Briefly Back On The Air - An Archival "Res Gestae"

Hello everyone. For those of you not directly involved with this project, you may be wondering why I haven't updated this blog for a while. The answer is that I've become extremely busy with the actual work and as a result talking about the work has taken a back seat. At the moment I am on vacation, but i thought since I am mostly taking it easy today to recover from jet lag, I would give you all a few updates. A lot of has changed since the day before thanksgiving. Here is the Res Gestae, Latin for "Things having been done"

*I Submitted a progress report detailing the current state of both the physical and digital archives and my recommendations for moving forward.

*I Took on new responsibilities and shifted my priorities.

*First, we have 500 dollars on the Vera budget for storage supplies and Josh generously offered 200 to get things rolling.

*I Completed a rough inventory, measuring poster sizes and counting how many we have.

*Josh and I hashed out an estimate for supplies after finally deciding to go the folder route instead of the binder route.

*The Audio side of the Archives has now become a top priority so, I have been doing research into best practices.

*I will soon be coordinating volunteers to assist me in taking a more detailed inventory of the collection and to help implement the initial reorganization of the physical and digital archives.

*The work as of late has been very Vera heavy and while I am still cataloging zines for ZAPP, a conversation will soon have to take place to make sure Nora gets what she wants for ZAPP out of this internship as well. I know that this will eventually include activities such as coordinating Zine cataloging groups.

*My general duties from this point forward (at least on the Vera side) are the follow:
1.) Determine and layout standards and best practices for organizing and preserving all historical materials at Vera.
2.) Create clear and concise instructions and initiate implementation to set an example for future interns and current staff to implement these standards on their own.

For those of you who are a part of the project, be sure to inform if I am missing anything pertinent here. I do not have notes with me and this is a very basic round-up from memory. I just wanted to give a quick update.