{"id":8620,"date":"2017-02-08T16:42:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T02:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/?p=8620"},"modified":"2025-07-06T17:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T03:25:12","slug":"uhm-access-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/uhm-access-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Access Services, Hamilton Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Location: 2550 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI, 96822<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Internship Description<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The internship activities include assisting the Access Services librarian in conducting an item-by item inventory of a section of the rare books collection. The intern will use a cataloging system-generated shelf list and inventory system and will check the list against the physical items on the shelves. The intern will help to identify and document items not represented in the online cataloging records, mislabeled items, items lacking barcode\/ unique identifier number, and noting any misplaced, or missing items.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

If time and opportunity permit, the internship will examine provenance notes and treatment notes and add them to a database of the collection items.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Library\/Collection Description<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Hamilton Library\u2019s main collection has a Rare Book collection of approximately 10,000 titles. The collection is comprised of manuscripts and serials ranging from the 1500s to the present. The collection includes subcollection groups of miniature books, juvenile fiction, and book arts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The shelf list cards for the collection items may have some provenance notes attached to the shelf list cards This information may or may not be included in the cataloging record. Preservation or treatment notes exist for certain items in the collection. The notes are currently stored as paper copies and housed in Manila folders.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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