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Smithsonian Gardens:Archives of American Gardens/Garden History & Design
Bella WenumUniversity of South Carolina
Summer 2013
Background
• I’m from Columbia, South Carolina
• B.A. in History, Geography minor, University of South Carolina, May 2009
• MLIS, University of South Carolina, August 2013
• Concentration: Archives and Information Science
So… what have I been doing all summer?
CatalogingArchivists’ Toolkit TrainingProcessingSI Staff PicnicBloggingInventoryGardens of the Mall TourMetadata
Public Tagging InitiativeSocial MediaResearchFinding AidsDigitization35MM SlidesDAMSDigital PreservationData Content Standards
Cataloging• Workflow:
-Create garden description from submission material
-Cataloging worksheet: 5 images, subject terms
• Horizon-Create series (garden) level record, item level records
• Opportunity to become familiar with data content standards
-DACS, AACR2, LC Authority Terms, LCSH, AAT (Getty)
Processing collections, finding aids
• McComb Collection: 230 35mm slides
• Jane Simpson Series: GCA Collection• Inventory
-Created box lists to preserve original order of collection
• Created a finding aid for the McComb Collection
• Opportunity to learn DACS
• Culling
Archivists’ Toolkit
• Open source database for managing archival collections
• Two workshops with SI EAD Coordinator-Archivists’ Toolkit Refresher
-Using Steady with Archivists’ Toolkit
• Favretti Finding Aid & McComb Finding Aid-Enter collection and accession data
Public Tagging Initiative
• Manage “Tag-It-Tuesday” activity on Facebook and Twitter
• Users describe images exactly the way they would search for them, which increases the discovery of collections
Blogs and Minutes
• One Minute Reports for Garden History and Design Committee
-Short articles that are included in the GCA bulletin.
-Topics: Mazes and Labyrinths, Night Gardens
• SIRIS Blog posts
-I contributed three posts to the SIRIS blog
-Topics: Thomas D. Church, Night Gardens, Community Gardens
Adventure Time! Hillwood EstateThe Holocaust Memorial MuseumJefferson MemorialLincoln MemorialFord’s TheatreArlington National CemeteryDiscovery Space ShuttleNASMNMAHNMNH
HirshhornLibrary of CongressThe CapitolFireworks on the MallMadame Tussaud’sJazz in the Sculpture GardenNational CathedralNational ArchivesUS Botanic GardenWatergate ComplexUnion Station
What I take away from this experience…• Gained valuable skills and experiences I lacked that
will enable me to confidently continue pursuing a career in archives and special collections• Handling archival material, processing collections, digital preservation
• Got to live in DC for a summer!
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