I’ve mostly been concerned with basic necessities of life like food and shelter, but now I should mention the great job that I have. I (along with two others) am a Cataloging Technician for the Tulane Recovery Project located in the Tulane Recovery Center. Sounds grand doesn’t it!? It’s a big warehouse full of boxes full of books.
This warehouse used to be a wine distributor and is right next door to Tulane University’s off-site storage (a warehouse full of shelves full of books). The storage area received no damage from the floods and it is a fabulous sight to behold. As the lights flicker on and slowly warm up, rows and rows of books are revealed. It’s like heaven! These are still in the catalog and circulate to the students and faculty. Also housed in this area are some statues.
What we have been doing so far is checking in the catalog for the books and then re-barcoding them. We started with the very important music collection which many people at Tulane are chomping at the bit to get back into the collection. After the catalogers get done, the books move on to processing where they are labeled, tagged with security tags, and stamped.
Books that didn't survive Katrina
Books that were recovered
# posted by Doloho @ 3:13 PM
