Sunday, March 25, 2012

Week 8

This week I only worked on Wednesday. I finished another round of 84 books and placed the LoC stickers on their spines. I continued to work and have started a new sheet of LoC stickers which is being filled faster than before now. I think a bunch of the new books that have been added to the shelves are newer in origin and so have modern LoC numbers which I can add into the computer. I did not have a reading assignment for this week, so that is all I did. I am also finally making a larger dent into the stacks of literature that I am entering into the database.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Week 7

This week I only worked on Wednesday. Along with Kyle, I moved more books onto the shelves for me to enter into the computer. My previously empty shelves are full once again, but this should be the last wave of incoming books. I am also almost completed with a third spreadsheet of LoC numbers. as I am entering more and more books, instead of magazines, there are more with LoC numbers documented which means the spreadsheets are filling faster. My reading for this week was about the handling and storage of archival materials. According to the article, many modern museums are not adequately equipped to handle archival materials because many of them are not climate controlled. Most of the article focused on making sure the area of storage was acid free and had a controlled climate to help with preservation.

Week 6

This past week I finished a second LoC spreadsheet which I was geekily excited about. The number of books is beginning to dwindle as I enter more and more into the computer database which is really awesome. Also, I moved the books without LoC numbers and the magazines into a new area so there are no longer tall piles surrounding me at my work space. The reading for this week was about book damages and how to select ones for repair. It was very informative since I have already run into a few books that have required some sort of repair. There are a couple where the pages are falling out, or the spines are broken. These have been placed into a separate stack so they can be fixed later.