Change - Everybody's doing it

Change. It's in the air. Everybody's talking about it. But one thing the Littlejohn Collection has on both presidential candidates is that we made some big changes way before all that convention hoopla in August.

First of all, the Littlejohn Collection has moved. It took a big chunk of the summer, but we finally got it done. The collection (and my office) are now located in the Sandor Teszler Library (a.k.a. the library), in the east wing of the upper floor. That's where the Writing Center was last year. "Where's the Writing Center?", you might ask. The Writing Center has new digs, too, but it's still in the library - it's now on the main floor, on the east side of the building. Here are some maps.

The Littlejohn Collection also now has its own proper, honest-to-goodness webpage that you can get to from the library's home page. The link is over in the right-most column near the Archives link. So now when you are telling people about this cool special collection over at Wofford, you can just say "Check out the webpage - you can get to it from the library's home page."

Lately I've been experimenting with putting some images of manuscripts up onto Flickr, the popular photo-sharing website. I've got to admit that it's still a work in progress, so be prepared to see things change a little bit in the future. My goal is to upload new images of manuscripts frequently. If you have any comments, complaints, or suggestions, I'd love to get some feedback, so please email me at meagherla [@] wofford [dot] edu. If you've got a Flickr account, let's be friends on there. And if you don't, why not make one? It's free, and it's a great site. Remember, once you have a Flickr account you can "tag" images or add notes -- please feel free to do either with wild abandon to the Littlejohn Collection images.  See how interesting it got when the Library of Congress and other repositories starting uploading their images onto The Commons? (Obviously the Littlejohn Collection on Flickr owes much credit to The Commons and its contributors.) You can also get to the Littlejohn Collection's Flickr images from the Littlejohn Collection homepage mentioned above.

And since it's election season, Dr. Stone (from Archives) and I have put up an election-themed exhibit just inside the front doors of the library. Everything in the exhibit cabinet is taken from either the College Archives or the Littlejohn Collection, all with the aim of putting this significant election in local and historical perspective. Below is an image from the Littlejohn Collection that is featured in the exhibit - it's the cover of a memorial edition of "Look" magazine dedicated to Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968 just after winning the California Democratic primary.

If you can, stop by the library and have a look at the exhibit. And stay tuned for more from the Littlejohn Collection - this blog is back in action.