2012-2013 Reference & Special Collections Departments Fiscal Year Board Presentation
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A sampling of what the Reference and Special Departments over the 2012-2013 fiscal year.
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2012-2013 Reference & Special Collections Departments Fiscal Year Board Presentation
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Editor's Notes
- Variety of services and responsibilities from watering the orange trees on our floor to creating and implementing programs and offering assistance in a variet of ways, not just a verbal answer to a question. Our services have expanded in many ways. Over 30, 700
- The first thing we think of in regards to reference and it is still a big part of our services, being the person there to answer the question
- 53 classes last fy, avg attendance of 11 per class 22 classes this year so far
- 22 classes so far this year between our regular MS classes and specialty classes
- One-on-one assistance for 30 minutes for a focused issue, follow-up computer classes, resume review Staffing, may walk-in or may make an apt. Encourage apts. 114 2010 115 2011
- Participants: 64 Entries (Book Reviews): 231 Programs: 7 Attendance: 163 52 prizes given away from $5 appetizer gift cards from Chilis , Franklin theater tickets with popcorn, cds to a fifty$ gift cert from Mickey Roos 63 people rec’d prizes
- Jason just obtained a $350 grant from a lady who funds preservation projects. Thinking of using it to get a couple of our maps reframed or another de-humidifier.
- Not all the finds are negative like the spilt soda on the financial records here, Numerous photographs Historical documents, especially regarding the new library at 5 points in the late 70’s Scrapbook of original news articles related to the opening of the library in the 30’s and outlining important donations, including John L. Jordan’s donation of rare civil war materials. An original scrapbook of Col. Jordan, dated 1927. An original catalogued scrapbook of Miss Susie Gentry, containing rare photographs and correspondence from 1904 to 1919.
- These are ongoing tasks, programs that Special Collections staff are working on, keep up to date