Librarian Life
Discover inside information on our digital library team and the practices and procedures that make FRASER happen
Librarian Life: Preserving the Financial Crisis Timeline
February 6, 2019During the financial crisis, the St. Louis Fed created a timeline to capture the events and the policy responses. FRASER staff preserved that timeline and those documents. Read more
Librarian Life: 2018 FRASER Year in Review
January 9, 2019From 1820s bank balance sheets to last month’s Federal Reserve data, learn about what was new and notable on FRASER in 2018. Read more
Librarian Life: The FRASER Reference Desk
November 19, 2018Looking for help finding the right research document on FRASER? Check out our list of helpful resources, and learn how to ask a librarian for personalized help. Read more
Librarian Life: Organization of Digitized Archival Collections
July 25, 2018They say that the perfect is the enemy of the good. Read about how the FRASER team has applied best practices to produce more content, faster. Read more
Librarian Life: Digitization Partnerships
June 20, 2018FRASER content comes from many sources – our own physical library collection, discards from other libraries, and formal partnerships. Read about our partnership program and our approach to working with other institutions. Read more
Librarian Life: Statistical Releases
May 16, 2018Federal Reserve statistical releases are a key source of the Fed’s economic data. Learn about their history. Read more
Librarian Life: Archival Materials on FRASER
February 7, 2018Archival collections are unique resources that can be difficult to use effectively for historical research. The FRASER librarians try their best to make them as useful as possible to their users. Read more
Librarian Life: 2017 FRASER Year in Review
January 17, 2018Did you miss anything? Find out what was new and notable on FRASER in 2017. Read more
Librarian Life: Offsite Scanning
August 2, 2017Many FRASER materials are scanned at repositories. How do we go about ensuring that everything is scanned and processed properly, when we can’t bring them here? Read more
Librarian Life: Converting TXT files to PDF
July 5, 2017Providing high quality content on FRASER sometimes requires thinking outside the box. Read more
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