Institute on Special Collections at NYPL 42nd Street - Course Schedule

Date

Time

Topic

Room

Staff






May 15, 2006

9:30-11:30am

Meet with Dean Giannini and George Fletcher, Brooke Russell Astor Director for Special Collections. Introduction to the Institute, syllabus, research projects, schedules.

So. Co. A

Giannini, Fletcher

Monday



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:30-1:00pm

Overview of NYPL; tour of building and stacks

So. Co. A

Thornton, Fletcher

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:00-2:30pm

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:30-3:30pm

Hands-on Training Session using CATNYP, SER, ReCAP and EDD

So. Co. A

Azzarito

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:45-4:30pm

Tour of RMRR and PubCat; Access Cards Made

315

Diefendorf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 16, 2006

9:30-10:30am

Meet to Discuss Projects

So. Co. A

Fletcher

Tuesday

 

 

 

 

 

10:30-12pm

Introduction to Special Collections; SC Cards; special handling, preservation vs access; Discussion of important "Issues".

So. Co. A

Fletcher, Bartow

 

 

 

 

 

 

12-1:30pm

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:30-2:30pm

Introduction to Manuscripts and Archives, NYPL Archives, EAD Finding Aids

So. Co. A

Yolles

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:45-3:45pm

Introduction to the Milstein Division of United States History, Local History, and Genealogy

So. Co. A

Carr

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:45 - 4:30pm

Tour of Stacks?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 17, 2006

9:30-10:15am

Introduction to the Rare Books Division

328

Inman

Wednesday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:30-11:30am

Introduction to Area Studies: Jewish, Slavic and Baltic, Asian and Middle Eastern Division

84, 219, 216-217

Terry, Kasinec, Lundquist

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:45-12:30pm

Introduction to Map Division

117

Hudson

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:30-2:00pm

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:00-3:00pm

Class discussion of Projects

So. Co. A

Fletcher

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:00-4:30pm

Exhibition issues

Gottesman

Rabbiner, 

De Arteni

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 18, 2006

9:30-10:15am

Introduction to the Arents Collection

So. Co. A

Bartow

Thursday

 

 

 

 

 

10:30-12:00pm

Introduction to Berg and Pforzheimer Collections

So. Co. A

Gewirtz, O'Keefe

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:00-1:00pm

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:00-2:00pm

Introduction to Art and Architecture Collection

300 ?

Kirking, Robinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:00-3:00pm

Rare Books 101

So. Co. A

Inman

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:00-4:30

Individual Work on Projects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 19, 2006

9:30-11:00am

Introduction to the Spencer Collection, Print Collection,

308

Waddel, Pinson

Friday

 

and Photography Collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:15-12:30pm

Educational Outreach, Introduction to the Digital Library; Issues in Digitizing Special Collections

So. Co. A

Bickner, Azzarito

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:30-2:00pm

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 - 3:30pm

Preservation Issues

So. Co. A

Smith, Nadal

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:30 - 4:30pm

Individual work on projects

 

 






Week 2





 

 

 

 

 

May 22, 2006

Monday

11 - 12:30pm

Discussion of issues in Special Collections (copyright, permissions, access, and preservation)

So. Co. A

Lisanti, Bartow, Thornton

 

 

Individual work on projects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 23, 2006

 

Individual work on projects

 

 

Tuesday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 24, 2006

 

Individual work on projects

 

 

Wednesday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 25, 2006

 

Individual work on projects

 

 

Thursday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 26, 2006

9:30-12:00

Individual work on projects

   

Friday

 

 

 

 

 

1:30-4:30pm

Final class session. Class project presentations and discussion; evaluation

So. Co. A

Fletcher, Giannini