This week was push week and so much got accomplished. I feel like the end is in sight and I think we’re all feeling positive about the direction of the project.
On Monday, Laurie and I sat down to finalize the organizational scheme for the books. We decided on the following scheme, with the main title [...]
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Wrapping this pup up!
Posted in goals, labeling, objectives, users, tagged categorization, materials collection, materials library, organization, photos, poster, print library on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tying things up
Posted in goals, labeling, objectives, tagged capstone, cataloging, materials library, poster session, print collection, print library on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The last couple of weeks have been a bit up in the air for the project, due to a number of unforeseeable things that came up on both ends. Not really anything to get concerned about, since the project is expected to kick into overdrive this coming week.
I’m spending Monday, Tuesday, and all of Wednesday [...]
Running to the end
Posted in labeling, objectives, users, tagged arranging, labeling, library, materials collection, organization, print collection on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week, we made substantial progress. The physical materials collection is almost done. We’re talking done as in, everything is cataloged digitally, everything is organized physically, and everything is labeled accordingly.
Monday I met with one of my site supervisors to discuss the input that key stakeholders had in my original organizing suggestions. We then opened [...]
Catching up on a couple of weeks
Posted in goals, objectives, users, tagged cataloging, goals, LibraryThing, progress, scanning, sustainable, tagging on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The weeks leading up to this were less research packed, so they didn’t quite warrant a lengthy post or two about them. But this week, things began to pick up for the project. Fd2s purchased an account with LibraryThing which they have made private. This week, I’ll have gone in for about 15 hours to [...]
Quick update
Posted in labeling, objectives, tagged materials collection, organizing, organizing ideas on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week hasn’t been particularly active in the capstone department beyond thinking about how to organize the materials collection. One idea I am kicking around is simply organizing the materials by type into clear tubs and labeling each tub. The tubs would be lined on the shelves for each browsability by type, but the tubs [...]
Moving forward
Posted in goals, objectives, tagged LibraryThing, materials library, organizing ideas, print collection on September 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This past week, I met with Gwen and Laurie, as well as the information technology guru at fd2s, to discuss options for creating the online catalog component. I decided putting everything in a digital format would be easiest, and when everything is in one place, we will be better able to manipulate the physical locations [...]
From across the USA
Posted in labeling, objectives, research, tagged digital catalog, insights, labeling, materials collection, organizing ideas, print collection on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve managed to make friends on both sides of the country through this project, and I’m learning more and more that attempting to catalog and develop an organizational scheme and method is a never-ending project, even in a facility that has part or full time librarians.
A couple of weeks ago, I did some creative research [...]
Setting up the capstone project
Posted in goals, objectives, tagged background, goals, objectives, outcomes on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a really painless process of writing out the project plan, gathering signatures, and getting approval, I am set to begin my capstone with fd2s and their libraries. Here’s a general synopsis of the project and goals for both the facility and for my own education:
The objective of this project is to research and propose [...]
