This week was my last week with APS, but perhaps I’ll return in the future. I’ve been structuring these blogs by writing about what I did every day, but every day would essentially be the same report. This week was dedicated to finishing the Shreve and Related Families collection. I spent 19 hours there this week working on filling out the metadata spreadsheet, quality-checking all the images, and preparing the collection to be uploaded. I’m unsure when it will be added to the APS website, but they need to review my work and potentially make any edits.
On Thursday this week, I went out for coffee with Bayard and Sabina. We started our conversation going over the work I accomplished, and what the status of the project was. We also discussed the work flow guides they gave me, and if those helped or if they should make any edits to the documents. After that, we discussed my career goals and plans for the future. Both of them were supportive, offered advice, and told me about their backgrounds. Bayard asked if I would be willing to come back part-time in the future to continue working with the Rev City Project. I told him I’d be happy to, but I’d probably want to consider it during my final semester, as I have a lot going on this semester. He mentioned I was more than welcome to stay on working with the project, but right now they didn’t have the means to pay me and he’d rather me be compensated for my work so that waiting would be better anyway. Sabrina told me about some grants they are hoping to receive and that she would be in touch with me about any part-time or full-time digitization specialist positions that opened. Our conversation was great, and me optimistic about my future in the field.
I wrapped up this week with a check-in with Sabrina about finishing the metadata spreadsheet, and that the collection should be done, but needs to be reviewed still. I’m doing a blog post for APS that I have to work on, and I plan on sending it to Sabrina in a week or two. Sabrina gifted me a sticky notepad from this cool shop she told me about. We both shared our love for stationary, and I told her about the project I was working on dealing with sticky notes. This was a perfectly fitting and appreciated gift. Sabrina’s posted notes will be making an appearance on my project as I continue to work on it.
Thank you, Sabrina, Bayard, Joe, Bethany, Adrianna, and everyone else at APS who has helped me during my time there or has made me feel welcome. I loved my time there, and I truly felt like they valued me as a person and as a worker. I’m thankful for my experience, and perhaps I’ll be writing about more work with the APS in the future!