Archival Discovery Public User Interface Comparisons (AS01) - Tasks

SITE #1: NYPL - Archives Database

(http://archives.nypl.org)


  1. Using this site, please locate Charles Jones’ Papers.

  2. Locate the section of the Charles Jones Papers which describe the correspondence in this collection.

  3. Identify the box and folder that the 1994 score for Jones’ String Quartet #10 may be found in.

  4. Using this site, can you identify what college Jones taught for?

  5. Assuming that you would like to view some of this material in person, using this site, how would you make arrangements?


SITE #2: Smithsonian

(http://siarchives.si.edu/collections)


  1. Using this site, please locate A. Myra Keen’s Papers.


  2. Locate the section of the A. Myra Keen Papers which describe the scrapbooks in this collection.

  3. Identify the box and folder in which Keen’s birth certificate may be found.

  4. Using this site, can you tell me what college Keen graduated from?

  5. Assuming that you would like to view some of this material in person, using this site, how would you make arrangements?

SITE #3: Princeton

http://findingaids.princeton.edu


  1. Using this site, please locate Logan Pearsall Smith’s Papers.


  2. Locate the section of the Smith Papers which describe the Entomological Research in this collection.

  3. Identify the box and folder in which miscellaneous material related to Smith’s "Slices of Cake" may be found.


  4. Using this site, can you tell me who the two authors Smith wrote about in "Slices of Cake" were?


  5. Assuming that you would like to view some of this material in person, using this site, how would you make arrangements for that?