Andrew D'Amato

Assisted with note-taking and how to handle certain readings
Helped examine exam results
Provided advice to improve for quizzes, notes, and other class-related materials

Processed the "Duck Diaries" Collection, September 2018-March 2019
Scan photographs, negatives, letters and envelopes
Upload scanned data to online database
Organized Microfilms of Methodist documents, March 2019-April 2019
Organized Comic Books for sub-collection and adding to finding aid, April 2019
Helped organize inventory of duplicate books, May 2019
Scanned "Music Ministries" magazines for a client
Sorted 19th-Century printing press type
Sorted objects for re-shelving
Helped select texts for a possible acquisition

Learned Greek alphabet and Greek transliteration
Used Adobe Acrobat to order pages for a translation
Assisted with organizing document pages from a journal for use

The Duck Diaries is a collection at the Drew University Special Collections, detailing a goodwill tour of Latin America done in 1961-1962 by a group of college students, several of whom went to Drew. My duties were to process the items in the collection, ranging from photographs, photo negatives, letters, documents, reels, and other objects. The photographs and negatives, along with already digitized photographs, were uploaded to an online database, and the letters/envelopes were scanned as well. The remaining items were categorized and listed in a finding aid. The collection is currently processed, with film reels having just been donated, and there will possibly be new items donated in the future.

I helped supervise the Humanities section for the inaugural Drew University Day of Scholars, a "research day" meant to showcase various projects done by Drew students, and run by the Baldwin Honors Program. I coordinated the plans for the Humanities group, set up meetings, and sent notes of progress to the student who supervised all the divisions involved.