Below is an interview with Vanathy Senthilkumar, who served on the Library of Congress Digital Conversion Team. Vanathy recently accepted a new job as a Librarian at the Government Printing Office, where we wish her the best of luck.
Melissa: Like other members of the Library’s Digital Conversion Team, you serve on rotating details in different divisions, collaborating with their staff on digital projects. What does this involve?
Vanathy: Those of us on the Digital Conversion team are constantly on detail, which for us involves working for a few months at a time in one particular division of the library, then moving on to the next division and so on. During my 3 ½ years working at the Library I’ve been detailed to four different areas: the Serial & Government Publications Division, the Geography & Map Division, the Manuscript Division, and the Prints & Photographs Division.