Sacramento Room Wrap-Up

May 15th: Sacramento Room

Today I finished the EAD for the finding guide/aid to the Guth Family Papers.  The archivist has sent it off to Collection Services for review and upload into the library catalog.  Eventually it will find its way into the Online Archive of California - browse under Sacramento Public Library, Guth Family Papers and you'll see it there soon!  It's nice that I can claim authorship to this guide.

This internship has really provided some valuable experience and helped validate my desire to go onto graduate school and focus on archival/special collections librarianship as a career path.  I appreciate the time that both the SPL archivist and other special collections librarians spent training me how to use digital collections software and reference material for archival processing.  I've learned that the field of archives and special collections librarianship continues to evolve and demands that professionals be adaptable to changes in digital technology.  It requires a researcher's and historian's mentality plus strong visual orientation/love for art and the ability to process detailed computer metadata.  I feel I possess all of these qualities and look forward to future internships/volunteer opportunities where I can continue to apply what I have learned from my experience in the Sacramento Room.