Interview with Kelly and Sarah

• For today, I got to go down to the scanning room. As you can see above, it's a high tech scanning machine in which they used. It was pretty interesting to see old books. They would scan pages of each book. then they would edit the photo, and lastly, they would convert it to PDF format to have people all over access to that file. It makes the access to these old scanned copies of the books much easier for people. I actually got the chance to use the scanning machine which was exciting. I tried both automatic and manual mode. As you can see, I learned how to use a scanning machine, and it was really nice to meet Kelly and Kristen.

• The second part of my afternoon. I got to interview the Preservation Librarian, Sarah McGlynn. She told me a quick explanation of the Historical Library. Then, she showed me the place where they kept old books in security. They arranged by time period. So, it was really nice to get the chance to see actual books from 11-19th century. She mention how some older books used plates to make the text stand out, and they also used animal skin as the cover. You can really see how things change in terms of resources and its usages. Not only did they have ancient books, but also ancient paintings. If you're wondering about his position, she preserves the physical aspects of the books thus adequate lighting and temperature is essential. Overall, I enjoyed meeting Sarah, and she is very motivated and passionate about her profession. She definitely has a great curiosity towards the way people before decipher mental conditions through drawings and other various ways. You can learned a lot of interesting facts about the library and the books from her especially in a historical perspective.