tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11101798232584984412024-03-13T15:39:22.547-07:00Digital CelluloseSuzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-64742628895875743382013-10-15T08:46:00.001-07:002013-10-15T08:46:38.635-07:00Missing Pages<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/10293402206/in/set-72157636587108786/" title="Missing Pages" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2838/10293402206_0ae5a69c3b_s.jpg" alt="Missing Pages" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/10293297214/in/set-72157636587108786/" title="Missing Pages" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7294/10293297214_71ab2f8f6c_s.jpg" alt="Missing Pages" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/10293296374/in/set-72157636587108786/" title="Missing Pages" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7436/10293296374_37cb40c4ed_s.jpg" alt="Missing Pages" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><div style="padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"></div><div style="padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"></div><div style="padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"></div><br clear="all"/></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/sets/72157636587108786/">Missing Pages</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-18135613000508295892010-02-06T20:08:00.001-08:002010-02-06T20:08:58.406-08:00Ladies and gentlemen, change your links!I've moved this here blog to a new location, so please adjust your links and bookmarks and blogrolls accordingly.<br />
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http://digitalcellulose.wordpress.com/Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-1950858734953636972010-01-27T10:40:00.001-08:002010-01-27T10:40:05.186-08:00There, I hath fixed it.<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/4309043339/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4309043339_d63f35abec.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/4309043339/">There, I hath fixed it.</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p>I made this in response to having to explain to my parents, yet again, what it is that I do for a living.<br /><br />So, here. This is what I do: I FIX IT.<br /><br />[I found the illustration on a "Reward of Merit" ephemera thingy that was loose in one of the scrapbooks I'm currently working with.]</p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-44315713392530678752010-01-20T06:07:00.000-08:002010-01-20T06:16:57.072-08:00The horrors of photo albums, the joy of wiener dog pictures.So I've moved onto "part 2" of my current job as a contract conservator/archivist/librarian/etc. "Part 1" involved processing boxes upon boxes of a WWI/WWII collector's archive. It had everything from war medals to books, as well as thousands of photographs and deteriorating cellulose acetate negatives.<br /><br />"Part 2" will involve the cataloging, rehousing and treatment of several boxes of photograph albums and scrapbooks. And let me tell you, a lot of these albums are not the type that you have the whole family gather around on the couch. Quite a few of them were assembled by soldiers, fighter pilots and other people who saw the horrors of war. The odd thing, though, is that you'll get several pages of smiling family portraits, the family dog...and then a picture of a dead horse. Or a really, really dead baby by a riverbank. Or a close-up of a bullet hole in a guy's arm. <br /><br />But then, thankfully, I'll get the equivalent of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn_chaser#Unicorn_chaser" taret="_blank">"unicorn chaser"</a> in the form of a photo of a dachshund, an ostrich or a Victorian-era British guy in drag with a unicycle.Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-59305240397406890582010-01-15T10:26:00.001-08:002010-01-15T10:26:31.853-08:00Reward of Merit<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/4276422169/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2748/4276422169_b9625d3e75.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/4276422169/">Reward of Merit</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p></p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-74690204057301496752009-12-31T15:53:00.001-08:002009-12-31T15:53:39.986-08:00Winter in Chicago<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/4163802660/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2617/4163802660_36230a55a4.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/4163802660/">Modern skyline</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p></p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-39965951482696236802009-11-29T19:46:00.001-08:002009-11-29T19:46:17.862-08:00Turkey butter<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/4145479513/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4145479513_56efe9cbe7.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/4145479513/">Turkey butter</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p>Sent from my Starfleet Communicator</p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-12396695197103189212009-10-26T07:25:00.000-07:002009-10-26T08:15:12.421-07:00My So-Called Green ThumbI collect plants like a crazy cat lady collects cats. This will probably take on even greater proportions once spring returns - our apartment has a balcony, which means I can now have OUTSIDE plants like trees and mums! I have taken my plants when I moved from Texas to Austin, and one particularly adventurous philodendron traveled with me from Austin, to Cincinnati, to Sarasota and then back to Austin all in one summer. Succulents (cacti, jade plants, etc) are my bad habit; I cannot resist a succulent on sale.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3497967054/" title="Kalanchoe and aloe by ItAteMySweater, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3386/3497967054_c3e5cf542a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Kalanchoe and aloe" /></a><br /><br />In the interest of full disclosure, here is the list of all the plants currently residing in my apartment:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Indoor Plants</span><br />3 Polka-dot plants (Hypoestes phyllostachya)<br />3 Caladiums/elephant ears (Caladium bicolor)<br />2 Philodendrons<br />3-4 Kalanchoe of 2 varieties<br />1 Escheveria<br />1 Aloe plant<br />1 Jade Plant, Gollum variety (Crassula ovata 'Gollum')<br />1 Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum)<br />1 Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata)<br />1 Spike/Blue Dracaena (Cordyline indivisa)<br />1 Vinca vine (Vinca minor)<br />2 Basil plants<br />1 Scallion<br />1 Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)<br />1 Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)<br />1 Dracena marginata (rescued from an alley)<br />1 Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)<br />3 Moss terrariums with moss from Berkeley, CA and the Seattle area<br />1 Asparagus fern (Asparagus aethiopicus)<br />3 Spider plants (Chlorophytum comosum)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Outdoor Plants</span><br />1 Japanese Maple var. Seiryu (Acer palmatum)<br />2 Chrysanthemums <span style="font-size:78%;">(one from the local Dominick's grocery store, and one fancy variety from the Gethsemane garden store)</span><br />1 Scarlet Leader Willowleaf (Cotoneaster salicifolius)<br /><br />Annnd just because I can, here are all the <span style="font-weight: bold;">aquatic plants in my two aquariums</span>!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3490256918/" title="Chris talks to the fishes by ItAteMySweater, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/3490256918_670209c7a7.jpg" alt="Chris talks to the fishes" height="375" width="500" /></a><br />2 Broad-leaf sagittaria (<span class="pgd_species_big">Sagittaria platyphylla)<br />3 Dwarf lilies (Nymphaea stellata)<br />1 Anubias hastifolia<br />Several specimens of Cryptocoryne, including wendtii and balansae<br />Several java fern (Microsorum pteropus)<br />Clump of Lilaeopsis<br />Lots of hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)<br />Lots of Hygrophila polysperma<br />Clump of Creeping Charlie (Micromeria brownei)<br />Clump of Rotala (Rotala indica)<br />Java moss (Versicularia dubyana)</span>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-2311980057782159362009-10-25T07:45:00.000-07:002009-10-25T08:28:15.347-07:00State of the Suzy Address (or how I spent my summer vacation and autumn unemployment)Hello dear reader(s)!<br /><br />Yes, the rumors of my demise were but mere fabrications. Long story short, I'm still living in Chicago - my wonderful internship at the Northwestern University Library ended back in August, I promptly went on a week-long California vacation, and then I moved to a new apartment the day after I returned from vacation. <span style="font-style:italic;">Note to self: Don't move the day after you get back from vacation, is bad.</span><br /><br />I spent the last month and a half unpacking boxes, whipping the apartment decor into shape, building up my little workshop/studio, reading "Y the Last Man", catching up on 30 Rock and Mad Men, terrorizing the squirrels that keep trying to dig up our balcony garden, and generally being one of the millions of unemployed. I am aware that I have proverbially shot myself in the foot for wanting to stay in Chicago (instead of moving to "wherever the job is", as they say) but even in a city as big and culturally-instituted as Chicago, the pickings have been slim. Fortunately, I've managed to pick up some work here and there - such as working on someone's private archival collection and teaching a virtual class on online portfolios for a group of undergrad conservation students at Winterthur. <br /><br />I have come to realize, though, that there is a need for some kind of business training in any kind of fine-arts (i.e. conservation) education. I know there's the CIPP group of AIC, but in school we were discouraged from going into private practice at the start of our careers. While I still think it's not the greatest move to go into private practice as your first job (post-internship), but in this economic climate I feel that it's prudent for me to branch out and look for what freelance work I can get. Certainly, I know my limits, both in terms of skills and what materials and equipment I have access to: I have no washing sink, no board shear, no bookpress, no fume hood - so I'm not about to start taking on projects that are more than I can handle. But I have other skills that I can market - my ability to design and edit webpages with HTML and CSS, my Photoshop skills, the fact that I went to Library School and have an MSIS degree. Still, we weren't offered any classes in small-business skills, such as the basics of how to write up a legally-sound contract, how to choose your rate, how to estimate how long a project will take, how to protect yourself from liability and how to file your taxes as a freelancer. <br /><br />I'm sure there's a plethora of books about all these topics, but certainly none from a conservator's or archivist's perspective (if there is, please let me know and I'll buy it in a heartbeat!) - but I'm starting to think that teaching new conservators about good business sense is a lot like teaching sex-education to teenagers (stay with me, now!). Showing someone how to protect themselves and practice safe sex does not mean you're encouraging them to become sexually active before they're ready, or even condoning sex at all - rather, they will be prepared and thus, safe, when that day inevitably comes. It's a lot better to have the information before-hand than to try and learn it as you go, and make some possibly life/career-threatening mistakes. I'd love to know if there are any conservation programs that provide classes on the business skills necessary for going into private practice. Maybe my experience in the UT program was different because of the Library School aspect (there's not a lot of freelance librarians, methinks). <br /><br /><br />ANYWAY, I will end this wordy post with a picture of me pretending to be a Chicago-style hotdog. If you go to the Chicago History Museum, you too can be a hot dog!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3957356046/" title="Hot dog! by ItAteMySweater, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/3957356046_87c85004f0.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Hot dog!" /></a>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-56111416765589859402009-08-29T16:17:00.001-07:002009-08-29T16:17:33.449-07:00Smoke from the Station wildfire<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3869123182/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3426/3869123182_1bf6e04e59.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3869123182/">Smoke from the Station wildfire</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p>Sent from my Starfleet Communicator</p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-2474978305211695332009-08-11T11:52:00.001-07:002009-08-11T11:52:06.009-07:00Tape puts me in a bad Moody's.<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3809184564/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3809184564_07e318588c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3809184564/">Tape puts me in a bad Moody's.</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p></p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-62858280385613934872009-08-10T09:42:00.001-07:002009-08-10T09:42:30.098-07:00AHHHH!<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3808566328/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/3808566328_da0ca30d4e.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3808566328/">AHHHH!</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p>Note found in a book during preservation evaluation this morning. It succinctly summarizes my morning: my phone is broken and Climate Notebook is on the fritz again. Ahhhhhhhh!</p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-84744627157883934972009-08-07T13:24:00.001-07:002009-08-07T13:24:04.004-07:00I am the mongoose whisperer...<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="375" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=5a80a238e3&photo_id=3798899350&flickr_show_info_box=true"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=5a80a238e3&photo_id=3798899350&flickr_show_info_box=true" height="375" width="500"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blolly/3798899350/">MVI_0715</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blolly/">blolly</a>.</span></div><p class="flickr-yourcomment">Scratch at the window, mongoose, scratch! You will do my bidding!<br /><br />(We went to the Lincoln Park zoo last weekend...)</p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-58020000124254975292009-08-07T09:27:00.001-07:002009-08-07T09:29:35.748-07:00German staple binding with mylar window on the spine<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3798627580/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2553/3798627580_e2224aed0f.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3798627580/">German staple binding with mylar window on the spine</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p>I've seen several staple-bound, or wire-bound, books while at Northwestern. All of the ones I've seen have been either German or Russian. This particular book was withdrawn, and I wanted to do a reback on it...however, I've done so many rebacks already! Then I decided that I wanted to keep it more as an example of this interesting kind of binding, so I put a little window on the spine while I was repairing it. Now it is functional again AND you can see the staples on the spine! <br /><br />Audra at <a href="http://thevespiary.com">The Vespiary</a> has <a href="http://thevespiary.com/blog/2008/08/21/expose-n-a-showing-up-of-something-discreditable/">also posted about staple bindings</a>.Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-22846374962340837632009-08-03T11:52:00.001-07:002009-08-03T11:52:43.324-07:00Circulation exhibit<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3786152630/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/3786152630_da76cb2b1a.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3786152630/">Circulation exhibit</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p></p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-21741693706159018152009-07-31T14:14:00.001-07:002009-07-31T14:14:04.949-07:00The Hummingbird!<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3774619237/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3480/3774619237_398bc6a6c0.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3774619237/">The Hummingbird!</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p></p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-21489198468345293522009-07-29T07:54:00.001-07:002009-07-31T11:25:19.334-07:00Dr Dolittle in the Moon: Before and After<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3767216616/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/3767216616_5f4a4dc0c2.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3767216616/">Dr Dolittle in the Moon: Before and After</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p></p><br /><br />I bought this book for $2 at the Evanston Public Library book sale. It had no spine at the time of purchase. Doctor Dolittle in the Moon was published in 1928 - this version is the first edition. Here's <a href="http://www.pauahtun.org/DrDolittle/DoctorDolittleInTheMoon.html">a gallery</a> of all the various editions!Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-13394783881187096552009-07-28T09:41:00.001-07:002009-07-28T09:41:59.695-07:00Return of the Evanston map!Northwestern has <a href="http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2009/07/evanstonmap.html">published a news story</a> about the conservation treatment and digitization of the (big, stinky) Evanston map.<br /><br /><blockquote>The oldest printed map of Evanston -- discovered several years ago on the verge of disintegration -- has been vibrantly restored and made freely available online by Northwestern University Library.<br /><br />"This map is a very rare and important piece of Evanston's history," says University Archivist Kevin Leonard, "and the conservation staff here did an incredible job bringing it back from the grave."<br /> <br />Published circa 1876 by local surveyor and mapmaker Theodore Reese, the map appears to be the earliest published plat of blocks, streets and alleys in all three of the separate villages -- north, south and central -- that eventually merged into the incorporated City of Evanston. "So it's valuable as a relic of Evanston's past," Leonard says, "but it also continues to be of use to anyone researching the history of their own or other Evanston real estate, because these were some of the earliest legal property boundaries."</blockquote><br /><br />Here is the video about the map's treatment and digitization. My arm is featured prominently, but there's also a shot of me (at 2:20 in) helping Susan place a piece of lining tissue on the back.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5701506&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=5a14c9&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5701506&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=5a14c9&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5701506">Library Restores and Digitizes Oldest Known Map of Evanston</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/northwestern">Northwestern News</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-23347934382421143232009-07-24T06:42:00.001-07:002009-07-24T06:46:59.957-07:00Take action! Help save the Kilgarlin Center's Conservation program!This is a letter written by Kilgarlin alum Holly Robertson and sent to the PADG email list. As an alum myself, I'm reposting it here so that hopefully more people will see it and provide support for the Kilgarlin Center. <br /><br /><blockquote>As many of you know, the Conservation Certificate of Advanced Study program of the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin is in jeopardy. Since 1992, the program has been successful in obtaining external funding to support a range of program activities, including key full-time and adjunct faculty positions, conservation lab supplies and equipment, student internships, doctoral fellowships, visiting lecturers, and conferences. Unfortunately, the program's support from NEH, which has long funded the two conservation instructor positions (the backbone of the conservation program's curriculum), will end August 31, 2010. Without these positions, the Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record will not be able to offer the Conservation Certificate program.<br /><br />No conservator students were accepted for this upcoming academic year so that an in-depth program review could take place. That review is in its final stages and has mapped a transformative future for the program. Grant, foundation, and private funding are beckoning but will require the University of Texas at Austin to demonstrate evidence of institutional support. The School of Information has constructed wonderful new conservation labs in its new facility (http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/about/move.php), but they won't have a single conservator student to put in them if they don't have funding in place by October 2009 for the coming years. Funding for the two instructor positions must be stabilized immediately.<br /><br />Your assistance is requested in the form of letters to Vice President and Provost Stephen W. Leslie that request University support of these two conservation instruction positions and that document the program's importance to the field. University funding for even one of these positions will enhance the Kilgarlin Center's ability to attract external foundation or private funding for the other position. Many of you are alums, many others employ Kilgarlin Center grads, and nearly all of you are familiar with the Center's singular role as a library and archives conservation education program. Thank you for your support.<br /><br />Hard copy letters can be mailed to:<br /><br />Steven W. Leslie<br />Executive Vice President and Provost<br />University of Texas at Austin<br />1 University Station, G1000<br />Austin, Texas 78712<br />sleslie@mail.utexas.edu <br /><br />Please email copies of these letters to Dean Dillon and Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa:<br /><br />Andrew P., Dillon<br />Dean, School of Information<br />adillon@ischool.utexas.edu<br /><br />Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa<br />Director, Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record<br />e.cunnk@mail.utexas.edu<br /><br />- - - - - - -<br /><br />Holly <br />CAS, Conservation Studies - 2005</blockquote>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-43391142506399218082009-07-22T10:01:00.001-07:002009-07-22T10:01:14.393-07:00In the midst of lining...<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3746811756/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2521/3746811756_4318bebcfd.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3746811756/">In the midst of lining...</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p></p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-23008457146906724052009-07-20T12:11:00.001-07:002009-07-20T12:11:33.621-07:00Previous repair<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3738984467/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3443/3738984467_d45fd285f3.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3738984467/">Previous repair</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p></p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-81569621033043030422009-07-14T14:15:00.001-07:002009-07-14T14:15:37.144-07:00Working on Martini Opitti w/coffee tower in background.<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3721834492/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2441/3721834492_d587b11000.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3721834492/">Working on Martini Opitti w/coffee tower in background.</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p></p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-21229940771074262932009-07-10T10:49:00.000-07:002009-07-10T10:54:38.028-07:00ALA 2009Currently in downtown Chicago for the annual American Library Association conference. Weather is rainy but warm and there are no couches in the conference areas of the Hilton Hotel. Guess nobody expects us to sit and blog during the downtime, which is why I've been holed up in this Starbucks for a while. <br /><br />Anyway, short update: Suzy's current life plan=stay in Chicago.<br /><br />Also, I found this awesome publisher's binding at the Evanston Public Library book sale about two weeks ago. It is a first edition of "Doctor Dolittle Goes to the Moon", with bright magenta and teal covers and crazy printed endpapers. It is missing its spine but the textblock was in fine shape. And all for the price of $2. <3<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3679942596/" title="Dr Dolittle in the Moon by ItAteMySweater, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3639/3679942596_ed79542759.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Dr Dolittle in the Moon" /></a>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-64071291150268961522009-06-11T12:37:00.000-07:002009-06-11T12:41:24.239-07:00Socially Networked PreservationI recommend watching <a href="http://librarypreservation.blogspot.com/">Kevin Driedger</a>'s online presentation "Socially Networked Preservation". In fact, you can watch it while your frozen pizza is cooking in the oven - by the time it's all nice and hot and crispy, you'll have learned all about the brave new frontier of conservators using Web 2.0 technology. I think it pairs well with DiGiorno's garlic bread pepperoni pizza.<br /><br /><div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_1532476"><a style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/ksdriedger/socially-networked-preservation-1532476?type=presentation" title="Socially Networked Preservation">Socially Networked Preservation</a><object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=sociallynetworkedpreservationembed-090604065930-phpapp01&stripped_title=socially-networked-preservation-1532476" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=sociallynetworkedpreservationembed-090604065930-phpapp01&stripped_title=socially-networked-preservation-1532476" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;">View more <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/">OpenOffice presentations</a> from <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/ksdriedger">Kevin Driedger</a>.</div></div>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110179823258498441.post-65022380977416031302009-06-08T13:15:00.001-07:002009-06-08T13:15:56.359-07:00The unicorn dodges!<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="375" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=6fab615a7e&photo_id=3605326255&flickr_show_info_box=true"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=6fab615a7e&photo_id=3605326255&flickr_show_info_box=true" height="375" width="500"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypictures/3605326255/">The unicorn dodges!</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/suzypictures/">ItAteMySweater</a>.</span></div><p class="flickr-yourcomment"></p>Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920152013303832427noreply@blogger.com0