| Fall/Winter 1996
| Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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Interns
Yasmeen Khan completed an eight-month internship in the Libraries' Book Conservation Laboratory working under Janice Stagnitto Ellis, Book Conservator, and Susan Blaine, head of Preservation Services Department, and earning a Master's degree and an Advanced Certificate in Conservation from the Department of Preservation and Conservation Studies (PCS) in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas Austin. The PCS program moved to UT Austin in 1992 from Columbia University where it had been established in 1981. Yasmeen worked on conservation treatment of bound material, and assisted in general preservation activities of the lab, including the installation of the Libraries' 150th-anniversary exhibition and a collection stabilization effort in the Museum of Natural History Branch. She also constructed a hand-made vellum book, bound in the manner of an 18th-century English book, which the Libraries donated to the Smithsonian Women's Committee for its Silent Auction.
Michelle Smith, who is also enrolled in the PCS program at UT Austin, served an internship in the Book Conservation Laboratory, completing a special collections prioritization survey.
Susan Blaine, Head
Preservation Services
LaHoma Lee, a senior at Stanford University, served an academic internship at the Libraries from July to September. Her internship was funded by the American Indian Museum Studies Program, administered by Karen Cooper, Center for Museum Studies. Ms. Lee worked with Margaret Dittemore, Anthropology Branch Librarian, and Susan Blaine and Claire Dekle, Preservation Services Department, on projects in the areas of preservation and collection management designed to provide access to materials in the American Indian collection in the Anthropology Branch.
Margaret Dittemore, Librarian
Anthropology Branch
Two interns worked under Valerie Wheat during the summer in the Museum Reference Center (MRC). Susan Fels, a librarian who is re-certifying her MLS degree at Catholic University, completed a student practicum working on MRC Subject Files' materials and other tasks. Molly Hults, a Museum Studies M.A. degree student at George Washington University worked on improving the information resources available for MRC patrons.
Valerie Wheat, Librarian
Mus. Ref. Center
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