Today is my first day as an intern at the Burke Library, working with Brigette on the UTS archives. One of the tasks of getting started is to write a blog post about what I hope the internship will teach me. You can see some entries from my predecessors and fellow interns here, here and […]
Saving the Books
When I arrived the morning of May 20th, I was met with a flurry of activity. Over the previous weekend, a small drip had made a big mess in the reference section of the reading room. Since it was so small and over the weekend, we didn’t notice it until it had reached several books. […]
My Time as Burke Library Liaison: Working at the Circulation Desk
Being at the circulation desk at Burke Library for the past two years has been a very valuable position. I think the best description of a circulation desk worker is a liaison. Those at the circulation desk are the first people that patrons see working the library, so we explain the library and all of […]
Reflecting Back…
Having just graduated last week from my Masters program at Union Theological Seminary, I am finding myself in a reflective mode. I am reflecting back on the challenging classes I took, the professors who inspired me, the deep relationships I formed with my fellow students, and my work at the library. So much of what […]
My Last Day at the Burke
The following is a final entry post by Juanita James. I want to thank Dr. Bidlack and the Burke Library staff for giving me this opportunity to serve as an intern. I gained valuable knowledge about academic library management and about preservation of archival materials. I would like to thank you for giving me the […]
You Say Goodbye, and I Say Hello
This week is the last week of my Spring Internship at the Burke Library. It has been such a great experience! I’ve received hands-on training on the entire archival experience: the initial processing, creating the finding aid, managing it in its digital form, and broadcasting it for all the world to see. In addition, I […]
My last day at the Burke
So, I guess this is goodbye. So much has changed since I first arrived here! On tree branches, snow has been replaced by flowers. Seeing the city blooming is pretty amazing. I would also like to think that my English has improved, though that may be wishful thinking! I am not sure I have fully […]
Fitting in the Final Pieces of the Puzzle: an Interlinked Collection
This semester is the beginning of the end for a collection that has been meticulously processed, studied, and preserved over the past three years. By the end of 2014, every scrap of paper from the Missionary Research Library Collection – a vast assortment of papers are related in some way to Christian missionary work around […]
“We awoke to find ourselves in a different land”: Harrison S. Elliott in China (1905-1908)
For the first two months of my internship, I worked on a collection from a Methodist missionary in China. I was glad to get the opportunity to do my final internship in the USA. What I hadn’t realized was that it would be a “buy one, get one free” kind of journey: by coming to […]
An unexpected journey
I am through the first month of my internship at Burke, but time has passed so fast that it sometimes feels like I have just arrived. I still have a lot to learn, and the thrill of being in an unknown city is still there! My Library School (ENSSIB, France) gives us the opportunity to […]