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Interviews:
Over the course of this semester the Fellows spent
time interviewing various people who have had career
experience in LIS fields including academic, public and
school librarians. This was an opportunity for the
Fellows to learn how these library professionals founds
their careers and to get advice and insight into library
work. The Fellows interviews were focused on Earlham
College librarians , but also allowed for meetings with
the Morrisson-Reeves librarians and several Skype
interviews with library professions from Massachusetts
to Arizona.
Practicum
Collection Development Project:
Introduction to U.S. History Before 1865
Throughout the semester the Fellows participated in
weekly readings and discussions on a variety of topics.
These include topics such as ethics of librarianship,
student recruitment through libraries, librarian
stereotypes, and others. Critical discussions have help
the Fellows to problematize the current roles of libraries
and librarians, providing theoretical breadth and depth
into issues that librarians face on a day to day basis. The
theoretical approach that we cover in our weekly
readings builds a framework for our more hands on
activities, enriching our experiences and contextualizing
librarianship as a whole.
Scholarly Inquiry
The Library Fellows Program provides five students
with the opportunity to gain experience in the library
science workplace through a combination of
experiential immersion, job shadowing and career
discernment. Students become involved in the daily
functions of a library and learn the ways in which
librarians facilitate a comfortable and efficient
workplace for students and faculty.
Program Overview:
The Kenlee Ray Library Fellowship
Introduction to 3 Week
Specializations
For three weeks, the Fellows spent time learning
about the different functions of Lilly’s Archives and
Technical Services. The Fellows spent time
interviewing Librarians from each department, as well
as learned about the different responsibilities the
departments have. The Fellows also got to see tutorials
on book preservation and book conservation, and how
they contribute to the well-being of Lilly’s collections.
During the three weeks, the Fellows split up and took
on specific projects in either theArchives or Technical
Services.
3 Week Specialization:
Map Copy Cataloging
In Technical Services, some of the Fellows spent
time learning about copy cataloguing into a library
database. The Fellows spent their three weeks copy
cataloguing maps from the United States Geological
Survey into Lilly Library’s database. The maps were
originally held in the Wildman Science Library, and the
Fellows were helping continue to transfer the maps into
Lilly’s online database.
3 Week Specialization:
Digitizing Internment Papers
During their time working in the CollegeArchives,
the Fellows dove head first into a digitizing project.
Over the course of three weeks, Lara and Sadie
concentrated on digitizing the papers regarding
Japanese students at Earlham during Japanese
Internment in America. They had to decide which
boxes and folders of materials to concentrate on, and
scan each document into the database. The digitization
of the documents is the first step in creating on online
exhibit of the materials.
As part of the introductory course to U.S. history,
students are required to write a biography of a historical
figure and pull research from theAmerican National
Biography Index. The Fellows cross searched the
American National Biography Index resources for
historical figures with the Earlham WorldCat search
engine to recommend future book purchases geared
toward the biography project.
Mollie Goldblum, Will Henry, Lara Miller, Ally Muterspaw, and Sadie Zabawa
Kenlee Ray Library and Archives Fellowship
The Fellows visit Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond
Photo Credit: Denise Purcell
Left to Right: Ally Muterspaw, Will Henry, Lara Miller, Mollie
Goldblum, and Sadie Zabawa