"The Secret to Getting Ahead is Getting Started"

"The secret to getting ahead is getting started." 
-Mark Twain

Rare Book Collection As the rare book repository is my Practicum project, I have been making increased efforts to complete photographing all the rare books so I can then edit them in Photoshop and upload them to Airtable. This week I am happy to say that I finished one whole section. 

On-Demand Tutorials Because I like to have multiple projects to work on, I also completed another video tutorial this week: Getting Started with ASTM Compass. The tutorial is an introductory video to the ASTM Compass platform, which includes a section on conducting a basic standards search. Upon approval, I will then upload the video, transcript, and a still image to our LibGuides for staff to view.

Open Access Webinar During the week, I also attended a webinar on Open Access presented by Elsevier’s Researcher Academy. Through the presentation, I learned the difference between Gold and Green Open Access and the work Elsevier is doing on acquiring more Open Access content.

EBSCO CM Meeting My boss also invited me to sit in on a meeting with a representative from EBSCO Collection Manager. I very much appreciate the invitation to meetings that deal with the running of the library and the process of researching and selecting which platform may benefit staff the most. Because I am new to the profession in general, there are a lot of platforms I have not heard of, EBSCO Collection Manager being one of them. The layout seems easy-to-use and their ebook collection seems rather extensive.