#NationalLibraryWeek (month, why not?) Day 11/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? They manage donors! Folks who give $$, folks who give collections - all with humor, persuasion, & patience!
#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging #Supervision #Reference #Research #Outreach #Governance #DonorManagement
#NationalLibraryWeek (month, why not?) Day 10/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? They participate in #InstitutionalGovernance. For PACSCL, this means folks run for the Board of Directors. Here's this year's candidates: https://pacscl.org/2025-pacscl-board-candidates/
#Leadership #Processing #Exhibits #Cataloging #Supervision #Reference #Research #Outreach #Governance
In case you’re in NYC this spring and interested in photography: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-new-art-american-photography-1839-1910
OSAKA -- Kaiyukan, an aquarium in Osaka, aims to attract more visitors from abroad as it marks its 35th anniversary in July. Aquarium officials have high hopes the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, which opens in April, will also bring in overseas tourists.The best-known aquarium in Japan's western Kansai region opened in 1990 in Tempozan Harbor Village, a redeveloped entertainment and shopping complex in the Osaka Bay area. In fiscal 2023, 2.8 million people visited Kaiyukan, surpassing the number reached before the COVID-19 pandemic and bringing the total number of visitors since its opening to 88 million.
#NationalLibraryWeek (month, dammit!) Day 5/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? #Supervision, of staff, student workers, interns, researchers. We guide, educate, and support.
#NationalLibraryWeek (month, dammit!) Day 4/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? #Cataloging, capturing the varied elements of #rarebooks as objects and information. A good example at #LCP: https://librarycompany.kohacatalog.com/
#NationalLibraryWeek (month, dammit!) Day 3/Question of the Month: What does a #specialcollection worker do? #Exhibits - Making visible the voices and actions of people, past & present
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Terry Moore
Alo Japan