Allie Whalen, American Jewish Historical Society, Spring 2014, IMLS
At the American Jewish Historical Society, I was the first to assess the entire audio visual collection that is composed of numerous formats such as film, audio discs, and several variations of magnetic media. I conducted an item-level inspection of the collection and recorded all of my findings into a spreadsheet to later be integrated into the finding aid and database. In addition to this primary task, I talked to outside vendors about cleaning and digitization as well as consulted other departments within the organization about conservation. During my internship, I met archivists and conservators from the four different organizations that make up the Center for Jewish History and developed my own workflow to process the AV materials.
