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Fall 2008 23/2
lib.nmsu.edu New Mexico State University Library Newsletter
The Pete Domenici Collection:
One Box at a Time
In This Issue
Senator Pete Domenici Tours Archives . . . . 2
David Baldwin Named Associate Dean . . . . . 3
NM Librarians Write Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
GO Bond B on Fall Ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Library Begins ASK PR Campaign . . . . . . . . . 4
One Search: A Huge Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
New Deal Art and Banned Books Initiatives 5
Spotlight on Political Papers Archives . . . . . 6
Top 5 Things to Know About the Library . . . 6
J. Phelps White to Speak on Rare Books . . . 7
In, Out & About the Library . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reference Is Alive and Well . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Carl Faubion Award Announced . . . . . . . . . . 8
Voyager Projects Make Progress . . . . . . . . . . 8
Free Citation Software Available . . . . . . . . . 9
Wonderful Things Take Place in a Library . . 9
Grants and Gifts Announced . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Service and Bonus Awards Announced . . . 10
New Staff Members Announced . . . . . 11-12
Mayhood, Padilla, Peale, Torres Retire . . . 13
Immersion Program Teaches Teaching . . . 14
KIC Scanning Stations Announced . . . . . . . 14
Library Faculty Member’s Book Published . 14
Ask Me Table Answers Questions . . . . . . . . 15
In Memoriam: Molly Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
I Love My Librarian Award Announced . . . 15
The Lighter Side of the Library . . . . . . . . . 16
Above: New Political Papers Archi-vist
Cary Osborne greets Senator
Pete Domenici and his wife. Left
to right, Christina Chavez Kelley,
Nancy Domenici, Senator Domenici,
Dean Elizabeth Titus and Cary
Osborne.
Stan, the cast of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skull
who guards the entrance to Zuhl Library,
has made a new friend, two and a half-year-
old Austin Martinez. Austin, the son
of Library Development Officer Kristina
Martinez, has another name for Stan,
however—“Sharp Tooth.”
Stan is part of the Zuhl Collection of fos-sils,
minerals and petrified wood housed
in Zuhl Library courtesy of Herbert and
Joan Zuhl. To learn more, visit http://
zuhlcollection.nmsu.edu/.
What Sharp Teeth You Have!
When I first encountered the papers in Senator Domenici’s collection, I was asked, “How are
you going to get through all of this?” The only answer I could give was “one box at a time.”
With approximately 2,000 boxes already in place and more to come by the end of the year,
the task seems daunting if viewed as a whole.
After the very successful Public Policy Conference held in honor of the Senator, the time had
come to get started. First, an organization and processing plan was written up, discussed
and approved. Like most archival collections, the papers are sorted into series, sub-series,
then perhaps by date or subject. Congressional papers have a few of their own characteris-tics
and each collection has its own, too, giving the archivist a certain amount of latitude.
Next, needed supplies and equipment were identified and ordered. Clean, acid-free boxes
and folders by the hundreds. Acid-free paper on which to copy newspaper clippings, onion
skin documents, carbon copies or damaged pieces. Tools that are specific to libraries and
archives. Bins that will speed up the sorting of thousands of papers by selected criteria.
Once we begin work in earnest, there will be three employees in the Political Papers Archives
working on different series or sections. The choices are endless, but the items that will be of
the most interest to researchers will be done first. This will more than likely include the
electronic data: hundreds of tapes, disks and cassettes in a dozen or more formats. Eventu-ally,
many of these will be transferred or migrated to digital formats and most of the audio
recordings will be transcribed. The finding aids are the final step, and they will be posted on
the web site for use by any researcher anywhere.
Soon, we will be a full crew working on sorting, copying, preserving, cleaning—all the steps
necessary in preparing a collection such as this for researchers, students and others. For
now, patience is the order of the day. And when the collection is at last ready to open, a
new beginning will have arrived. — Cary G. Osborne, Archives & Special Collections
Object Description
| Title | lib.nmsu.edu: New Mexico State University Library Newsletter |
| Volume/Number | Volume 23, No. 2 |
| Subject | Library publications; New Mexico State University. Library |
| Table of Contents | The Pete Domenici Collection: One box at a time; What sharp teeth you have!; Senator Pete Domenici tours archive; David Baldwin named Associate Dean; NM Librarians write books; GO Bond B on fall ballot; Library begins ASK PR campaign; One Search: A huge step; New Deal art and Banned Books initiatives; Spotlight on Political Papers Archives; Top 5 things to know about the Library; J. Phelps White to speak on rare books; In, out & about the Library; Reference is alive and well; Carl Faubion Award announced; Voyager projects make progress; Free citation software available; Wonderful things take place in a library; Grants and gifts announced; Service and bonus awards announced; Library faculty member's book published; Ask Me Table answers questions; In Memoriam: Molly Morris; I Love My Librarian Award announced; The lighter side of the library |
| Creator | Osborne, Cary G.; Baldwin, David; Gonzalez, Alisa; Westbrock, Theresa; Martinez, Kristina; Vincenti, Jo Anne; Bosman, Ellen; Baker, Sarah; Lee, Norice; Pierard, Cindy; Smith, Jeanette C. |
| Contributor | Smith, Jeanette C.; |
| Issue Date | Fall 2008 |
| Date | 2008-09 |
| Publisher | New Mexico State University Library |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Collection | New Mexico State University Library Newsletters |
| Identifier | URLN_200809 |
| Source | http://lib.nmsu.edu/aboutlib/newsletter/fall08newsletter.pdf |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Subject | Library publications; New Mexico State University. Library; |
| Issue Date | Fall 2008 |
| Is part of | lib.nmsu.edu: New Mexico State University Library Newsletter, Vol. 23, No. 2, Fall 2008 |
| Publisher | New Mexico State University Library |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Collection | New Mexico State University Library Newsletters |
| Source | http://lib.nmsu.edu/aboutlib/newsletter/fall08newsletter.pdf |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents |
| OCR | Fall 2008 23/2 lib.nmsu.edu New Mexico State University Library Newsletter The Pete Domenici Collection: One Box at a Time In This Issue Senator Pete Domenici Tours Archives . . . . 2 David Baldwin Named Associate Dean . . . . . 3 NM Librarians Write Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 GO Bond B on Fall Ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Library Begins ASK PR Campaign . . . . . . . . . 4 One Search: A Huge Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 New Deal Art and Banned Books Initiatives 5 Spotlight on Political Papers Archives . . . . . 6 Top 5 Things to Know About the Library . . . 6 J. Phelps White to Speak on Rare Books . . . 7 In, Out & About the Library . . . . . . . . . . 7 Reference Is Alive and Well . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Carl Faubion Award Announced . . . . . . . . . . 8 Voyager Projects Make Progress . . . . . . . . . . 8 Free Citation Software Available . . . . . . . . . 9 Wonderful Things Take Place in a Library . . 9 Grants and Gifts Announced . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Service and Bonus Awards Announced . . . 10 New Staff Members Announced . . . . . 11-12 Mayhood, Padilla, Peale, Torres Retire . . . 13 Immersion Program Teaches Teaching . . . 14 KIC Scanning Stations Announced . . . . . . . 14 Library Faculty Member’s Book Published . 14 Ask Me Table Answers Questions . . . . . . . . 15 In Memoriam: Molly Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 I Love My Librarian Award Announced . . . 15 The Lighter Side of the Library . . . . . . . . . 16 Above: New Political Papers Archi-vist Cary Osborne greets Senator Pete Domenici and his wife. Left to right, Christina Chavez Kelley, Nancy Domenici, Senator Domenici, Dean Elizabeth Titus and Cary Osborne. Stan, the cast of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skull who guards the entrance to Zuhl Library, has made a new friend, two and a half-year- old Austin Martinez. Austin, the son of Library Development Officer Kristina Martinez, has another name for Stan, however—“Sharp Tooth.” Stan is part of the Zuhl Collection of fos-sils, minerals and petrified wood housed in Zuhl Library courtesy of Herbert and Joan Zuhl. To learn more, visit http:// zuhlcollection.nmsu.edu/. What Sharp Teeth You Have! When I first encountered the papers in Senator Domenici’s collection, I was asked, “How are you going to get through all of this?” The only answer I could give was “one box at a time.” With approximately 2,000 boxes already in place and more to come by the end of the year, the task seems daunting if viewed as a whole. After the very successful Public Policy Conference held in honor of the Senator, the time had come to get started. First, an organization and processing plan was written up, discussed and approved. Like most archival collections, the papers are sorted into series, sub-series, then perhaps by date or subject. Congressional papers have a few of their own characteris-tics and each collection has its own, too, giving the archivist a certain amount of latitude. Next, needed supplies and equipment were identified and ordered. Clean, acid-free boxes and folders by the hundreds. Acid-free paper on which to copy newspaper clippings, onion skin documents, carbon copies or damaged pieces. Tools that are specific to libraries and archives. Bins that will speed up the sorting of thousands of papers by selected criteria. Once we begin work in earnest, there will be three employees in the Political Papers Archives working on different series or sections. The choices are endless, but the items that will be of the most interest to researchers will be done first. This will more than likely include the electronic data: hundreds of tapes, disks and cassettes in a dozen or more formats. Eventu-ally, many of these will be transferred or migrated to digital formats and most of the audio recordings will be transcribed. The finding aids are the final step, and they will be posted on the web site for use by any researcher anywhere. Soon, we will be a full crew working on sorting, copying, preserving, cleaning—all the steps necessary in preparing a collection such as this for researchers, students and others. For now, patience is the order of the day. And when the collection is at last ready to open, a new beginning will have arrived. — Cary G. Osborne, Archives & Special Collections |
