As the summer draws to a close this week, we say goodbye to two more people.
Emily Anderson, one of our cataloging volunteers, is heading back to school. She's been with us since March, and has been very helpful in adding our acquisitions from Chicago Theological Seminary and some of our existing materials to the online catalog.
Abraham Miller, our part-time Archives Assistant, is also destined for greener pastures. Abe began his time here as an intern two years ago, and took over the assistant position when Sam Smallidge graduated from Simmons last year. Now Abe has finished the archival program as well, and is passing the torch to Sari Mauro, who volunteered here last summer. We are extremely grateful for all the hard work Abe has put into digitizing and cataloging the items in our Image Collection, as well as spearheading our participation in the Digital Commonwealth program. We will miss his dedication and good humor, but we know that they will serve him well as he moves on to bigger and better things.
We mention our interns and volunteers a lot on this blog. Because we have such a small staff, we simply couldn't accomplish some of the ambitious plans we have for our collections without their assistance. And since Claudette, Jessica, Rachel, and April are all graduates of the Simmons GSLIS program, they enjoy mentoring the next generation of library professionals, and cultivating some of the workplace skills that can't always be learned in a classroom. It's a win-win situation that we hope will continue for a very long time to come.
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