National Internship Awareness Month

Did you know that April is National Internship Awareness Month? Internships (or practicums) are essential for those going to school to become a librarian.  We have been lucky enough to have an intern here at the Border Heritage Department for the past 3 months as she is finishing her final semester at the University of North Texas obtaining her Master of Library Science degree.

During her internship, countless hours have been spent on a large digitization project in creating the Local Newspapers & Newsletters collection featured on our Digital Archives website. 

Explore Our Collections - Border Heritage Center Digital Collections (quartexcollections.com)

She has had hands-on experience with scanning historical documents, editing, importing, and creating the metadata that is attached to each item. This experience will aid her in her future career....perhaps as an archivist so she can continue preserving and sharing historical documents for all to access. Wherever she lands, we wish you the best and Happy Graduation in May!  

Let's give all the interns out there you know a hand this, and all months to come!

 El Paso...officially reporting eclipses since 1885!

The Border Heritage Department, along with most of El Paso, took a break today to step outside and view the Eclipse from the Sergio Troncoso Library.

No eclipse glasses are needed however to check out the many interesting and valuable resources we have here at our temporary location.  

Renovations are wrapping up and before we know it, it will be time to box everything up and head back to the Main Library location in Downtown.  Visit us now or later, we'd be happy to help you in your research needs!