Parent Institution Name
Address
[remote]
Supervisor Email
Project Details
Students will survey, arrange and describe a small collection that has been digitized for remote access. The collection is an excerpt of a much larger collection that documents the operations and history of a local history museum that closed in 2016. Deliverables will include survey notes, a processing plan, finding aid, and digital exhibit using Omeka.
Are you willing to complete two evaluations of your students progress through out the course of the semester?
Yes
Requirements
The practicum will be completed entirely remotely.
The Practicum Moodle site includes detailed information regarding the four (4) projects all Practicum students are expected to complete. All projects will be "graded" as Pass/Fail. These include:
Survey Document: Complete a survey of your collection and accompanying survey notes template. Meet with your supervisor to review.
Processing Plan: Create a processing plan for your collection after surveying the materials.
Finding Aid: Intellectually organize the collection and describe it in finding aid
Digital Exhibit: Select at least 10 items for exhibit and create an online exhibit using Omeka
Full details available in Moodle.
The Practicum Moodle site includes detailed information regarding the four (4) projects all Practicum students are expected to complete. All projects will be "graded" as Pass/Fail. These include:
Survey Document: Complete a survey of your collection and accompanying survey notes template. Meet with your supervisor to review.
Processing Plan: Create a processing plan for your collection after surveying the materials.
Finding Aid: Intellectually organize the collection and describe it in finding aid
Digital Exhibit: Select at least 10 items for exhibit and create an online exhibit using Omeka
Full details available in Moodle.
Supervisor Phone
617-521-2887
How many positions do you have available?
25
Supervisor Name
Katherine Wisser
Assignment
Course Option
LIS 438
Semester
Fall 2023
Department
Alcott Pressley Research Center and Museum