September 22, 2011
Today I completed to outline for my grant. I will begin typing the grant tomorrow. There was a staff meeting today where we hammered out the final details of the Back-to-School with The HistoryMakers event. This event should be amazing!
September 21, 2011
Event #2 was today! Teacher Appreciation with the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum. There were about 20 teachers in attendance. The executive director took the teachers on a tour of the facility that was similar to the tour we take children on. The goal of the event was to convey to the teachers how the MCLM is a wonderful institution to bring their classes for field trips.
This event was basically outreach, a very important function in any library, museum or archive. Especially those that are new, like the MCLM.
This event was basically outreach, a very important function in any library, museum or archive. Especially those that are new, like the MCLM.
September 20, 2011
Today I pulled primary and secondary sources for and exhibit the MCLM is putting together for local teachers. The primary sources at the MCLM are amazing! I pulled slave registers,Tuskegee airmen coin, and a letter dating from the 1700's.
Today I also typed didactics for pieces of ephemera displayed in the museum.
Today I also typed didactics for pieces of ephemera displayed in the museum.
September 16,2011
Continued working on the NEH grant today. I also gave my first tour of the facility and the exhibit! One tour was family that heard about the MCLM through a recommendation and the other tour was a woman who was an avid collector of African American ephemera. The woman is interested in becoming a volunteer. Volunteers are very important to the MCLM, especially volunteers with knowledge of African American items.
This week I began to understand the amount of preparation that is required to attain donations. The institution has to constantly be in contact with the donor to guarantee that the items will be given to them.
This week I began to understand the amount of preparation that is required to attain donations. The institution has to constantly be in contact with the donor to guarantee that the items will be given to them.
September 15, 2011
Today I was apart of my first event at the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum, Happy Hour at the Museum . The Director of Collections, Leah, invited some of her closest friends to the museum for cocktails and a tour. It was a success! About 20 people attended and the museum received donations.
September 14, 2011
Today I continued to work on the NEH grant. The topic has changed a bit, the grant will now focus on funding a symposium to discuss cloud computing and its' application to archival management. Currently, I am talking to the archivist at Sony as a possible participant in this symposium.
I also attended a workshop hosted by LAasSubject discussing how to utilize social media to promote archives. It was very informative, I learned about a great site called paper.lihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif This site produces a news paper out of a personal Twitter feed. Neat!
I also attended a workshop hosted by LAasSubject discussing how to utilize social media to promote archives. It was very informative, I learned about a great site called paper.lihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif This site produces a news paper out of a personal Twitter feed. Neat!
Septemeber 13, 2011
Read the NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant outline. My proposal is due September 27th. This grant opportunity is amazing, they provide funding just to begin planning. This is the perfect opportunity for the MCLM that has many plans in the works!
Here's a sample of the abstract "The Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum’s will use the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant to migrate digital administrative documents at the end of their life-cycle into a cloud computing system." It's a new idea, it's edgy, it's going to be great!
Here's a sample of the abstract "The Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum’s will use the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant to migrate digital administrative documents at the end of their life-cycle into a cloud computing system." It's a new idea, it's edgy, it's going to be great!
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