LIS 648: Week Nine
This week, we finally got to visit records management. The Knox County Records Management Department is housed in the lovely building...
LIS 648: Week Eight
This week we had a special treat at the East TN History Center: Dean Novelli, a local author and historian, gave a lecture regarding the...
LIS 648: Week Seven
This week was fairly uneventful, and involved more reference practice at the desk with Doris and Greta. I'm pretty comfortable locating...
LIS 648: Week Six
This week was mostly spent at the reference desk with Doris and Greta, and Eric, two other archive employees. I practiced helping patrons...
LIS 648: Week Five
This week, I got to venture upstairs to the Calvin C. McLung Historical Collection, located on the third floor of our building. I was...
LIS 648: Week Four
This week's big lesson was learning about microfilm. Tom, microfilm extraordinaire for the Knox County Archive, took me down to his...
LIS 648: Week Three
This week, the main focus was the history of Knoxville and the courts of Knox County. Doris walked me around the city pointing out...
LIS 648: Week Two
This week was mostly about learning the staff manual and reading through some other literature Doris wanted to make sure I knew. The rest...
LIS 648: Week One
I started my summer practicum at the Knox County Archives, a strictly governmental repository for the county, June 1st. The archives...
