Author: Luis Rubio
Luis Rubio is a second-year graduate student at Pratt Institute School of Information, pursuing a Master’s of Science in Library and Information Science. They received their BA in English Literature with a minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Binghamton University. They are also the 2020-2021 Pratt Fellow in the Brooklyn Museum Archives, where they are processing and creating a finding aid for The Department of Photography records [PHO].
During my time as the Pratt Fellow in the Brooklyn Museum Archives I worked on processing and completing a finding aid for one of the most utilized collections that is currently also the most challenging to access. This collection comprises the bulk of the institution’s visual representation, the Department of Photography records [PHO]. As part of processing the collection, I had to extract information about the collection from Microsoft Access and migrate it to ArchivesSpace. My poster presentation will showcase some of my experiences while completing this project.