by Meg | Aug 11, 2015 | Ex Libris, On My Desk
On a fairly frequent basis I am asked to find a journal or book and scan a few pages of it for someone. While this at first read, sounds like a simple task, it’s fairly time consuming. Here’s the process: Leave my office. Go downstairs either to the Krause room, or to...
by Meg | Jan 29, 2015 | Ex Libris
I never know what project is going to pop up next. In an attempt to showcase more of our archival materials, we decided to add artwork to the numerous men’s and women’s rooms throughout the buildings. After some discussion, we thought that the bookplates we found a...
by Meg | Nov 6, 2014 | Art, Ephemera, Ex Libris, Library & Books
Each and every time I go up into the stacks, I find something new. Today, as I was up looking for some additional books to put in the Krause Room, I had one discovery that was a bit creepy! I am in and out of the stacks all of the time, and know pretty much what...
by Meg | Oct 10, 2014 | Building, Ex Libris, Library & Books
One of the things that’s always bothered me is the empty bookcases in the Krause Room. When we de-accessioned our book collection a few years ago, the cases were left bare. I measured and there were 176 linear feet of shelving that needed to be filled. Not all of it...
by Meg | Sep 30, 2014 | Art, Ex Libris, Library & Books, Physicians, Portraits
September has been a very busy month, and I wanted to post something before it ends! I am working on several major projects, each with with different components. First up is refreshing the Krause Room. We have painted it, and if I do say so, it’s looking rather sharp....
by Meg | Jul 16, 2014 | Ex Libris, Library & Books
One of the things I do in my day job is curate our collection of paintings and artifacts, including a stacks library of more than 50,000 books, ranging in age from the early 1600’s to the mid-1980’s. Sadly, there is no longer the need for a librarian, because so much...
