Welcome to the KATRINA PESCADOR Director of Library & Archives

 Established 1961, 501 (c) 3 nonprofit  Nation’s 5 th largest aerospace museum  Over 160 historic aircraft and spacecraft  AAM Accredited and Smithsonian Affiliate  Annual visitors:  225,000 on-site  195,000 virtual

 3 rd largest of its kind in the nation  Staffing: 5 full-time staff members and 26 volunteers  Supports the Museum’s curatorial, education and restoration staff  Open to the public

 Books (18,000 titles)  Periodicals (600 titles)  Films and videos (8,000)  Manuals (8,000)  Still images (over 2.5 million)  Drawings (10,000)  Special Collections  Maps (1,000)  Flight Logs (500)  Oral Histories (400)

 Online Catalog, AeroCat  Public Online Cataloging Sites (OAC & NUCMC)  Public Photo and Video Sharing Sites  Museum website  Balboa Park Commons

 Rapid Capture Station (Canon EOS 5D Mark II Camera)

 Sniper 16HD for Film

 Flickr – over 155,000 images  YouTube – over 800 films  Facebook  Library blog  Twitter

 Engaging the community  Identifying images  Enhancing catalog info  Adding tags

 Funded by IMLS Museums of America grant  2-year project to connect our various databases  DAMS, online catalog, Flickr, YouTube