Job Traks Career Series compact disk collection, 1999-2006 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

By Shauna Borger

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Collection Overview

Title: Job Traks Career Series compact disk collection, 1999-2006

Primary Creator: JobTraks (1999-)

Other Creators: Drnevich, Vincent P., King, Alexander H. (Alexander Harvey), (1954)

Extent: 0.25 Cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The series includes interviews with Purdue faculty such as Dominick Andrisani, School of Aeronautics, Rob Sovinski, Landscape Architecture, Vince Drnevich, Head of the Civil Engineering department in the School of Engineering, Dr. Mark Russell, Animal Sciences, Joseph LaLopa, Hospitality and Tourism Management and Alexander H. King, Head of the School of Materials Engineering. Materials are arranged chronologically.

Date Acquired: 06/10/2008

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The JobTraks Career Series compact disk collection (1999-2006, 0.25 cubic feet) documents a radio program called JobTraks that was produced at Indiana University. Several Purdue University faculty members were interviewed for the program. The program includes career information and contemporary music. Some of the careers discussed in the program include: veterinary medicine, agricultural engineering, agricultural business, landscape architecture, and hospitality and tourism management. Some of the contemporary music includes bands such as Matchbox Twenty, Pearl Jam, 3 Doors Down, TLC, New Found Glory, Coldplay, Christina Aguilera, and Sheryl Crow. The audio files are all saved on the CDs in a .cda format, which means that the files are audio files that are stored on CD media. The audio on the .cda files can only play from a CD-ROM and, as a result, the ability to transfer the files to another source, like a server, is impossible since the .cda files are representations of CD audio tracks. The .cda files do not contain the correct code that would make them available on other media.

Biographical Note

JobTraks was a radio program produced by Indiana University, Office of Public Affairs and broadcast on WBDG and high school all over the Midwest, United States. It covered one career a week, discussing benefits, salary, and education issues about each career. The show also played a variety of contemporary hit music. In Bloomington, Indiana, JobTraks aired on WBDG at 7:00 AM on Thursday mornings and then again at 12:30 PM on Sunday afternoons. WBDG aired JobTraks for several years. JobTraks is currently in its eighth season of production.

Administrative Information

Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Alternate Extent Statement: 1 box

Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Source: Byron K. Smith

Acquisition Method: Donated by Byron K. Smith.

Preferred Citation: MSP 24, JobTraks Career Series compact disk collection, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: CDs with file extension .cda, 1999-2006],
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Box 1: CDs with file extension .cda, 1999-2006

Item 1: JobTraks, Pharmacy, 1999
Item 2: JobTraks, Agricultural Business, November 22-27, 1999
Item 3: JobTraks, Aeronautical Engineering, December 12-17, 1999
Item 4: JobTraks, Landscape Architecture, February 2-7, 2000
Item 5: JobTraks, Civil Engineering, April 17-22, 2000
Item 6: JobTraks, Veterinary Medicine, May 1-6, 2000
Item 7: JobTraks, Hospitality & Tourism Management, November 19-24, 2001
Item 8: JobTraks, Actuarial Science, January 21-26, 2002
Item 9: JobTraks, Food Process Engineering, March 25-30, 2002
Item 10: JobTraks, Food Process Engineering, October 14-19, 2002
Item 11: JobTraks, Aviation, January 6-11, 2003
Item 12: JobTraks, Computer Graphics Technology, February 10-15, 2003
Item 13: JobTraks, Actuarial Science, February 24-March 1, 2003
Item 14: JobTraks, Agriculture, March 17-22, 2003
Item 15: JobTraks, Hospitality and Tourism Management, May 5-10, 2003
Item 16: JobTraks, Biomedical Engineering, September 29-October 4, 2003
Item 17: JobTraks, Computer Graphics Technology, November 17-22, 2003
Item 18: JobTraks, Aviation, December 15-20, 2003
Item 19: JobTraks, Industrial Engineering, February 16-21, 2003
Item 20: JobTraks, Actuarial Science, July 29, 2004
Item 21: JobTraks, Hospitality and Tourism Management, August 5, 2004
Item 22: JobTraks, Materials Engineering, April 4-9, 2005
Item 23: JobTraks, Industrial Engineering, April 25-30, 2005
Item 24: JobTraks, Veterinary Medicine, May 2-7, 2005
Item 25: JobTraks, Materials Engineering, November 14-19, 2005
Item 26: JobTraks, Veterinary Medicine, April 3-8, 2006

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