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4 CITIES | 105 STUDENTS | 46 SITES
Tasks included
Creating Digitization orders for television tapes
Handling and sorting old films (with vinegar syndrome)
Database searching for video clips
Labeling and preparingdigibeta tapes for storage
Adriana Maynard
Arab American National Museum
Dearborn MI ndash ASB 2011 Helped analyze and organize
portions of Michael W Suleiman collection
Rehoused and labeled some materials
Participated in professional development outing to Scarab Club (Detroit)
Learned a lot about Arab American culture
(Amanda Kauffman)
Reference
internship
bullI shadowed reference librarians at
both the Wolff and Williams law
libraries
bullI met with information professionals
in special collections archives and
faculty services to learn more about
their jobs
bullUsing Adobe Contribute I
updated the Bankruptcy Law
Research Guide
bullAfter evaluating several
potentially outdated research
guides I wrote a memo with
recommendations for updating
those guides to be more
consistent with contemporary
technology-focused legal
research techniques httpwwwpanoramiocomphoto11979523
Andrea Alexander First Year LIS and IPOL
Washington DC
ASB 2011 Chicago IL Anne Cox
To get from the library to the archive you have to go past the
belugas
Rearranged archives boxes to gain physical control over the materials
Identified archives boxes with duplicate identification numbers
Discovered a leak in the archive
Checked ndashin and checked-out journals and periodicals which were routed among staff members at the aquarium
Learned about cataloging and interlibrary loan processes
Toured the Adler Planetarium and Field Museum libraries
-Processed the Grinnell Brothers recordsbullGrinnell Brothers Music House was a popular music store on Woodward (httpbuildingsofdetroitcomplacesgrinnell)
bullWeeded a collection of 10 boxes down to 5
-Learned the vital importance of the DPL for the people of Detroit
bullDPL is the largest computer provider in Michigan with over 750 public computers in the system(httpwwwfreepcomarticle20110227NEWS01102270585Detroit-Public-Library-cut-83-workersodyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE)
- Got a glimpse of some Detroit pride in the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection Thatrsquos me relazing in a seat from the old Tiger Stadium
Burton Historical Collection of the
Detroit Public Library
Annelise Doll
Center for
Legislative Archives
Shadowed a
Reference Archivist
Archives Technician
IT Specialist Intern
Coordinator and
Office Directors
Assisted with tours
in the vault
Ayla Stein
Federal Trade Commission ndashRecords and Filing Office (RFO)
Information Architecture ProjectProblem
Assess RFOrsquos current website and
provide a template andor set of
recommendations for improvement
Process
Interviews
sitemap
mockups
follow-up technical questions
Proposed
New navigation and site structure
homepage mockup
general page templates
section page mockups
priority of changes (plan of action)
Alternative Spring Break 2011Washington DC Becky Chu
Ben TobeyBanned Books Week 2010 Video ProjectAmerican Library Association
Worked with photos and video from seven organizations to create a promotional video about Banned Books Week 2010 activities across
the country
Watch the video on YouTubeyoutubeK07Zk2Mmjqo
Adler Planetarium Chicago
bull Put together iOS app based on
Tap platform
bull Conducted user testing with
museum patrons
bull Surveyed users
bull Presented on findings and gave
recommendations for improving
the interactive museum
experience
bull Had an awesome time
bull Enjoyed Buddy Guyrsquos
Brian Krenz
Name Can Wang
Organization
Adler Planetarium -Space
Visualization Lab
City Chicago
What We Did
-System Analysis
(Feb 28)
-Usability Testing
(Feb 28-March 3)
-Analysis
(March 3- March 4)
-System Modifications
(March 4)
-Presentation
(March 4)
Chicago Office of Tourism
Cassandra PalmerInformation Analysis amp
Retrieval
bullConducted keyword research for the Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg
bullReviewed web content on Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg for search engine optimization
Search Engine Optimization amp Keyword Development
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their Metadata
032011
Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would ingest properly
Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records to their corresponding images
bull Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would
ingest properly
bull Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records
to their corresponding images
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their MetadataSI ASB ndash Washington DC 2011
Christina Heady
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Tasks included
Creating Digitization orders for television tapes
Handling and sorting old films (with vinegar syndrome)
Database searching for video clips
Labeling and preparingdigibeta tapes for storage
Adriana Maynard
Arab American National Museum
Dearborn MI ndash ASB 2011 Helped analyze and organize
portions of Michael W Suleiman collection
Rehoused and labeled some materials
Participated in professional development outing to Scarab Club (Detroit)
Learned a lot about Arab American culture
(Amanda Kauffman)
Reference
internship
bullI shadowed reference librarians at
both the Wolff and Williams law
libraries
bullI met with information professionals
in special collections archives and
faculty services to learn more about
their jobs
bullUsing Adobe Contribute I
updated the Bankruptcy Law
Research Guide
bullAfter evaluating several
potentially outdated research
guides I wrote a memo with
recommendations for updating
those guides to be more
consistent with contemporary
technology-focused legal
research techniques httpwwwpanoramiocomphoto11979523
Andrea Alexander First Year LIS and IPOL
Washington DC
ASB 2011 Chicago IL Anne Cox
To get from the library to the archive you have to go past the
belugas
Rearranged archives boxes to gain physical control over the materials
Identified archives boxes with duplicate identification numbers
Discovered a leak in the archive
Checked ndashin and checked-out journals and periodicals which were routed among staff members at the aquarium
Learned about cataloging and interlibrary loan processes
Toured the Adler Planetarium and Field Museum libraries
-Processed the Grinnell Brothers recordsbullGrinnell Brothers Music House was a popular music store on Woodward (httpbuildingsofdetroitcomplacesgrinnell)
bullWeeded a collection of 10 boxes down to 5
-Learned the vital importance of the DPL for the people of Detroit
bullDPL is the largest computer provider in Michigan with over 750 public computers in the system(httpwwwfreepcomarticle20110227NEWS01102270585Detroit-Public-Library-cut-83-workersodyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE)
- Got a glimpse of some Detroit pride in the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection Thatrsquos me relazing in a seat from the old Tiger Stadium
Burton Historical Collection of the
Detroit Public Library
Annelise Doll
Center for
Legislative Archives
Shadowed a
Reference Archivist
Archives Technician
IT Specialist Intern
Coordinator and
Office Directors
Assisted with tours
in the vault
Ayla Stein
Federal Trade Commission ndashRecords and Filing Office (RFO)
Information Architecture ProjectProblem
Assess RFOrsquos current website and
provide a template andor set of
recommendations for improvement
Process
Interviews
sitemap
mockups
follow-up technical questions
Proposed
New navigation and site structure
homepage mockup
general page templates
section page mockups
priority of changes (plan of action)
Alternative Spring Break 2011Washington DC Becky Chu
Ben TobeyBanned Books Week 2010 Video ProjectAmerican Library Association
Worked with photos and video from seven organizations to create a promotional video about Banned Books Week 2010 activities across
the country
Watch the video on YouTubeyoutubeK07Zk2Mmjqo
Adler Planetarium Chicago
bull Put together iOS app based on
Tap platform
bull Conducted user testing with
museum patrons
bull Surveyed users
bull Presented on findings and gave
recommendations for improving
the interactive museum
experience
bull Had an awesome time
bull Enjoyed Buddy Guyrsquos
Brian Krenz
Name Can Wang
Organization
Adler Planetarium -Space
Visualization Lab
City Chicago
What We Did
-System Analysis
(Feb 28)
-Usability Testing
(Feb 28-March 3)
-Analysis
(March 3- March 4)
-System Modifications
(March 4)
-Presentation
(March 4)
Chicago Office of Tourism
Cassandra PalmerInformation Analysis amp
Retrieval
bullConducted keyword research for the Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg
bullReviewed web content on Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg for search engine optimization
Search Engine Optimization amp Keyword Development
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their Metadata
032011
Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would ingest properly
Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records to their corresponding images
bull Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would
ingest properly
bull Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records
to their corresponding images
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their MetadataSI ASB ndash Washington DC 2011
Christina Heady
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Arab American National Museum
Dearborn MI ndash ASB 2011 Helped analyze and organize
portions of Michael W Suleiman collection
Rehoused and labeled some materials
Participated in professional development outing to Scarab Club (Detroit)
Learned a lot about Arab American culture
(Amanda Kauffman)
Reference
internship
bullI shadowed reference librarians at
both the Wolff and Williams law
libraries
bullI met with information professionals
in special collections archives and
faculty services to learn more about
their jobs
bullUsing Adobe Contribute I
updated the Bankruptcy Law
Research Guide
bullAfter evaluating several
potentially outdated research
guides I wrote a memo with
recommendations for updating
those guides to be more
consistent with contemporary
technology-focused legal
research techniques httpwwwpanoramiocomphoto11979523
Andrea Alexander First Year LIS and IPOL
Washington DC
ASB 2011 Chicago IL Anne Cox
To get from the library to the archive you have to go past the
belugas
Rearranged archives boxes to gain physical control over the materials
Identified archives boxes with duplicate identification numbers
Discovered a leak in the archive
Checked ndashin and checked-out journals and periodicals which were routed among staff members at the aquarium
Learned about cataloging and interlibrary loan processes
Toured the Adler Planetarium and Field Museum libraries
-Processed the Grinnell Brothers recordsbullGrinnell Brothers Music House was a popular music store on Woodward (httpbuildingsofdetroitcomplacesgrinnell)
bullWeeded a collection of 10 boxes down to 5
-Learned the vital importance of the DPL for the people of Detroit
bullDPL is the largest computer provider in Michigan with over 750 public computers in the system(httpwwwfreepcomarticle20110227NEWS01102270585Detroit-Public-Library-cut-83-workersodyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE)
- Got a glimpse of some Detroit pride in the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection Thatrsquos me relazing in a seat from the old Tiger Stadium
Burton Historical Collection of the
Detroit Public Library
Annelise Doll
Center for
Legislative Archives
Shadowed a
Reference Archivist
Archives Technician
IT Specialist Intern
Coordinator and
Office Directors
Assisted with tours
in the vault
Ayla Stein
Federal Trade Commission ndashRecords and Filing Office (RFO)
Information Architecture ProjectProblem
Assess RFOrsquos current website and
provide a template andor set of
recommendations for improvement
Process
Interviews
sitemap
mockups
follow-up technical questions
Proposed
New navigation and site structure
homepage mockup
general page templates
section page mockups
priority of changes (plan of action)
Alternative Spring Break 2011Washington DC Becky Chu
Ben TobeyBanned Books Week 2010 Video ProjectAmerican Library Association
Worked with photos and video from seven organizations to create a promotional video about Banned Books Week 2010 activities across
the country
Watch the video on YouTubeyoutubeK07Zk2Mmjqo
Adler Planetarium Chicago
bull Put together iOS app based on
Tap platform
bull Conducted user testing with
museum patrons
bull Surveyed users
bull Presented on findings and gave
recommendations for improving
the interactive museum
experience
bull Had an awesome time
bull Enjoyed Buddy Guyrsquos
Brian Krenz
Name Can Wang
Organization
Adler Planetarium -Space
Visualization Lab
City Chicago
What We Did
-System Analysis
(Feb 28)
-Usability Testing
(Feb 28-March 3)
-Analysis
(March 3- March 4)
-System Modifications
(March 4)
-Presentation
(March 4)
Chicago Office of Tourism
Cassandra PalmerInformation Analysis amp
Retrieval
bullConducted keyword research for the Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg
bullReviewed web content on Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg for search engine optimization
Search Engine Optimization amp Keyword Development
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their Metadata
032011
Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would ingest properly
Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records to their corresponding images
bull Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would
ingest properly
bull Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records
to their corresponding images
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their MetadataSI ASB ndash Washington DC 2011
Christina Heady
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Reference
internship
bullI shadowed reference librarians at
both the Wolff and Williams law
libraries
bullI met with information professionals
in special collections archives and
faculty services to learn more about
their jobs
bullUsing Adobe Contribute I
updated the Bankruptcy Law
Research Guide
bullAfter evaluating several
potentially outdated research
guides I wrote a memo with
recommendations for updating
those guides to be more
consistent with contemporary
technology-focused legal
research techniques httpwwwpanoramiocomphoto11979523
Andrea Alexander First Year LIS and IPOL
Washington DC
ASB 2011 Chicago IL Anne Cox
To get from the library to the archive you have to go past the
belugas
Rearranged archives boxes to gain physical control over the materials
Identified archives boxes with duplicate identification numbers
Discovered a leak in the archive
Checked ndashin and checked-out journals and periodicals which were routed among staff members at the aquarium
Learned about cataloging and interlibrary loan processes
Toured the Adler Planetarium and Field Museum libraries
-Processed the Grinnell Brothers recordsbullGrinnell Brothers Music House was a popular music store on Woodward (httpbuildingsofdetroitcomplacesgrinnell)
bullWeeded a collection of 10 boxes down to 5
-Learned the vital importance of the DPL for the people of Detroit
bullDPL is the largest computer provider in Michigan with over 750 public computers in the system(httpwwwfreepcomarticle20110227NEWS01102270585Detroit-Public-Library-cut-83-workersodyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE)
- Got a glimpse of some Detroit pride in the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection Thatrsquos me relazing in a seat from the old Tiger Stadium
Burton Historical Collection of the
Detroit Public Library
Annelise Doll
Center for
Legislative Archives
Shadowed a
Reference Archivist
Archives Technician
IT Specialist Intern
Coordinator and
Office Directors
Assisted with tours
in the vault
Ayla Stein
Federal Trade Commission ndashRecords and Filing Office (RFO)
Information Architecture ProjectProblem
Assess RFOrsquos current website and
provide a template andor set of
recommendations for improvement
Process
Interviews
sitemap
mockups
follow-up technical questions
Proposed
New navigation and site structure
homepage mockup
general page templates
section page mockups
priority of changes (plan of action)
Alternative Spring Break 2011Washington DC Becky Chu
Ben TobeyBanned Books Week 2010 Video ProjectAmerican Library Association
Worked with photos and video from seven organizations to create a promotional video about Banned Books Week 2010 activities across
the country
Watch the video on YouTubeyoutubeK07Zk2Mmjqo
Adler Planetarium Chicago
bull Put together iOS app based on
Tap platform
bull Conducted user testing with
museum patrons
bull Surveyed users
bull Presented on findings and gave
recommendations for improving
the interactive museum
experience
bull Had an awesome time
bull Enjoyed Buddy Guyrsquos
Brian Krenz
Name Can Wang
Organization
Adler Planetarium -Space
Visualization Lab
City Chicago
What We Did
-System Analysis
(Feb 28)
-Usability Testing
(Feb 28-March 3)
-Analysis
(March 3- March 4)
-System Modifications
(March 4)
-Presentation
(March 4)
Chicago Office of Tourism
Cassandra PalmerInformation Analysis amp
Retrieval
bullConducted keyword research for the Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg
bullReviewed web content on Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg for search engine optimization
Search Engine Optimization amp Keyword Development
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their Metadata
032011
Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would ingest properly
Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records to their corresponding images
bull Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would
ingest properly
bull Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records
to their corresponding images
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their MetadataSI ASB ndash Washington DC 2011
Christina Heady
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
ASB 2011 Chicago IL Anne Cox
To get from the library to the archive you have to go past the
belugas
Rearranged archives boxes to gain physical control over the materials
Identified archives boxes with duplicate identification numbers
Discovered a leak in the archive
Checked ndashin and checked-out journals and periodicals which were routed among staff members at the aquarium
Learned about cataloging and interlibrary loan processes
Toured the Adler Planetarium and Field Museum libraries
-Processed the Grinnell Brothers recordsbullGrinnell Brothers Music House was a popular music store on Woodward (httpbuildingsofdetroitcomplacesgrinnell)
bullWeeded a collection of 10 boxes down to 5
-Learned the vital importance of the DPL for the people of Detroit
bullDPL is the largest computer provider in Michigan with over 750 public computers in the system(httpwwwfreepcomarticle20110227NEWS01102270585Detroit-Public-Library-cut-83-workersodyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE)
- Got a glimpse of some Detroit pride in the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection Thatrsquos me relazing in a seat from the old Tiger Stadium
Burton Historical Collection of the
Detroit Public Library
Annelise Doll
Center for
Legislative Archives
Shadowed a
Reference Archivist
Archives Technician
IT Specialist Intern
Coordinator and
Office Directors
Assisted with tours
in the vault
Ayla Stein
Federal Trade Commission ndashRecords and Filing Office (RFO)
Information Architecture ProjectProblem
Assess RFOrsquos current website and
provide a template andor set of
recommendations for improvement
Process
Interviews
sitemap
mockups
follow-up technical questions
Proposed
New navigation and site structure
homepage mockup
general page templates
section page mockups
priority of changes (plan of action)
Alternative Spring Break 2011Washington DC Becky Chu
Ben TobeyBanned Books Week 2010 Video ProjectAmerican Library Association
Worked with photos and video from seven organizations to create a promotional video about Banned Books Week 2010 activities across
the country
Watch the video on YouTubeyoutubeK07Zk2Mmjqo
Adler Planetarium Chicago
bull Put together iOS app based on
Tap platform
bull Conducted user testing with
museum patrons
bull Surveyed users
bull Presented on findings and gave
recommendations for improving
the interactive museum
experience
bull Had an awesome time
bull Enjoyed Buddy Guyrsquos
Brian Krenz
Name Can Wang
Organization
Adler Planetarium -Space
Visualization Lab
City Chicago
What We Did
-System Analysis
(Feb 28)
-Usability Testing
(Feb 28-March 3)
-Analysis
(March 3- March 4)
-System Modifications
(March 4)
-Presentation
(March 4)
Chicago Office of Tourism
Cassandra PalmerInformation Analysis amp
Retrieval
bullConducted keyword research for the Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg
bullReviewed web content on Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg for search engine optimization
Search Engine Optimization amp Keyword Development
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their Metadata
032011
Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would ingest properly
Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records to their corresponding images
bull Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would
ingest properly
bull Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records
to their corresponding images
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their MetadataSI ASB ndash Washington DC 2011
Christina Heady
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
-Processed the Grinnell Brothers recordsbullGrinnell Brothers Music House was a popular music store on Woodward (httpbuildingsofdetroitcomplacesgrinnell)
bullWeeded a collection of 10 boxes down to 5
-Learned the vital importance of the DPL for the people of Detroit
bullDPL is the largest computer provider in Michigan with over 750 public computers in the system(httpwwwfreepcomarticle20110227NEWS01102270585Detroit-Public-Library-cut-83-workersodyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE)
- Got a glimpse of some Detroit pride in the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection Thatrsquos me relazing in a seat from the old Tiger Stadium
Burton Historical Collection of the
Detroit Public Library
Annelise Doll
Center for
Legislative Archives
Shadowed a
Reference Archivist
Archives Technician
IT Specialist Intern
Coordinator and
Office Directors
Assisted with tours
in the vault
Ayla Stein
Federal Trade Commission ndashRecords and Filing Office (RFO)
Information Architecture ProjectProblem
Assess RFOrsquos current website and
provide a template andor set of
recommendations for improvement
Process
Interviews
sitemap
mockups
follow-up technical questions
Proposed
New navigation and site structure
homepage mockup
general page templates
section page mockups
priority of changes (plan of action)
Alternative Spring Break 2011Washington DC Becky Chu
Ben TobeyBanned Books Week 2010 Video ProjectAmerican Library Association
Worked with photos and video from seven organizations to create a promotional video about Banned Books Week 2010 activities across
the country
Watch the video on YouTubeyoutubeK07Zk2Mmjqo
Adler Planetarium Chicago
bull Put together iOS app based on
Tap platform
bull Conducted user testing with
museum patrons
bull Surveyed users
bull Presented on findings and gave
recommendations for improving
the interactive museum
experience
bull Had an awesome time
bull Enjoyed Buddy Guyrsquos
Brian Krenz
Name Can Wang
Organization
Adler Planetarium -Space
Visualization Lab
City Chicago
What We Did
-System Analysis
(Feb 28)
-Usability Testing
(Feb 28-March 3)
-Analysis
(March 3- March 4)
-System Modifications
(March 4)
-Presentation
(March 4)
Chicago Office of Tourism
Cassandra PalmerInformation Analysis amp
Retrieval
bullConducted keyword research for the Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg
bullReviewed web content on Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg for search engine optimization
Search Engine Optimization amp Keyword Development
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their Metadata
032011
Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would ingest properly
Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records to their corresponding images
bull Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would
ingest properly
bull Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records
to their corresponding images
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their MetadataSI ASB ndash Washington DC 2011
Christina Heady
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Center for
Legislative Archives
Shadowed a
Reference Archivist
Archives Technician
IT Specialist Intern
Coordinator and
Office Directors
Assisted with tours
in the vault
Ayla Stein
Federal Trade Commission ndashRecords and Filing Office (RFO)
Information Architecture ProjectProblem
Assess RFOrsquos current website and
provide a template andor set of
recommendations for improvement
Process
Interviews
sitemap
mockups
follow-up technical questions
Proposed
New navigation and site structure
homepage mockup
general page templates
section page mockups
priority of changes (plan of action)
Alternative Spring Break 2011Washington DC Becky Chu
Ben TobeyBanned Books Week 2010 Video ProjectAmerican Library Association
Worked with photos and video from seven organizations to create a promotional video about Banned Books Week 2010 activities across
the country
Watch the video on YouTubeyoutubeK07Zk2Mmjqo
Adler Planetarium Chicago
bull Put together iOS app based on
Tap platform
bull Conducted user testing with
museum patrons
bull Surveyed users
bull Presented on findings and gave
recommendations for improving
the interactive museum
experience
bull Had an awesome time
bull Enjoyed Buddy Guyrsquos
Brian Krenz
Name Can Wang
Organization
Adler Planetarium -Space
Visualization Lab
City Chicago
What We Did
-System Analysis
(Feb 28)
-Usability Testing
(Feb 28-March 3)
-Analysis
(March 3- March 4)
-System Modifications
(March 4)
-Presentation
(March 4)
Chicago Office of Tourism
Cassandra PalmerInformation Analysis amp
Retrieval
bullConducted keyword research for the Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg
bullReviewed web content on Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg for search engine optimization
Search Engine Optimization amp Keyword Development
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their Metadata
032011
Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would ingest properly
Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records to their corresponding images
bull Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would
ingest properly
bull Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records
to their corresponding images
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their MetadataSI ASB ndash Washington DC 2011
Christina Heady
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Federal Trade Commission ndashRecords and Filing Office (RFO)
Information Architecture ProjectProblem
Assess RFOrsquos current website and
provide a template andor set of
recommendations for improvement
Process
Interviews
sitemap
mockups
follow-up technical questions
Proposed
New navigation and site structure
homepage mockup
general page templates
section page mockups
priority of changes (plan of action)
Alternative Spring Break 2011Washington DC Becky Chu
Ben TobeyBanned Books Week 2010 Video ProjectAmerican Library Association
Worked with photos and video from seven organizations to create a promotional video about Banned Books Week 2010 activities across
the country
Watch the video on YouTubeyoutubeK07Zk2Mmjqo
Adler Planetarium Chicago
bull Put together iOS app based on
Tap platform
bull Conducted user testing with
museum patrons
bull Surveyed users
bull Presented on findings and gave
recommendations for improving
the interactive museum
experience
bull Had an awesome time
bull Enjoyed Buddy Guyrsquos
Brian Krenz
Name Can Wang
Organization
Adler Planetarium -Space
Visualization Lab
City Chicago
What We Did
-System Analysis
(Feb 28)
-Usability Testing
(Feb 28-March 3)
-Analysis
(March 3- March 4)
-System Modifications
(March 4)
-Presentation
(March 4)
Chicago Office of Tourism
Cassandra PalmerInformation Analysis amp
Retrieval
bullConducted keyword research for the Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg
bullReviewed web content on Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg for search engine optimization
Search Engine Optimization amp Keyword Development
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their Metadata
032011
Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would ingest properly
Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records to their corresponding images
bull Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would
ingest properly
bull Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records
to their corresponding images
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their MetadataSI ASB ndash Washington DC 2011
Christina Heady
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Ben TobeyBanned Books Week 2010 Video ProjectAmerican Library Association
Worked with photos and video from seven organizations to create a promotional video about Banned Books Week 2010 activities across
the country
Watch the video on YouTubeyoutubeK07Zk2Mmjqo
Adler Planetarium Chicago
bull Put together iOS app based on
Tap platform
bull Conducted user testing with
museum patrons
bull Surveyed users
bull Presented on findings and gave
recommendations for improving
the interactive museum
experience
bull Had an awesome time
bull Enjoyed Buddy Guyrsquos
Brian Krenz
Name Can Wang
Organization
Adler Planetarium -Space
Visualization Lab
City Chicago
What We Did
-System Analysis
(Feb 28)
-Usability Testing
(Feb 28-March 3)
-Analysis
(March 3- March 4)
-System Modifications
(March 4)
-Presentation
(March 4)
Chicago Office of Tourism
Cassandra PalmerInformation Analysis amp
Retrieval
bullConducted keyword research for the Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg
bullReviewed web content on Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg for search engine optimization
Search Engine Optimization amp Keyword Development
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their Metadata
032011
Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would ingest properly
Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records to their corresponding images
bull Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would
ingest properly
bull Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records
to their corresponding images
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their MetadataSI ASB ndash Washington DC 2011
Christina Heady
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Adler Planetarium Chicago
bull Put together iOS app based on
Tap platform
bull Conducted user testing with
museum patrons
bull Surveyed users
bull Presented on findings and gave
recommendations for improving
the interactive museum
experience
bull Had an awesome time
bull Enjoyed Buddy Guyrsquos
Brian Krenz
Name Can Wang
Organization
Adler Planetarium -Space
Visualization Lab
City Chicago
What We Did
-System Analysis
(Feb 28)
-Usability Testing
(Feb 28-March 3)
-Analysis
(March 3- March 4)
-System Modifications
(March 4)
-Presentation
(March 4)
Chicago Office of Tourism
Cassandra PalmerInformation Analysis amp
Retrieval
bullConducted keyword research for the Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg
bullReviewed web content on Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg for search engine optimization
Search Engine Optimization amp Keyword Development
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their Metadata
032011
Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would ingest properly
Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records to their corresponding images
bull Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would
ingest properly
bull Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records
to their corresponding images
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their MetadataSI ASB ndash Washington DC 2011
Christina Heady
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Name Can Wang
Organization
Adler Planetarium -Space
Visualization Lab
City Chicago
What We Did
-System Analysis
(Feb 28)
-Usability Testing
(Feb 28-March 3)
-Analysis
(March 3- March 4)
-System Modifications
(March 4)
-Presentation
(March 4)
Chicago Office of Tourism
Cassandra PalmerInformation Analysis amp
Retrieval
bullConducted keyword research for the Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg
bullReviewed web content on Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg for search engine optimization
Search Engine Optimization amp Keyword Development
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their Metadata
032011
Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would ingest properly
Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records to their corresponding images
bull Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would
ingest properly
bull Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records
to their corresponding images
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their MetadataSI ASB ndash Washington DC 2011
Christina Heady
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Chicago Office of Tourism
Cassandra PalmerInformation Analysis amp
Retrieval
bullConducted keyword research for the Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg
bullReviewed web content on Neighborhoods section of ExploreChicagoorg for search engine optimization
Search Engine Optimization amp Keyword Development
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their Metadata
032011
Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would ingest properly
Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records to their corresponding images
bull Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would
ingest properly
bull Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records
to their corresponding images
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their MetadataSI ASB ndash Washington DC 2011
Christina Heady
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their Metadata
032011
Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would ingest properly
Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records to their corresponding images
bull Analyzed existing image metadata to ensure information would
ingest properly
bull Worked with Excel and Photo Mechanic to link metadata records
to their corresponding images
Forging Bonds Between Images and Their MetadataSI ASB ndash Washington DC 2011
Christina Heady
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Social Media Intern
bullLooked at the website usability and accuracy of depictions of museum content for the Adler the Field Museum and the SheddAquarium
bullCreated a survey about a potential new mobile app to enhance the visitor experience
bullExplored the possibility of integrating QR codes and interactive displays into the Adlerrsquos exhibits
Deborah Nelson Emily Rosengren Peter Andrews
Debbie Blumenthal with Jon Brier
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Adler PlanetariumDeborah Jade Nelson
Chicago IL
As Web Redesign interns Emily Rosengren amp I conducted usability testing of the website with 25+ Planetarium visitors
We compared Adlerrsquos website to Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum websites I really liked the Jade exhibit at Field museum
Finally I received a fun diploma created by our project mentor
We worked with the Social Media team also Here we all are with our project mentor
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
bullThe HUD Library has recently reopened after almost bring entirely shut down
bullI worked on creating a HUD Library Handbook for the Libraryrsquos current and future employees and volunteers
bull The Handbook includes information on basic library operations as well as specifics on their cataloging
procedure and reference interaction guidelines
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
The Project
Library Outreach and Assistance to
Spanish Speaking Community-Create media to promote the library
in the community
-Visit local schools and organizations
to distribute information about the
library
-Provide language assistance during library events
Highlights-putting my font expertise to good
use
-touring Detroit including a visit to
the Burton Historical Collection and
the Reuther Library
-getting practical library experience
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
+ Library of
Congress
Spring Break 2011
Emilia Askari
Project Exploring ways to increase digital archiving of news
Biggest surprise The Library still archives 400 newspapers on
microfiche
Biggest opportunity The chance to suggest news-related sites that the
Library may want to archive for posterity
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
bull Worked at the ALA internal library which
contains books pertinent to the organization and
libraries in general
bull ldquoCatalogedrdquo (began to take inventory really)
their publishing archives Basically everything
theyrsquove ever published
bull Worked with a pre-determined schema to index
and categorize each item
bull Came across some really fun items pictured
below
bull Wrote a guest blog post available at
httpamericanlibrariesmagazineorgask-ala-
librarianlooking-back-and-forward
ASB 2011 Cataloging at the ALA in ChicagoEmily Johnson
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
2011 SI ASB Chicago | emily luke
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
SI ASB 2011 ndash ChicagoAdler Planetarium
Emily Rosengren ndash Informatics Social Computing
Website Redesign Intern
bullWorked with the Adler web team to evaluate their website redesignbullConducted usability testing with museum patronsbullCompared ease of planning a museum visit with Adlerrsquos website to experience with other Chicago science museumsrsquo websites
Photo credits Jonathan Brier
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Library of CongressNational Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Evan Kerrigan
cc f
lickr
use
r vp
icke
ring
Administered a heuristic evaluation and competitive analysis of the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov generated recommendations for improving the sitersquos usability and created usability testing protocols for NDDIIPrsquos development team
Conducted research on digital preservation resources to develop additional content for the ldquoPersonal Archivingrdquo section of digitalpreservationgov
Washington DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC 2011
Graham Hukill 1st
year ARMPI
Project DescriptionAssist staff with transfer of files from office of the Associate Director for Exhibitions (ca 1970-2003) to Museum Archives
bullPre-processed what will be the archivesrsquo largest single accession
bullUsed custom in-house databases and metadata tools as well as the Archivistrsquos Toolkit
bullGot a taste of the international diplomacy and intrigue that is exhibition curation
bullToured the Museumrsquos sub-level ldquotunnelsrdquo -originally built to transport drinking water throughout the city now used for storage
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Library
Instructed IT staff on how to configure
Drupal
Designed a detailed content and
technical strategy for content transition
from old to new Drupal-based website
and present to the staff on the final
presentation and several meetings
Gave a guest speech on local Rotary
club luncheon
Had free lunch many times
Hao ZengWasington DC
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
ITHAKA JSTOR
Reviewed history journal offerings looking for trends and
opportunities for content development
Composed report and presented
recommendations to the content
development department
Treated with multiple thank you meals
over the course of the week
Exploring History Content
Hilary Townsend
New York
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
D E B O R A H N E L S O N
C A S S A N D R A P A L M E R
J E F F M A C K I E - M A S O N
A N N E L I S E D O L L
M E G A N C O L L I N S
A N N E C O X
T I F F A N Y C H O W
C A I T L I N H O L M A N
J E S S I E M A N I S T O
T H O M A S F I N H O L T
J E R U S H A B U R N E T T
H A N N A S T E L M A N
J O N A T H A N B R I E R
D E B B I E B L U M E N T H A L
E M I L Y L U K E
M E L I S S A C O X
W H I T N E Y F E R D O N
M E G H I X O N
V E R O N I C A F A L A N D I N O
E L I Z A B E T H S K E N E
M O I B R A H I M
S A R A H B A R B R O W
M I C H E L L E H Y D E
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
This project provided an introduction to the Childrenrsquos Literature Center and included
working with both contemporary and rare
childrenrsquos book catalogers digitization
conservation and creating a rare books
table display for exhibition
Holly Sorscher
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Avery Art amp Architectural Library ndashColumbia University (NY)
Worked with the Avery Index unit
Created a spreadsheet of journals included in the Index amp determined electronic availability for the Columbia community
Shadowed art bibliographer in the evaluation amp dispersal of new materials
By Elena Azadbakht downtownBLUE ldquoAvery Library Columbia Universityrdquo September 14 2007 via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
New York Public Library- BronxDemonstrating a Dozen Databases Workshopfor NYPL Staff in the Bronx- Ilana Barnes
bull Worked at the Bronx Library Center
bull Gathered information about user questions at four different locations in the Bronx
bull Researched NYPL databases
bull Prepared 130 Slide long 1 hour presentation with an additional 15 minutes for questions
bull Presented training to 45 non-librarian paraprofessionals (office workers circulation clerks technicians) interested in New York Public Library patron-accessible databases in the Bronx
bull Had a great time
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Media Burn Independent Video Archive - ChicagoWe revised the 6-year-old website of a sma nonprofit video archive and
researched then provided recommendations for further improvements that wi have sweeping positive effects on the organization for years to come
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
ALA-APA Certified Public Library Administrator Program
bull Mission To give the old CPLA website ldquocurb appealrdquo
bull Created a new Wordpress theme and cleaned up existing website content
Jeannette Schroeder ndash 1st year HCILocation Chicago IL
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Chicago Office of Tourism
bull Developed content about four different Chicago neighborhoods for the mobile app - SCVNGR
bull Spoke with shop owners public institute employees and restaurant patrons to find interesting features in each Chicago neighborhood
Jeff Green
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Scanned 3 fieldbooks of Smithsonian Entomologist Edward A Chapin curator of the Division of Insects
The fieldbooks were comprised of his typed notes photographs and correspondence as he collected insect specimens during his expeditions in Cuba Jamaica Colombia and Chile during the late 1930rsquos and early 1940rsquos
The images were saved as uncompressed TIFF files most at 700 dpi Cataloged the images in a separate access database according to
negative number collection number folder number description image size dpi date etc
This is part of a project to catalog digitize and place online the historic expedition fieldbooks of Smithsonian botanists
Jerry Marshall
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Over my spring break I worked at the Law Library of
Congress to continue development of the Global Legal
Information Catalog My project included identifying
pulling and reviewing materials related to
comparative and international law I then added the
materials to a database so that people researching
these issues could find them more easily
I had an absolutely amazing time met great people
and learned a lot about the library
Jerusha Burnett
First Year MSI JD
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
bull Provided a cost comparison analysis of services for government agencies provided by the Federal Records Center (NARA) and private organizations
bull Toured many facilities in Archives II met with SI alum there
bull Networked and met a lot of interesting individuals within Archives II
National Archives and Records Administration ndash Archives IIWashington DC
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Project Inventory of Captured Materials from Japan (1945-1951)
I Brought Knowledge of some inventory methods Japanese language
I Gained Understanding of the role of institutional memory understanding of the role of the Library of Congress in international research lots of Japanese vocab(especially pertaining to LC call number HG economics)
I Loved Getting to look at pre-war Japanese documents touring various departments of the LC and how kind and welcoming everyone was
The Library of Congress Asian Division 議会図書館アジア部Jessie Mannisto マニスト ジェシー
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
The Adler PlanetariumChicago-ASB 2011
Jonathan Brier - Social Media Intern
Broken Shuttle Award Social Media Search Survey Logic - Trouble with SurveyMonkey bug
Adler Social Media and Web Team (Im taking the photo)
bull Surveys about Mobile
bull Finding Social Media in other Museums
bull Fun people
bull Recognition for our impact
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Julia Corrin MSI 2012
Records
Processing at
NMAI
bull Used the Smithsonian retention
schedules to process 8 feet of
exhibition records for transfer to the
Smithsonian Archive for permanent
retention
bull Attended an artifact repatriation
ceremony
bull Toured the museumrsquos object collection
bull Attended lectures and staff meetings
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Chicago Office of
TourismSEO Keyword Research Project
2 MSI Students
5 Days
75 Neighborhood Pages
553 Keywords Evaluated
1 Lifetime Experience
KATIE WINTERBOTTOM
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Kayla Ondracek at Green Map System NYC
The ProjectGMS had to find a repository that would house its physical
archive 20 years in the making as well as assist in digitization efforts and hosting of the digital archive
My tasksbullIdentify potential repositoriesbullAttend a meeting with the Geospatial Librarian at NYPLbullParticipate in promotional efforts for the archive and the organization moving forward
Please go to httpwwwgreenmaporggreenhouseennode9407 to see a blog post and YouTube video documenting the project
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Kendra Tsai
Washington DC ndash Smithsonian Institution Archives
SIA volunteers with mentors Riccardo Ferrante and
Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
bull Archived Smithsonian
Institutionrsquos various Facebook
accounts by printing their specific
pages as PDFA files and saving
pages as PDF screenshots by
using the Paparazzi software
bull Created a Read_Metxt file
within each unit folder stating
metadata about each captured
Facebook account
bull Updated Excel spreadsheet with
Date of Earliest Captured Wall
Post Date of Wall Post Capture
and Issues
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Using coding skills and design principles
we revamped Media Burnrsquos website to
make it easier and more enjoyable to
use
Alternative Spring Break - Chicago
Isaac Vanduyn amp Kevin Hoxie
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound atThe New York Public Library - [Killian Escobedo New York City]
The Benjamin Patterson Collection of Contemporary Music Recordings
-Process a collection of 24 reel-to-reel acetate and polyester tape recordings from the personal collection of Fluxus artist Benjamin Patterson including the preparation of an inventory list and description of the collection and its donor
-Explore the archive for materials related to the Fluxus art movement
-Observe the preservation and playback procedures for obscure audio formats such as Lacquer and acetate discs wire recordings wax cylinders etc
-Shadow the archiversquos curator to gain an understanding of acquisition preservation access rights management and outreach policies
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
The Library of CongressVeterans History Project
ASB 2011 ndash Washington DC
Kimberly Miller
The Adams Building at the LC
My office had a
window
bull VHP collects first-hand accounts from Americarsquos veterans
through oral history interviews and other unpublished
materials
bull They have also accumulated several hundred works
(primarily published books) outside of the scope of the
collection
bull To increase VHPrsquos knowledge and control of these
materials I inventoried the books determined how many
copies the LC owns in other divisions and physically
arranged them in collection-number order
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
in Washington DC
Mentor ndash Cindy Brown
bull Implemented new website navigation menu
bull Reorganized site content
bull Created new graphics for website header
bullConducted basic website maintenance such as fixing broken links
bull Oriented staff to alternatives for future web solutions
Lettie Malan ndash Bloom Online
with Smithsonian Gardens
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
$1252 $3151
$11031
Fundraising Totals
Book Sale
Penny Wars
Crowdrise
The ASB
Fundraising
Committeemdashwith
the help of SI
students faculty
and staffmdashraised a
total of $15434
for ASB 2011
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS US RESOURCE DESCRIPTION amp
ACCESS (RDA) TEST DATA ANALYSISWASHINGTON DC
Lisa Marchessault
bullAnalyzed text comments from
national survey about new
cataloging rules
bullHelped establish best practices for
future analysis of comments
bullAssisted in data cleanup of survey
responses
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Greenpeace Gulf Oil Spill Archive
Liu Liu (1st year MSI)
bull Washington DC
bull 702 H Street NW
bull Chinatown
bull Smithsonian American Art
Museum
bull Digitized files
bull Reorganized categories
bull Created amp arranged tags
bull Prepared for database design
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Creating a YA Space at theMott Haven Branch of NYPLMallorie Colvin ndash New York NY
bull Shifted books to more centralized area
bull Created signage designating the teen space
bull Redesigned the bulletin board
bull Started an art project for the teens to create mini murals for the space
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Library amp ArchivesNew York City 2011
Mallory Jane Hood
created metadata amp performed quality assurance on
the digitization of audio files now uploaded to the web
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
US Securities and Exchange Commission ndash Records Management
bullReviewed NARA records management regulations and suggested changes for SEC regulations
bullParticipated in daily SEC records management activities
Marshall Rinek ndash Washington DC
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
The challenge Utilize Twitter Facebook and
other media to better advertise upcoming events at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Steve WoronaRodney Peterson
MENTORSORGANIZATION CONTACT
Greg Russo
Ex-SI Student
Last yearrsquos ASB intern to
EDUCause
WHAT I DID
bullWent for networking lunches
bullEngaged in discussions on recent privacy issues
bullWrote Case Reports
bullCame up with a model for law enforcement with relations to
privacy in higher education
COOL THINGS
HAPPENED
bullAttended a Senate
Hearing about an
issue of privacy with
regards to release of
information
bullMet with the
Federal relations
officer for the
University of
Michigan who is
also an Alumni of
the school
bullWatched a
presentation by a
possible future
employee (Part of
their interview
process is to give a
presentation on a
privacy concern)
Mithila Seshadrikumar specializing in Information Policy and Information Economics for Managment
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
ASB with ITHAKA
- I worked on the usability of ITHAKArsquos internal communications site
- In one week my partner and I- Conducted heuristic evaluations- Held a design jam with ITHAKA
employees- Created mockups for a site redesign
- We synthesized all data collected and delivered a user experience research report
By Mo Ibrahim
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
National Archives and Records Administration
Worked on a social media project
bullCreating content for the expansion of the Our Archives wiki while planning other improvements
bullExploring collections of the National Archives and meeting the Archivist of the United States
Owen Ellis ndash Washington DC
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Adler Planetarium- User TestingPJ Wascher-Chicago Tested new avatar
named ldquoMarkrdquo ldquoMarkrdquo is a spaceman
created by Project Lifelike
Virtual guide to interactive pictures
Performed over 30 User Tests
Modified ldquoMarkrsquosrdquo Script after testing
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
LibraryofCongressDeveloping Topic Pages for Chronicling America
bull Searched digitized newspaper archives to create topic pages for use in historical research
bull Identified key dates and timelines for events
bull Provided search suggestions based on article contents
bull Learned about the projectrsquos data management methods and optical character recognition
Rachael Shaney
Washington DC
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Rob HoffMAN -ASB 2011
Preserving Performances
Radio BroADCASTS AND
OTHER AUDIO
RECORDS
SmithSONIAN
INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
WaSHington DC
bullUSING AUDACITY DIGITIZED DOZENS OF HOURS OF
MUSEUM PLANNING SESSIONS CAPTURED ON DAT (DIGITAL
AUDIO TAPES)
bullANALYZED THEIR AUDIO QUALITY AND ATTACHED
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO EACH WAV FILE
(L-R) SUPERVISOR RICC FERRANTE SI STUDENTS SAI SAILESH KOPURI
KENDRA TSAI CHRISTINA HEADY ROB HOFFMAN JERRY MARSHALL
AND SUPERVISOR LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG
WORKING THE DAT
DECK AND THE
COMPUTER AT THE
SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
ARCHIVES MARCH
2011
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Used this web analytics software application
Urchin
to analyze these 2 websites
nutritiongov amp FNIC (Food and Nutrition Information Center)
wrote 2 reports gave a presentation
about my findings and recommendations
Ruidi Tan
US National Agricultural Library
Washington DC
I am so surprised by how much you could learn during just one week from working as a professional to sightseeing from knowing your classmates better to networking Itrsquos such a rich and meaningful week Irsquod love to experience it again next year
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
US Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific amp Technical Information
Performed usability
evaluation of DOE R amp D
Accomplishments website(wwwostigovaccomplishments)
Made recommendations
to improve user
experience
Ryan Taber Credit Photobucket user bloggerkolowski
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Still Image
CollectionSarah Glover
Digitized approximately
1000 photographs
Watermarked the
images and saved them
to appropriate
directories
Rehoused the
photographs in archival-
quality folders
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Washington DC ASB 2011National Science Foundation Historical Collections
Project-Processed materials from former department heads of the NSF doing a preliminary weeding of the materials
-Discovered sorted and removed confidential data from the collection
-Organized materials by projects and divisions sorted material by topic and helped piece together drafts from old projects split among different directors and divisions
Shelle Hyde
Supervisor Dr Marc RothenbergDivision Office of Legal amp Public Affairs
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Tools and Services- Added metadata to the tools list- Created recollection view of the tools list
Added metadata to the tools database
Personal Archiving (with Evan Kerrigan)- Expanded Personal Archiving resources- Conducted Heuristic Evaluation and Comparative Analysis- Developed usability testing protocols for future use
Shi Chen Spring 2011
Office of Strategic InitiativesLibrary of Congress
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Whitney Ferndon | Hanna Stelman | Emily Thompson | Catherine Hrbal
Elizabeth Skene | Aravindh Baskaran | Meg Hixon | Jessica Scott
Kayle Lenkner | Owen Ellis | Sarah Barbrow | Stephanie Smith
Susan Gilmore | Erica Willar | Becky Chu | Emily Rinck | Shi Chen
Lisa Marchessault | Kendra Tsai |Mallorie Colvin | Kristel Wieneke
Caitlin Holman | Jerry Marshall | Natalie Bond | Mallory Hood
Ted McCarthy | Cassandra Palmer | Hilary Townsend | Liu Liu
Mo Ibrahim | Karen Stover | Graham Hukill | Elena Azadbakht
Killian Escobedo | Candra Gill | Emily Bowman | Kayla Ondracek
Anne Cox | Steve Cherry | Can Wang
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
ASB 2011 - Census LibraryStephanie SmithWashington DC
Space planning for incorporating
1980 Census volumes back into
the collection
Shelving
Assisting with reference desk
questions
Getting great job search advice
from the reference librarians
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL UNION CATALOG
OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON DC
IMAGE COURTESY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTPWWWLOCGOVPICTURESRESOURCECWPB00815
bull Researched Union and Confederate soldiersrsquo
narratives of the Civil War
bull Selected several manuscripts for display in
NUCMCrsquos online collection of Civil War
documents
bull Wrote descriptions of manuscripts for the website
bull Learned Library of Congress subject headings
and cataloging methods
STEPHANIE SOULE
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Social Media
Steve Cherry
Collect data from Google Analytics and social media sites (eg Facebook YouTube MySpace)Create charts to show the rate of goal conversions on folkwayssiedu based on originating social media siteWrite a report detailing my findings and recommendations
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Susan Gilmorehellip
hellipChicago IL-Digitize images-Digitize audio- See Chi-Town
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Chicago | Chicago Office of Tourism
bullWorked with the Chicago Office of Tourism to create SCVNGR and Foursquare content to promote tourism in Chicago neighborhoods
bullEach day we visited a new Chicago neighborhood and explored it to write SCVNGR challenges This entailed visiting interesting shops parks bookstores churches historical monuments restaurants bars a school of folk musichellip
bull Learned about novel practices in the tourism industry and ways that mobile phone apps can be used to get people to explore and interact with a city
Ted McCarthy
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
New York Public LibraryCorrectional Services Program
+ volunteered as part of make-shift standing library on RikersIsland jail complex
+ assisted library manager with presenting the ldquoDaddy and Merdquo program to young incarcerated young fathers
+ gathered data and information on services offered by the CSP and presented them in personal blog posts on library website
Tiffany Chow ASB New YorkMarch 2011
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
bull Used LOC subject
headings to index nearly
100 digitized photos from
1920 in National Photo
Company Collection
bull Cross-referenced photos
with captions and dates
from notebook
bull Entered captions and
subject headings into
MARC records for each
photo
Children planting a tree in a Washington
park in honor of animals killed in World
War I Arbor Day 1920 One of the nearly
100 photos I indexed
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Columbia University ndash Digital Science Center User Education Project
bull Gathered information about DSC software
bull Assisted with ldquoSpotlight Onrdquo Series
bull Attended meetings gave perspectives to
interesting problems
Whitney Ferdon 1st year IAR
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
Access to information especially about our
government and its activities is part of our
common heritage as Americans and is a
human right
Re-launching the website
- Migration old material into the new content
Drupal management system
- Trouble-shooting the new site
- Publicizing the re-launch
Xin Li 1st Year IAR DC
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Collection Development office is located at the
Butler Library
Projects amp Experience
bullAssigned journal titles to Columbia
Library subjects
bullDesigned the summer project
bullAttended office meetings in regards
to budget planning
bullAttended orientation for new
selectors
bullHad library tours in the Butler
Library the East Asian Library the
Avery Architectural amp Fine Arts
Library and the new Science amp
Engineering Library
Yiwei Wang
wangyiwumichedu
Columbia University Libraries
Collection Development division
New York NY
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Communicated ideas with project mentor Designed website wireframes and mockups Assisted in creating a seasonal performance
website for their current and upcoming season Wrote a tutorial to help them update website
and manage the content later by themselves
Yi-Ying Lin HCI first year student
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