Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery - Staff Wiki
Where to Search & Find SC Materials
WHERE TO SEARCH & FIND SC STUFF
PHOTOS
Photos are cataloged in PastPerfect
PastPerfect>Photos Catalog>Find
Easiest ways to search = by
Object ID (we call this Accession Number)
Photographer
Collection (if it's from a named collection)
Title
If you can't find what you're looking for with those fields, you can go down to the second search on the bottom and search from one of those fields, such as Subjects or Processing Method (we call this Process)
PastPerfect Online (Special Collections Search)
On right hand side, click "All Content" so that everything gets unchecked
Then click on just "Photos"
Search by any of the fields
If there is a digital file of the photo, there will be a link to the Digital Collections
Physical Location of Photos
Check in PastPerfect (NOT PP Online) and look at the Home Location Field at the top of the record
Most photos are in Room 104
PHOT location: For photos by photographer (with a Collection designation of "Photographers: Last Name, First Name," start at the beginning of the wire shelving in 104 and they should be in alphabetical order by last name.
If the Home Location has a Range and Shelf designation, use that to find the box. Ex: AOK:PHOT:R2S1
Miscellaneous is at the end of the individual photographers' boxes
Processes and Albums are next
Ex: Looking for the Cyanotypes box? Check there
Looking for a travel album? Check there
COLL location: After the Processes, in alphabetical order
Again, if the Home Location has a Range and Shelf designation, use that to find the box. Ex: AOK:COLL:R7S2
VLT location: in the Vault. You will need a key from the supervisor to enter.
Notable Exceptions:
Baltimore Sun photos are in 038
Baltimore Sun negatives are in 150C (APC room)
Hughes glass negatives are in file cabinets in Room 103
Underwood & Underwood are in file cabinets in Room 103
Bullock negatives are in file cabinets in Room 103
Lewis Hine Collection is in vault
Certain collections are shelved in ABC order along with individual photographers:
Survey portfolio
Words & Images portfolio
Others are too, per Tom's request. Check the Home Location in PastPerfect, it will tell you exactly where to go
Audrey Lathrop Collection is in cold storage (now on shelves outside of cold storage until it is fixed).
BTW, the location designation for cold storage is "CS"
BOOKS
Books can be found in the regular Library catalog
If you're looking for books that are ONLY in UMBC's Special Collections, use the UMBC Only Search
E.g. Title, Author, Subject, etc.
You can further refine by:
Location = Special Collections
Format = choose from the drop down menu, e.g. Archives & Manuscripts OR Journals/Newspapers/Magazines, etc. or any of the other options
Named Collection = choose from the drop down menu
Physical Location of Books
By Collection Name (The end of the ranges should have correct Collection Names so that you know where to find books)
First in Room 104 on the left hand side is Bafford (Photography books)
Then Arnold (sometimes called Howard. It is Maryland history)
Then Needle (Utopian thought, Socialism, Radical Thought). THE NEEDLE COLLECTION HAS BEEN MOVED TO ROOM O38:R12:S1-7.
Then Rosenfeld (Science Fiction)
Across the aisle from the last row of Rosenfeld = Book Arts (note that these have SC General call numbers. If you inadvertently go to the SC General stacks to look for them, a flag should notify you to go back to the Book Arts section)
Next is Faculty/Staff publications
Then SC General
Mixed in with SC General along the wall close to the photos is Merkle (Graphic Satire)
Temporary Holdings with call numbers beginning with BCIP in both Bafford and Special Collections General are housed in Room 038 along the side wall.
ALTERNATIVE PRESS
APC items are cataloged in the regular Library catalog
Looking for specific articles? Search the APC Index http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/advanced?sid=0383524c-6813-4e40-9397-44babe544d30%40sessionmgr4&vid=1&hid=14++
Looking for the titles we hold? See instructions here (hopefully there will be a yearly list placed on the website): APC Title Lists
Looking for a particular title? Check the A-Z Journal Indexhttp://atoz.ebsco.com/Search/10975?lang=en&lang.menu=en&lang.subject=en++
Physical Location of APC materials
APC items are stored in Room 150C
You must check out a key to enter the room
Look at the range titles of the compact shelving
It's in ABC order
HOWEVER, sometimes the items are in pamphlet boxes, and sometimes in flat boxes
Make sure you check both the pamphlet boxes and flat boxes
Use a call slip as you would for any other collection
OTHER SERIALS
Other serials are also cataloged in the regular Library catalog
Looking for the titles we hold? Follow the APC title list instructions, but instead of choo