This presentation contains some of the things that I learned during my practicum at the Mississippi Library Commission. I learned a lot about the history of public libraries in Mississippi, and about the Mississippi Library Commission.

1. MLC Practicum
Misti Thornton
Misti.Thornton@usm.edu
University of Southern Mississippi
July 23, 2016

2. Mississippi Library
Commission
• Established in 1926
• Advises school and public libraries
• Advises communities on establishing
libraries
• Encourages growth and provides advise
on how to establish, maintain and
develop libraries in the state

3. Bookmobiles
• Acting mobile libraries
• Provides library services to cities, towns
and rural areas
• Provides services to users who have
difficulty accessing libraries

4. Advances in the Library
The card catalog has been replaced with
systems that can be searched
electronically
TWX machines created a punched tape that was
used for interlibrary loan purposes. Interlibrary
loans are now commonly done electronically

5. Libraries have also held demonstrations and
programs that assist the surrounding
community with various skills. Show in the
picture is a spinning wheel.

6. The library and library services are available to
every one.

7. MLC Practicum
• Created a numbering system for pictures
that concurs with finding aid
• Created finding aid for pictures of
libraries from all over Mississippi
• Used metadata to describe each picture
• Performed research to identify some
objects in pictures
• Scanned each picture
• Results will be uploaded into ContentDM
so that pictures will be available to the
public

8. Questions?
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