LI 870 Photo Archive Practicum
This practicum was designed to demonstrate my proficiency in working in information while providing an opportunity
to exploring working for a religious institution. My primary project was to create a spreadsheet where we could
gather the metadata about the various pictures taken during more than 140 year history of
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.
Then I needed to input enough records to ensure the system was sustainable and write an instruction manual for
the next user. To complete this project I worked with the congregation to provide the information needed for the
spreadsheet. By displaying the images in the parish hall during coffee hour I found names flying into my office,
and the details of our history coming together.
Learning Objectives
- Obtained familiarity with the search patterns and information needs of a religious institution
- Demonstrated the principles of information management by organizing a collection of information
- Developed an instruction manual detailing the organization schema and technology tools used to ensure a non-librarian user will be able to maintain the system after the completion of the practicum
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