Hello and Welcome! First Week as the Fortenbaugh Intern

Hello and welcome to Blogging the Library! My name is Sierra Green and I am the Esther K. Fortenbaugh Intern this semester in Special Collections at Gettysburg College. As the Fortenbaugh Intern for the semester, I will have the exciting opportunity of working alongside our library\u27s archivists in Special Collections. I am really looking forward to gaining firsthand experience within the archival field throughout the semester! [excerpt

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2003

Table of Contents: From the Director: Refurbishments (Robin Wagner); Friends Enhance New Browsing Room; Save the Date: Weiser to Speak on Fraktur at Fall Friends Event (Reverend Fredrick Weiser ’57); Cooper Fund Supports Browsing Collection (Thomas Yost Cooper, Ty Cooper); Asian Art Collection to Be Available Online (Katherine Gallup ’02); Gift Enables Purchase of Health and Exercise Science Books (Elizabeth Wescott, Richard Wescott); Watanabe Paintings Exhibited in Library (Sadao Watanable, Father Glen H. Bowersox ’42); Lincoln Exhibit Coming to Musselman Library; Report of Gifts 2002-2003; Jen Chesney Chosen as Library Intern (Jennifer L Chesney ’03, Richard A. Arms, Barbara Holley ’54); Women’s League Records Archived in Special Collections (Katie Gallup ’02, Karen Drickamer, Christine Ameduri, Jennifer Chesney ’03); Library Supports Migrant Education (Janelle Wertzberger); Vietnam is Focus of Fortenbaugh Intern (Joseph Tucker ’03, Stephen H. Warner ’68); Outstanding Foreign Films; Notable Recent Purchases for Special Collections; Poorhouse Records for Genealogists (J. Matthew Gallman

Life in the Fishbowl

I was never quite certain what went on in those offices behind the glass windows on the second floor of Musselman Library, but two weeks into my Fortenbaugh Music Librarian Internship I am beginning to get an idea. After talking with some of the staff that work in the fishbowl I have gotten a glimpse at some of the goings on behind the scenes of the librarian. If you’ve ever wondered how all these books and resources came to be or how in the world you are able to find a single thing in this place (maybe with some assistance), well, I can tell you it is not the work of little library fairies. [excerpt

Final Post

It’s hard to believe that my last semester at Gettysburg College is almost over. My senior year has gone by so quickly! Yesterday, I helped with the Finals Study Break. We served almost 12 gallons on ice cream to students working in the library. I also managed to win my first game of Uno with Clint, Mallory, Meghan, and Chelsea. I have learned so much from my internship. Our library is a complex organism with various moving parts, and it takes coordination and hard work to keep things running. I am glad that I was about to focus on one aspect of librarianship to see how it connects with the other parts of the library. [excerpt

Au Revoir!

This has been a great semester as the Fortenbaugh music librarian intern. I learned a lot, and it is all invaluable information that will help me in the future, no matter what I decide to do. Most importantly, in helping other people with their research, I feel that I have gotten better at researching music materials myself, which will come in handy for 300 and 400-level music classes in the future (and grad school should I pursue that). [excerpt

Introducing Fortenbaugh Intern Abby

Hi I’m Abby – the last of three Fortenbaugh Interns to post! I am a senior with a History major and Political Science and Anthropology minors and I hail from Kokomo, Indiana. I am so excited to be working in Special Collections – I love working with history first-hand! Here’s a brief write-up of what I have completed so far in my time on the 4th Floor. [excerpt

Love and War: A Serendipitous Sweetheart Story

Let me just say that I love that its my job to read and process the recorded memories of alumni during World War II. It is just so amazing to me that I can take part in the eternal preservation of these pieces of history! As I mentioned in my last post, I am in the midst of processing a collection of letters, papers and photographs compiled by the senior editor of the Gettysburg Magazine, Jerold Wikoff. Last week, I spent the majority of my time simply reading through and getting to know the stories of various Gettysburg alums that lived through the Second World War. [excerpt

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2004

Table of Contents: From the Director: Events By the Library (Robin Wagner, Janelle Wertzberger, Larry Marschall, Andrea Harries ’04); ONE BOOK Come to Gettysburg (Ursula Hegi); Friends Join Friends for Spring Event April 20th, Featuring Transit of Venus (Larry Marschall); New Book on Stephen H. Warner \u2768 (Arthur J. Amchan, Stephen H. Warner ’68); Library Combats Waste; Scholarly Study Stuckenberg Maps (James Myers, Dan DeNicola, John Docktor); It Takes More Than Two to Tango: Students Paint Library Walls (Nancy Cushing-Daniels, Cassandra Cochran, Ashley Gilgore, Lisa Hinkel, Shianne Settlage); Students Organize WWII Exhibit (Bill Bowman); Emler and Light Named Fortenbaugh Interns (Meggan Emler ’04, Stephen Light ’05) Spotlight on Collections (Jacob Yingling ’52, Keith Swaney ’03); County Histories Come Alive as eBooks (Milton Burgess ’22); Colorful Children’s Toys Exhibit; Klos Gift Transforms Collection (Sarah Wolf Klos ’48, Reverend Frank W. Klos Junior ’46, Reverend G. Edgar Wolfe ‘09); Foreign Films in English (Nancy Johnson); Notable Recent Purchases in Special Collections; Rare Slavery Materials Available; Friends Fundraiser Features Frankenstei

My First Weeks!

I am very excited to work in the Reference Department this semester! I have completed my first two weeks, which I spent training with different members of the Reference staff. I really enjoyed being able to learn from each of them, to see what their strengths were and hearing their pieces of advice. Now that my training is over, I get to start working the reference desk and handling questions on my own! [excerpt

Conclusions

After being gone for about a week due to Easter break and a particularly unpleasant sinus/ear infection, I have returned to the Reference Department! I\u27m definitely glad to be back amongst the piles of books that need sorting and the pesky printer that seems to always need more paper. [excerpt