Shift #64 - Editing & Blog 1 Submission Details
Friday, August 16, 2024 | 8 am-1:30 pm CST/9 am-2:30 pm EST (5 hrs & 30 min)
Details
Michelle Hurt, student/intern
Jennifer Gonzalez, practicum supervisor
This is a screenshot of one of the forms I had to submit. The final project was a blog post, plus some required forms that we had to submit in an email.
The day has come, I am done! Well, at least with one required blog post. While I did finish writing my second blog post, I only had time to finish the full requirements for one blog post in time for my Library of Congress deadline. The requirements included submitting a few extra things - a permission and release form (pictured), screenshot of a plagiarism checker, and a metadata form, plus all related pictures. This doesn't sound like a lot, but it did add some time to everything that I needed to do once I finished all my editing. Editing included making sure I formatted my Word document appropriately, with a title, short description of myself, and pictures inside the document along with captions, alt text, and URLs. I wrote my first blog post in a way that it can stand on its own, without a part two (I had a feeling I wouldn't have time to finish up everything on time). Thankfully, we were told that we can submit blog posts at any time! I really enjoyed researching and writing so I that made me happy to know I can submit other writings for consideration.
The main part I wanted to note during this final shift of work in my practicum is the metadata form. Every semester, there's about 40-50 interns that all submit at least one piece of writing. To help the approval committee review all the blog posts written by the interns, they look at associated metadata forms. This particular form is intended to be attached to the email we will write to our practicum supervisor for submission of a blog article. (The email we write will also include all of the blog text in a separate word document plus the other attachments I mentioned above.) In the metadata form, we have to select a category/ies that our blog falls under. In my case, I selected "Law Library", "collections", and "guest post". (Other options include World War I, African American History, LGBTQ, Native Americans, and Women's History.) Next, I had to write an abstract, which was a one sentence description of the main idea of my blog post. This was an important step, as it will be viewable in search results, the Law Library homepage, and sent out to all of the Law Library subscribers in an email to encourage them to click the link and read more. I also had to select subject headings - some of the ones I used were "Law Library", "Law of the sea", "Pirates", "Piracy", and "Privateers". Lastly, I had to note the date (or time period) my blog post covers, the jurisdiction or region it covers, rights, and language.
It was the most satisfying thing to draft my email to Jennifer and hit submit. I cannot believe it's finally done! I hope my blog post gets selected to be published; I really did have so much fun writing it. We'll see, though - it may take 3-4 months for the approval committee to email me about my post.
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