December 16, 2019 (Monday), 9:00-3:30pm:

Hours completed: 6

Total hours completed: 91.25

In the morning, I continued working on the augmented reality component of the SJC exhibition. Since I had scrapped the idea of the saints’ biographies for the reliquary, I decided that instead, a brief video explanation of the reliquary’s contents would be a better alternative, that would then link to the digital record of the item hosted on the CDR that would then have the links to the biographies. This way, it wouldn’t be too overwhelming or overstimulating, and the visitors could judge how much information they wanted to receive without it all being dumped on them at once. (1 hour)

Later, I sat in on a meeting between Dave and Micah, a worker from Alumni Relations, about what photographs from the archives can be used promotionally, which brings in copyright and fair use concerns. I did not realize that posting a photo on Facebook or Instagram, for example, turns over the copyright to Facebook and Instagram. Dave said we had to be very careful in what we posted directly to Facebook or Instagram, especially given how many of our items are orphaned. We simply cannot be sure who owns the photographs, and we don’t want to get in legal trouble for violating their copyright if someone has a claim on them that we do not know. A way to get around turning over the copyright (for items that the university is the copyright holder) would be to post the photos on the university’s blog and then link to the blog post on the social media page. (2 hours)

After the meeting, I went to the Archives office to work on designing the labels for SJC exhibit in Photoshop. I located an image I wanted to use as a exhibit logo that would be used on all of the labels and created a set style for how the labels would look. (1 hour)

Last, Dave and I went to the annex, where the Ron Hansen papers are stored, and he introduced me more fully into how the items have been organized so far and the original brainstorming process of what the plans were regarding numbering. His idea is that given the existing organization structure, should I choose to keep it, I should create a numbering system for accessioning that kept certain organizational schema in place, such as grouping items related to certain major works together. I brainstormed some ideas on how to accomplish it and took some time to see how the organization system has been used so far. (2 hours)