June 30
Ah, the last day of June already!
Work is more of the same. However, one of the really nice catalogers in our office in the morning showed Thom (a fellow intern) & I some of the intracacies of our cataloging system, mainly how to pull up the work we've done and to check its progress. Actually, anyone can check it through the Library's online catalog. It is kind of cool to know that anyone can see the stuff I've processed here!
Directions: Pull up the Library catalog and do a keyword search for either vn82 or vn53. All the cataloging work I've done is pulled up! The vn82 and vn53 are my identification numbers and they are in the MARC records so therefore searchable in the catalog. That never occurred to me before! It's pretty obvious by the dates of the CDs which ones are part of the "Retro" project and which are the "new" CDs. But, also, because they changed my number, most of the ones under vn82 are retros and most of the ones under vn53 are new. So, the new ones are the ones where I might have created the brief record. Unfortunately, there's no way to know what exactly I inputted in a given record - unless you ask me! And like I'm going to remember... But, it does show the kinds of CDs I've been coming into contact with.
Mary, the cool aforementioned cataloger, also sent me the "Cataloger's Desktop," which is full of cataloging resources and links. I am going to slowly investigate that during my time at the Library. There is a 4-6 hour tutorial that I plan to take. After I get through all that info, I'll know exactly where to go for all things cataloging.
Umm, in the afternoon, I slacked off. Yeah, I admit it. Well, I am so sick of inputting album titles and album numbers into Access. Ugh. It's more fun to figure out things to do with Marci this weekend. Also, I spent a while talking to one of the reference librarians/archivists that I work with. She told me all about her previous job with the Architect of the Capitol as their archivist. She got to see old blueprints, etc... from when the buildings in the area were being built. Then, I also got stuck in this uncomfortable conversation with this unfortunate cataloger who has been recently dumped by his newly green-carded wife and is now being sued for support, etc... That's not even the half of it - let's just say it was too much information. He knows someone at Syracuse, at the Belfer Audio Lab. I guess he used to work with her. Anyway, getting to know the staff and their career paths is an important part of an intern's job, right?
Oh, finally, there was another stray plane and an evacuation yesterday. It happened close to 7pm so I was nowhere near the Library or the Capitol (we have to be gone by 6pm, for some reason). People were ordered to leave the building and were not allowed back in for about a half hour. High drama. It's too bad I missed it, especially considering I now know where to go in the case of an evacuation.
Work is more of the same. However, one of the really nice catalogers in our office in the morning showed Thom (a fellow intern) & I some of the intracacies of our cataloging system, mainly how to pull up the work we've done and to check its progress. Actually, anyone can check it through the Library's online catalog. It is kind of cool to know that anyone can see the stuff I've processed here!
Directions: Pull up the Library catalog and do a keyword search for either vn82 or vn53. All the cataloging work I've done is pulled up! The vn82 and vn53 are my identification numbers and they are in the MARC records so therefore searchable in the catalog. That never occurred to me before! It's pretty obvious by the dates of the CDs which ones are part of the "Retro" project and which are the "new" CDs. But, also, because they changed my number, most of the ones under vn82 are retros and most of the ones under vn53 are new. So, the new ones are the ones where I might have created the brief record. Unfortunately, there's no way to know what exactly I inputted in a given record - unless you ask me! And like I'm going to remember... But, it does show the kinds of CDs I've been coming into contact with.
Mary, the cool aforementioned cataloger, also sent me the "Cataloger's Desktop," which is full of cataloging resources and links. I am going to slowly investigate that during my time at the Library. There is a 4-6 hour tutorial that I plan to take. After I get through all that info, I'll know exactly where to go for all things cataloging.
Umm, in the afternoon, I slacked off. Yeah, I admit it. Well, I am so sick of inputting album titles and album numbers into Access. Ugh. It's more fun to figure out things to do with Marci this weekend. Also, I spent a while talking to one of the reference librarians/archivists that I work with. She told me all about her previous job with the Architect of the Capitol as their archivist. She got to see old blueprints, etc... from when the buildings in the area were being built. Then, I also got stuck in this uncomfortable conversation with this unfortunate cataloger who has been recently dumped by his newly green-carded wife and is now being sued for support, etc... That's not even the half of it - let's just say it was too much information. He knows someone at Syracuse, at the Belfer Audio Lab. I guess he used to work with her. Anyway, getting to know the staff and their career paths is an important part of an intern's job, right?
Oh, finally, there was another stray plane and an evacuation yesterday. It happened close to 7pm so I was nowhere near the Library or the Capitol (we have to be gone by 6pm, for some reason). People were ordered to leave the building and were not allowed back in for about a half hour. High drama. It's too bad I missed it, especially considering I now know where to go in the case of an evacuation.
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