The Shield (1956)
This photo of the Joliet Junior College library in 1956 looks like a set from a 1950s television show. It seems to embody the idea of what a library was supposed to look like in the 1950s. Ms. Skidmore looks as though she may even have her hair in a bun, for goodness sake.
This is where I work. Pretty building, isn’t it? It still looks much the same today as it did 65 years ago, at least from this angle.
CARLI is presenting a free preconference in conjunction with the IACRL Conference. Curriculum Mapping: A CARLI-Sponsored Preconference, will be held Thursday, March 17, 2016 at the Chicago Marriott O'Hare, 8535 W Higgins Rd. There is no registration fee, but attendees must be registered by March 11, 2016. The workshop will focus on ways that curriculum mapping can be used to strategically align library instructional efforts with students’ pathway to degree completion.
As per usual, I saw exactly zero of the Best Picture nominees from last night's Academy Awards -- I plan to catch up in ten years when my kids go off to college -- but that doesn't stop me from participating in the office Oscars pool. Here at the Newberry, it's particularly high stakes, since the prize includes a day off and a photo of yourself holding Ben Hecht's Oscar.
The CARLI Created Content Committee has posted a new podcast to the CARLI web site.
In this podcast, committee members Margaret Heller, Alice Creason, and Jen Wolfe discuss their CARLI Digital Collections Tumblr project. The discussion includes the idea for starting Tumblr and how the committee has implemented the project.
Greg MacAyeal, Northwestern University
For those of us gifted with the ability to hear, it’s hard to imagine a world without sound. Meaning is carried in the listening of our loved ones voices, the music we consume, and in all the other sounds we are surrounded with every day. Recorded audio is the mechanical or digital capture of meaning – the rich experience of humanity. As stated by Rob Bamberger and Sam Brylawski in the introduction to The State of Recorded Sound Preservation in the United States: A National Legacy at Risk in the Digital Age (Library of Congress, 2010): “Recorded sound is more than music and entertainment; it encompasses the sounds of the streets, of nature, and of the vanished folk heritage of indigenous and transplanted cultures, as well as of important national events and precious moments in our own personal lives.” It’s easy to understand the impact of audio. Reading Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous address on the Lincoln Memorial steps is inspiring indeed, but hearing the speech is altogether unforgettable. Everyone deserves the chance to hear “I Have a Dream”.
Library collections both large and small are likely to have some captured audio whether it’s in the form of a CD, a cassette tape or one of the many other formats. It’s not uncommon to find digital audio tape (DAT), open reel tape, LP phonodiscs, and 78 RPM phonodiscs. Special libraries and archives additionally own wire recordings, microcassettes, and Dictaphone belts and tapes. Of course, in 2016 most captured audio is in a digital format, of which there are many versions and kinds. Simply meeting the need of ensuring the longevity of audio collections is a large challenge, and one complete with a time sensitive deadline. If the format itself is not degrading, the playback equipment is hard to find and repair. For born digital collections, we have been slow to realize the need for a reformatting plan. With the estimated 46 million sound recordings at risk[1], action is needed now.
Wakefield's guide to health
Cyrenius Wakefield, a doctor of PR more than actual training, was a noted acquaintance of President Lincoln and created the Dr. C Wakefield & Co. Company to make various goods designed to promote good health.
This photo comes from a collection that has not yet been featured on the CARLI website as part of the bi-monthly featured image posts, and I thought it was time to correct that. “Struggle and Progress-African Americans in Knox County, Illinois” is a fascinating and eclectic collection of photographs, newspapers, letters, documents and interviews that form a picture of the African-American community in and around Galesburg, IL from the late 19th century through the early twentieth century.
The CARLI Public Services Committee is happy to announce two days of open house events on March 3 and 11, 2016. Come check out fellow CARLI libraries and some tools they're using to enhance services and operations.
Tech Savvy Online Tools for Public Services – Both days will be full of practical and innovative ways to engage students, make your day-to-day work easier, and communicate effectively with colleagues.
Miriam Centeno, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thus far in the year-long project on the preservation of audiovisual (AV) materials, the CARLI Preservation Committee has concentrated on the need for getting to know an institution’s AV holdings, by taking inventory and identifying formats. Much like the principle that “Form follows function,” the collecting priorities of an institution, the nature of the holdings, and their physical condition will greatly influence the creation of a preservation plan.
Conducting an assessment survey gathers all of the information together in one place, so that the next steps can be prioritized. The survey can be as simple or as complex as a collection needs, the important thing is that the tool used to gather, store, and process the information is adequate to the scale of the holdings. This allows the surveyor to avoid building a huge survey that takes a very long time to complete and yields little useful information. For very small collections, a single spreadsheet that can be sorted by selected categories can suffice. For larger institutions, a tool that can grow as needs change will work better such as adding new locations and new collections to the general survey.
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