Internship Projects
Intern 2008
The AKC Archives welcomes this year's intern, Kari A. Dalane.
Biography
Kari Dalane is from Vernon, New Jersey. She is a member of the Honors College at the University of Vermont. Next year she will complete her senior thesis on moral language to fulfill the requirements for graduating with honors in philosophy. She has studied abroad at the International Summer School in Oslo, Norway, where she focused on international relations and politics. She was selected as a Gilman Scholar in 2007, enabling her to also study abroad at the University of Ghana in Legon, Ghana. Her academic interests include philosophy, language, international development and history. She plans to pursue a career in the nonprofit sector upon graduation. She also hopes to continue her philosophy studies in graduate school after a few years. Her family has bred dogs for three generations, beginning with her great grandfather who bred and showed Great Danes. Her mother and aunt have switched to Border Terriers, which is now Kari's breed of choice. She has been involved in breeding and showing in both juniors and conformation since childhood. She is a member of the Border Terrier Club of America and the Northeast Border Terrier Club. She has also received scholarships from the Great Dane Club of America. She plans to continue her involvement through breeding and would like to start competing in earthdog.
Projects
This year's intern has a multitude of projects. Kari is responsible for processing several collections, including the Otterhound Club of America, the Scottish Terrier Club of America and a few small individual collections. Each collection involves analyzing, sorting and arranging the collection, drafting an in-depth finding aid and creating a web page. Other projects include assisting with digitizing one of the rarest collections associated with Scottish Deerhound in America: the George Shepherd Page Collection. Kari will also work on finishing the Archives' online art gallery, which involves photographing, scanning, data entry and editing more than 150 art pieces; these pieces, added to the existing online art, will create a 300-plus art gallery. Kari will also work on digitizing the board meeting minutes starting with the year 1910. While working on these projects, she is also responsible for researching inquiries that range in complexity from simple requests to more in-depth inquiries. Finally, Kari will work on re-designing a brochure and the Archives web pages.
