Sarah's Intro Presentation

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)

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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)

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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!

Order

Questions???