Kinsey and the Wasps: Mapping a Journey Part Twelve, in Which We Look to the Horizon This project has been a fascinating adventure. Looking ahead to what remains to be done, I feel a lot of excitement, particularly about some of the sleuthing activities that may present themselves. In particular, I want to determine where… Read more »

Kinsey and the Wasps: Mapping a Journey Part Eleven, in Which Kinsey Enters the Meme Stream I’m not sure what got me started thinking about this, possibly publicity brainstorming combined with having teenagers in the house, but I began to wonder whether there were Alfred Kinsey memes making their way through cyberspace. So I decided… Read more »

Kinsey and the Wasps: Mapping a Journey Part Ten, in Which All Faces are Seen Through Interfaces My second supervisor meeting for the internship was a Zoom meeting, one of seemingly hundreds by now. Theresa and I regularly have one-on-one meetings face-to-face about all things maps, and we have kept this up. When we met… Read more »

Kinsey and the Wasps: Mapping a Journey Part Nine, in Which We are Flummoxed and in Flux It is at this point in our journey when what seemed far away began to draw near, and what was of mild concern quickly became dire indeed. I went from talking with Theresa one day about what parts… Read more »

Kinsey and the Wasps: Mapping a Journey Part Eight: Moving Parts #3, in Which We Leap Online With the Grace of a (Photo)Cat Creating a collection for Indiana University’s Image Collections Online is a multi-step process that begins with conceiving of an online collection, taking the images through the digitization process, and determining metadata fields,… Read more »

Kinsey and the Wasps: Mapping a Journey Part Seven: Moving Parts #2, in Which We Enter the Metadata Maze This was my first time creating metadata for an online digital collection, so I needed a lot of help. Luckily, I work in a building where humans with incredible amounts of highly specialized knowledge are a… Read more »

Kinsey and the Wasps: Mapping a Journey Part Six: Moving Parts #1, in Which We Start Scanning Scanning was done with two different machines, both capable of producing the high resolution (600 dpi) ideal for digital-collection images. The first scanner, pictured below, is located in the GIMMS Department and is frequently used for large-format scans…. Read more »

Kinsey and the Wasps: Mapping a Journey Part Five, in Which We Develop the Project Idea As the Map and Spatial Data Librarian and the Maps Assistant, respectively, Theresa Quill and I are the people at Wells that tend to have the most contact with the physical and digital map collections. It will come as… Read more »

Kinsey and the Wasps: Mapping a Journey Part Four, in Which Kinsey Wields Writing Utensils Alfred C. Kinsey autographed lots of things. In addition to the items one would expect him to sign, such as copies of his own books and other publications, he signed lots of other things as well, seemingly willy-nilly sometimes. I… Read more »

Kinsey and the Wasps: Mapping a Journey Part Three, in Which Kinsey (and His Maps?) Find a Home at Indiana University Kinsey had wowed his Harvard mentor and thesis adviser, the freewheeling William Morton Wheeler, so completely that the latter took it upon himself to land Kinsey some choice opportunities. The first was a Sheldon… Read more »