As I wrap up my internship at the Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Archive, I am proud of the work I was able to do. Not only did I gain a lot of experience working on digital collections, I also helped create a stronger connection between the Glenn Black Lab and the IU Libraries system. This connection will … More Internship Final Week
This week was a busy one at the Glenn Black Lab. Ben Barnes, Second Chief of the Eastern Shawnee Nation, was doing research as a visiting scholar. He and Wayne Huxhold, the library coordinator, began drafting a statement regarding sensitivity of certain items related to Native American rituals, practices, customs, etc. contained within the Archaeology … More Internship Week 8
This week I wrapped up the Zotero entries for the first full box of the collection. This means that everything is finished for the first box. I also renamed all of the files to fit the file scheme necessary for the Archives Online website. This file format uses the VAD number for each item in … More Internship Week 7
After working hard on digitizing the collection, I have finally finished a full box. Because the librarians I was working with were on vacation for the past two weeks, I will have to rename the files to fit the naming convention used for Archives Online. While this is certainly not ideal, it will not be … More Internship Week 6
After a month of preperation and planning, digitization of the Great Lakes-Ohio Valley Ethnohistory Collection has finally began. I was able to finish two folders this week. While that may not seem like much, this resulted in nearly 200 files. We have been also compiliing a Zotero bibliography for the collection. This will be very helpful for … More Internship Week 5 – Digitization Begins!
This week I finally finished the EAD for the Great Lakes-Ohio Valley Ethnohistory Collection. This was a significant undertaking. After proofreading it (which took over 2 days), the file was ingested through IU’s Xubmit program where it will sit until the Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Archives has a repository on Archives Online. Hopefully this will be completed in … More Internship Week 4
The third week of my internship was very busy as we began work on getting the Ermine Wheeler-Voegelin Archives a repository on the IU Archives Online website. Wayne and I had a meeting with several librarians and library technology people to begin working on a plan of action for the digitization of parts of the … More Internship Week 3
Before starting my internship, one of my main goals was to get experience writing EAD finding aids. During the second week of my internship it became clear that this goal would be accomplished. While I began working on the finding aid for the Great Lakes-Ohio Valley Ethnohistory Collection in my first week, I was finally able to … More Internship Week 2 – EAD Fun
One week ago I began my internship at the Glenn A. Black Labratory of Archaeology at Indiana University. I am working in the Ermine Wheeler-Voegelin Archives and the James H. Kellar Library, a collection of archaeology books, personal papers, and other materials related to archaeological work in the Midwest. With such an interesting collection of materials, this internship will no … More Ermine Wheeler-Voegelin Archives internship week 1
Adventures in Archives 