Introduction Sarah Osorio (Wood) Future archivist First semester SILS, first semester in North Carolina!
Educational Background Graduated from UVA December 2009 Double majored in Government and History, minor in Astronomy History paper wrote on libraries at UVA in 1960s and 1970s
Libraries Where I Have Worked Education Library at UVA for 3 years (plus internship in high school)
Libraries Where I Have Worked Special Collections Library at UVA for 8 months (plus internship in high school) Photo taken from ages/658/uvaHarrison_1_main.jpg
Why the Advanced Degree? Education is important!
Why the Advanced Degree? To get away from the farm
Why a Degree in LS? I can’t get enough of books
Why a Degree in LS? I love organization
Why a Degree in LS? I love organization
Why a Degree in LS? Libraries are beautiful
My Area of Interest Archives/ Special Collections
My Area of Interest Why an Archivist? They do cool stuff Work behind-the-scenes Always something to do Work with historical artifacts and documents of the past
My Area of Interest U.S. History: books, Manuscripts, documents, miscellaneous paraphernalia Also other historical periods
My Area of Interest Also thinking about museums and historical societies (volunteered Summer 2009) Picture taken from uploaded_images/17521.jpg
Challenges and Solutions Challenge: So much information to handle Solution: Content management and databases ???
Challenges and Solutions Challenge: Lack of public engagement with the resources available Solution: Raising public awareness through presentations, creating user-friendly websites to access documents of interest
Challenges and Solutions Challenge: Many records accessible only through ledgers; not in on-line catalog Solution: Content management and databases?, and lots of time
Books!
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Questions???