previous post, I am completing my formal internship at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. The Cowgirl has an archival photographic image collection of about 4500 images, each with an associated surrogate record (think: catalog record) in their collection management software. These are, generally, images of cowgirls - be they inductees into the Hall of Fame, or other cowgirls. Of course, the images also include many cowboys. It doesn't sound too challenging on the surface, but allow me to get into more detail.

Update

Well, it has been ten days since my last update. Sorry. I realize that you, reader, expect to see a post from me every weekday and I have not delivered. I think I am back on top of my blogging skills, so check back Monday. In the meantime, allow me to update you on my summer.

First, as you already know, I am interning at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. In their overall collection, they have a collection of about 4500 images of cowgirls - inductees, as well as well-known cowgirls from history. I am working on assessing the collection to determine what has been digitized, if the photos are stored archival, and if the metadata about the photos is appropriate in the collection management software of the museum. Thus far, I have sorted through about 500 images, so I have 4,000 to go. I’ll give some updates now and again as I go through the collection this summer.

Second, I am in management class this summer. It started just last week, so I have very little to report, other than that I ordered my books, and that gave Jen and I an opportunity to order a few books from our respective wish lists. I’ll let Jen tell you about hers if and when she so chooses, but here is a link showing one of the books I bought (and am very excited about reading):

The L!brary Book: Design Collaborations in the Public Schools (Princeton Architectural Press) documents the unique partnership between the New York City Department of Education, the Robin Hood Foundation, and architects, designers, artists and illustrators that has produced 56 libraries (to date) in schools across the five boroughs. Written by Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi...

Check out some of the murals they did:

http://www.pentagram.com/en/new/2009/03/murals-for-the-library-initiat.php

Man, isn’t that cool?

Third, I am still doing work at the Carter in many areas. I still need to catalog that Diderot, but recently I have been working on the library and archives’ elements for the 50th anniversary celebration of the museum, as well as doing some research to support efforts for that project. I can’t tell you much about it, but it really is going to be very cool.

I’ll keep you posted as things go along this summer. You should do the same.

So, reader, what have you been doing??

Internship: Day One

Well, readers, today is the first day of my internship for my MSLIS. I am working with the photography collection of the National Cowgirl Museum here in Fort Worth, and I am excited to see what all that entails. I’ll tell you more about it soon!

Jason