I have determined that I am the worlds worst blogger. I don't enjoy it very much, and go home at the end of the day too tired to keep up with it. I think I enjoy the physical work of cataloging much more than writing about it. Wish I had just agreed to keep a journal instead. I have photos to put up and I think those are pretty nice looking. I need to move my hours from Google Calendar to the worksheet.
I also just got an email from Mary Jane. The Architecture Professor, Jo Leimenstoll wants to meet with us next week to review the items that I want to weed. I told Mary Jane that I am nervous about the meeting. I learned in from working in the archives that people can get attached to items that belonged to someone, particularly if they knew them and the person is dead. Dr. Leimenstoll won the “Robert Stipe” award for historical preservation, and apparently knew him; I don't know how well.
I am afraid that she is going to see all of my “want to weed” items in more of an emotional manner, rather than seeing the value of holding it in a space limited library. If she does, then the whole collection is going to need to be treated as a kind of manuscript collection held in a small satellite library. It is late in the semester, too-- so I am worried about that.
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