MLC PracticumMisti Thornton

Misti.Thornton@usm.eduUniversity of Southern Mississippi

July 23, 2016

Mississippi Library Commission• Established in 1926

• Advises school and public libraries

• Advises communities on establishing libraries

• Encourages growth and provides advise on how to establish, maintain and develop libraries in the state

Bookmobiles• Acting mobile libraries

• Provides library services to cities, towns and rural areas

• Provides services to users who have difficulty accessing libraries

Advances in the LibraryThe card catalog has been replaced with systems that can be searched electronically

TWX machines created a punched tape that was used for interlibrary loan purposes. Interlibrary loans are now commonly done electronically

Libraries have also held demonstrations and programs that assist the surrounding community with various skills. Show in the picture is a spinning wheel.

The library and library services are available to every one.

MLC Practicum• Created a numbering system for pictures

that concurs with finding aid

• Created finding aid for pictures of libraries from all over Mississippi

• Used metadata to describe each picture

• Performed research to identify some objects in pictures

• Scanned each picture

• Results will be uploaded into ContentDM so that pictures will be available to the public

Questions?Thank you for your attention