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Providing
Description, Access, and Preservation for the Oberlin College
Archives Motion Picture Film Collection
Mentor(s): Ken Grossi
Department: Archives
Aspects of librarianship related to the project: Cataloguing,
Preservation, Reference, and Web Application
Number of openings: 1
Estimated length of project: Three (3) weeks. Total project
45 hours.
Hours/day: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., MTWThF
Dates available: May 30-June 19, 2001, or July 23 - August
10, 2001
Preferred skills/knowledge: Ability to pay close attention
to detail, basic knowledge concerning the handling of motion picture
film, do word processing, and hold some familiarity with HTML.
Additional comments: The Archives can offer some flexibility
in the hours to be worked. Depending upon the skills of the intern,
this project could take up to 50-60 hours. Mentor will create
a work plan for the intern.
Description: This project contains four parts:
- The intern will review the individual film reels that constitute
the film collection held by the College Archives (approximately
235 reels). Using the existing inventory and accession records,
the intern will determine if each reel is adequately described.
The intern will be expected to provide any missing data elements
(i.e., title, dates, etc.). In some cases, the intern may be
required to view the opening frames of the motion picture film
reel in the A/V Department to identify data elements.
- The existing inventory is not currently in the Archives computer
network. The intern will be required to scan or input the information,
make revisions, and create a standard finding guide.
- The intern would be asked to place reels in new film cans
(as needed). Typed labels for new and original cans and storage
boxes would be necessary.
- The intern would be asked to do HTML markup of the completed
finding guide and mount it on the College Archives web site.
Assistance will be provided.
References/Sources:
- Inventory and Accession Records for Record Group 37
- Craig, Barbara L., and James M. O'Toole, "Looking at Archives
in Art," The American Archivist 63 (Spring/Summer 2000)):
97-125.
- Two articles on providing custodial responsibility to film
collections.
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