| Pratt Institute on Special Collections
at NYPL Pratt-SILS and NYPL, HSSL - May 17 - 28, 2004 |
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| Date | Time | Topic | Room | Staff |
| WEEK 1 | ||||
| May 17, 2004 | 9:30-11:30am | Meeting with Professor Giannini. Introduction to the Institute, syllabus, | SC | Giannini |
| Monday | research projects, schedules. | |||
| 11:30-1:00pm | Overview of NYPL; tour of building and stacks | SC | Thornton, Fletcher | |
| 1:00-2:30pm | Lunch | |||
| 2:30-3:30pm | Hands-on training session using CATNYP and SER; EAD Finding Aids | SC | Yockey | |
| 3:45-4:30pm | Tour of RMRR and PubCat; Access Cards Made | Hibay, Yockey | ||
| May 18, 2004 | 9:30-10:30am | Meet to Discuss Projects | SC | Giannini |
| Tuesday | ||||
| 10:30-12pm | Introduction to Special Collections; SC Cards; special handling, preservation vs. | 207 | Fletcher, Thornton, Bartow | |
| access; Discussion of important "Issues" | ||||
| 12-1:30pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30-2:30pm | Introduction to GRD | 207 | Diefendorf, Yockey | |
| 2:45-3:45pm | Introduction to Rare Books and Arents | 207 | Bartow, Inman | |
| 3:45 - 4:30pm | Introduction to Manuscripts and Archives; NYPL Archives | 207 | Stingone, Moske | |
| May 19, 2004 | 9:30-10:15am | Introduction to Milstein Division of United States History, Local History, | 121 | Carr |
| Wednesday | and Genealogy | |||
| 10:30-11:30am | Introduction to Area Studies: Jewish, Slavic and Baltic, | 84, 219, | Terry, Kasinec, Lundquist | |
| Asian and Middle Eastern Division | 216-217 | |||
| 11:45-12:30pm | Introduction to Map Division | 117 | Hudson | |
| 12:30-2:00pm | Lunch | |||
| 2:00-3:00pm | Class discussion of Projects | SC | Giannini | |
| 3:00-4:30pm | Individual work on Projects | |||
| May 20, 2004 | 9:30-10:15am | Tour of Ninety for the Nineties | Salomon | Bartow |
| Thursday | ||||
| 10:30-12:00pm | Introduction to Berg and Pforzheimer Divisions | Berger 227 | Gewirtz, Wagner | |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:00-2:00pm | Introduction to Art and Architecture Collection | 300 | Kirking, Robinson | |
| 2:00-4:30pm | Individual Work on Projects | |||
| May 21, 2004 | 9:30-11:00am | Introduction to the Spencer Collection, Print Collection, | 308 | Waddell, Glover, Lowe |
| Friday | and Photography Collection | |||
| 11:15-12:30pm | Introduction to the Digital Library; Issues in Digitizing Special Collections | SC | Bickner | |
| 12:30-2:00pm | Lunch | |||
| 2 - 3:30pm | Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection | MM | Callahan | |
| 3:30 - 4:30pm | Individual work on projects | |||
| Week 2 | ||||
| May 24, 2004 | 11 - 12:30pm | Discussion of issues in Special Collections (copyright, permissions, | 207 | Lisanti, Bartow, Thornton |
| Monday | access, and preservation) | |||
| Individual work on projects | ||||
| May 25, 2004 | Individual work on projects | |||
| Tuesday | 3:00-4:00 PM | Tour of the Goldsmith Conservation Lab. | Rm.60 | |
| May 26, 2004 | Individual work on projects | |
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| Wednesday | ||||
| May 27, 2004 | Individual work on projects | |||
| Thursday | ||||
| May 28, 2004 | 1:30-4:30pm | Final class session. Hand in project; class project presentations | SC | Giannini |
| Friday | and discussion; evaluation | |||