Pacific Lutheran University Archives

Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) is a small, private university located in Parkland, Washington. As part of my MSLIS graduate program at Syracuse University, I partnered with the PLU University Archives & Special Collections for a 10-week internship project. The final deliverable was a complete digital exhibition timeline spanning the history/culture of PLU from 1890-2019.

The process involved deep research using books, records, archived university publications, and digitized photographs to form a diverse and comprehensive list of historical events. I used these sources to create and write the content for the timeline. To create the timeline itself, I compiled and formatted the information for each timeline event to link up with a Javascript-based system called TimelineJS. I also curated the overall design for the timeline, creating a custom background image using digitized archival imagery to encapsulate the exhibition content.

Project included:

• Digital exhibition design and layout
• Information organization
• Archival research and citation
• Content writing and editing