Digital examples of utilitarian journals and logs

October 11, 2016 12:49 PM

I'm looking for visual references to logbooks that craftspeople have kept over the years for their work. For example, maintenance logs, mechanics logs, captain's logs, work related journaling, etc. Digital copies are fairly important, and a getting a feel for layout, language, and visuals are all a plus.
posted by codacorolla to Society & Culture (7 answers total)

Best answer: Harvard DASCH Logbook Imaging Project
Shut Up About Barclay Perkins - Brewing Logs
posted by zamboni at 1:11 PM on October 11, 2016 [1 favorite]

Dunno if it counts, but UsefulChem is an open notebook science project based at Drexel. If you click on "All Experiments" in the left sidebar, then you'll get to a page of...all experiments, where each experiment includes a log of what was done (e.g., scroll down).
posted by unknowncommand at 1:43 PM on October 11, 2016

Here are a few dozen boat restorations. Is this the sort of thing you're looking for? Your question isn't clear to me.
posted by humboldt32 at 3:56 PM on October 11, 2016

Response by poster: The first answer is what I'm after: scanned archival copies of logs and journals used for work purposes.
posted by codacorolla at 4:00 PM on October 11, 2016

Look for manuscript collections associated with filmmakers and film production companies. They sometimes include archives of the "dope sheets" on which camera operators logged the footage they shot. Here's an example from a collection at Pepperdine University.
posted by Morpeth at 5:57 PM on October 11, 2016

Here's a book on this topic: "Field notes on Science and Nature"
posted by dhruva at 11:03 PM on October 12, 2016

Zooniverse.org projects maybe?

Specifically Operation War Diary and Old Weather?

Not exactly "work" logs though...
posted by hankscorpio83 at 7:43 PM on October 19, 2016