Rehousing Plan for Exhibition Media Assets

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Project code: 
NLM-2

General Information

Project Name: 
Rehousing Plan for Exhibition Media Assets
Project City: 
Washington D.C.
Organization Name: 
National Library of Medicine
Number of Students: 
1 - 4

Project Description

Project Description: 

The Exhibition Program at the National Library of Medicine produces a wide variety of exhibitions and websites that use a diverse assortment of assets including print photographs, digital media, and analog media. Over the course of the last 10 years, hundreds of individual assets have been accumulated. The Rehousing plan for exhibition assets will organize, house, and label all materials for archival purposes. A project fellow will be required to:

Sort assets by type per exhibition
House assets in protective sleeves and boxes
Label boxes/protective sleeves with exhibition name, section, or other content identification to ease in future access
Create and update finding aids and/or database records

Project Function: 
Archival Services (includes processing, weeding, indexing, etc)
Conservation/Preservation
Curatorial Services/ Exhibit Development
Database Development/Administration

Requirement

Required Skills and Abilities: 

Interest in exhibitions and exhibition asset management.