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A Day of Writing!

This week we're doing Tuesday instead of Thursday because of schedule conflicts, so it felt like I was just here (which I was on Thursday). That's OK, I like being on campus.

What a busy day! Kheir and I collaborated on finishing the wording for what will go over the Justice Freeman "hero" portrait that will be blown up for the Justice Freeman commemorative event (which has been moved from the original date in February to a non-finalized date that is up in the air). I also spent time preparing files in InDesign for 2 of the 3 portraits that will be enlarged, and sent them off to Kheir as well. I also wrote a bunch of the wording that will go in the tri-fold brochure. I thought I was going to have to design it as well, but thankfully we can just send the wording and the images off to the design department! I was delighted to learn this because I'm used to working in small businesses where one person does kind of everything. The fact that there were employees who take care of entire tasks is a breath of fresh air.

I also continued laying out and itemizing the items that will be in the glass cases for the exhibit, descriptions, notes about where they go when the exhibit is over, the source of the materail etc. A bunch of that information will be printed on labels that I am to make, and Kheir let me borrow a book that describes the official ways institutions tend to do it for exhibits, displays, etc. He also supplied me with a binder full of the CSU Archives and Special Collections special procedures, etc. It was very elucidating.

So it was mostly a busy day in front of my computer working on wording, and I sort of love that a lot of today was about doing writing, which is a challenge that I enjoy. Some of it was technical and some of it was tiny essays ("Why Freeman Matters"), and I was under the gun in a way that I sort of thrived on, especially because I enjoy collaboration with Kheir in this particular way.

a riveting read


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Today's standards fulfilled as per the Society of American Archivists Curriculum:

Society of American Archivists Curriculum: A. CORE ARCHIVAL KNOWLEDGE, 1. Knowledge of Archival Material and Functions, b) Appraisal for Selection and Acquisition, g. Management and Administration (p. 5)
A. CORE ARCHIVAL KNOWLEDGE, 2. Knowledge of the Profession, c) Professional Ethics and Values (p. 7)
A. CORE ARCHIVAL KNOWLEDGE, 1. Knowledge of Archival Material and Functions, f) Outreach, Instruction, and Advocacy (p. 6)
A. CORE ARCHIVAL KNOWLEDGE, 3. Contextual knowledge, a) Social and Cultural Context, d) Underserved & Underrepresented Communities (pp. 7-8) 
B. COMPLEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE, B. Structure of the Learning Process (pp 8-9)


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