[Part 5] Multitasking as the Belkin’s Collections Assistant: Artefacts Canada & Public Domain Day!

This is the fifth and final post in a series of five, each building on a project mentioned in my Belkin Art Gallery poster (see my September 11, 2020 post “Reflecting on a Remote Summer: Collections Assistant at the Belkin Art Gallery”). I worked on these projects in my position as the Belkin’s Collections Assistant from June 2020 to January 2021. This final post focuses on a public domain and Artefacts Canada project.



UBC Rare Books and Special Collections Exhibition

As part of our final outreach project for LIBR 548X Social Media and Digital Outreach, my course peers, our professor Dr. Erik Kwakkel, and I put together an exhibition promoting some of the many facsinating items in the University of British Columbia Rare Books and Special Collections holdings.



A Summer at the Tower: Chief Historical Interpreter, Murney Tower Museum

During the summer of 2018, I had the opportunity to work as the Chief Historical Interpreter at the Murney Tower Museum (Kingston, Ontario). The Tower is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the oldest museum in Kingston. Some of my responsibilities included supervising interpreters, arranging and providing visitors with guided tours, and working closely with the curator to manage museum operations and collections.



230+ World Towers: Exhibition Renewal at Murney Tower Museum

As the Chief Historical Interpreter at the Murney Tower Museum, I was given the opportunity to assist the Museum Curator with the 2018 exhibition renewal. I was given an independent project of researching curator-approved and museum-related topics of my choice. The project also entailed generating the text, selecting the images, and creating a digital draft of a panel to be included in the renewal. This project enabled me to expand and utilize my research, design, and collaboration skills.



Colouring the Tower: Creating the Murney Tower Museum Colouring & Activity Book

During my time at the Murney Tower Museum, I created an interactive colouring book featuring drawings of museum artifacts. The colouring book is designed to work like a scavenger hunt or learning tool mainly for children. Some pages include questions that can be answered by interacting with the museum displays or going on a guided museum tour. The goal is to enhance visitor engagement and museum revenue. It will be available in the museum gift shop in the 2019 season.



Topic Briefing, Information Literacy Education and the Re-establishment of the Teacher-Librarian at Southview Public School

As part of a class assignment during the Winter 2018 term at the iSchool@UBC, I created a topic briefing addressing the enhancement of information literacy education at Southview Public School (Kingston, Ontario) and the re-establishment of the teacher-librarian. The position was eliminated from not only Southview P.S. and across Kingston’s Limestone District School Board, but also from a vast number of school libraries across Canada. This briefing advocates for this national issue.



Event Photographer, Bring Your Thing Pop-Up Museum

As an Event Photographer for the Kingston Association of Museums, Art Galleries, and Historic Sites, I was specifically in charge of photographing objects, participants, and visitors at the monthly Bring Your Thing Pop-Up Museum events for 2017. Photographs are used on official KAM social media platforms, website, and also archived for future uses.