Today was the first day of my final semester of undergrad (yikes!) and the first day of Library Internship 2.0. Well, technically it’s a fellowship, just like Heights was an apprenticeship. But anyway…
First off, I’m not alone in this experience – I working with a fellow senior I’ll refer to as C. We started with a tour of the library and meeting all the staff we’ll be working with. Despite being here for 3+ years, there were corners of the library that I had never seen before. I definitely scoped out a few new places to work on finishing my German thesis. Afterwards we discussed more of the details of the fellowship. Our semester-long project is tied to the use of space in a library. A fair amount of the library’s print journal collection is being cancelled and a large portion of the print reference collection could be removed as well. These changes will leave a lot of open floor space on the main floor of huge library. C and I are going to try and figure out what to do with it.
The rest of this week is devoted to researching the planning of library spaces. We have our first article discussion on Friday. And next week we start in the archives!