Category Archives: Work In Progress

Archiving a Private Project

I’m not sure if I ever posted about it here, but one of my goals is to create an online database for my creative partner and I to use/share our story ideas/information at. I’m looking into several options for doing … Continue reading

Posted in Observations, Tips and Tricks, Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Website Update and News

I went to the big meeting today with the University webmaster, campus technology services (ITS), my boss, my new faculty member I’ll be assisting (nice but looks far different than his photo), and my advisor about the new LIS website. … Continue reading

Posted in Observations, Work In Progress | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Website Update

The blue bar was an idea suggested by my mentor David Gwynn.

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

LIS Website Update

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

LIS Website Progress

The front page is nearly complete! I’ve submitted the website for approval from the University Webmaster so hopefully we’ll be able to bring the site live before Orientation on August 20th.

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Some real work at the museum

What’s the high tech way of flattening old paper? First you take a trash can and put an upside down flower pot in it. Then pour a gallon or two of hot warm around it. Next you take two square … Continue reading

Posted in Observations, Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

First Time Knitting

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged | 1 Comment

Internships Update

Digitalization Finished adding the metadata to my portion of the Beyond Books and Buildings project Eight or nine girls in the 1899 Typhoid Fever Epidemic that winter. This website claims that thirteen girls and one teacher died. In the documents … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged | Leave a comment

Prove your love to literature by branding a cow in the face!

While working at the digitalization internship today, I was describing the contents of an 1893 literary society group at the State Normal and Industrial School (what would later become UNCG). These girls, 117 years ago, had a initiative ritual which … Continue reading

Posted in Observations, Work In Progress | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Internship Update

Digitalization Lab Learned how to use CONTENTdm. Watched a webinar on CONTENTdm 5.4. Museum Fetching film negatives out of storage. Studying the film negative and comparing it to another photo to see if it’s the same person. Defend my answer … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged | Leave a comment