Engaging Students with Archival and Digital Resources

• Author : Justine Cotton,David Sharron
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 14 June 2011

Aimed at professional librarians and archivists, this book explores connecting students and faculty with the archival and digital collections of the university’s library and archives. Academic research has been forever changed by the digitization of books, journals, and archival collections. As university libraries and archives move forward in the digital era, it is essential to assess the research needs of users and develop innovative methods to demonstrate the value of collections and services. This book provides librarians and archivists

• Author : Aaron D. Purcell
• Publisher : American Library Association
• Release : 17 June 2016

Equally valuable for LIS students just learning about the digital landscape, information professionals taking their first steps to create digital content, and organizations who already have well-established digital credentials, Purcell’s book outlines methods applicable and scalable to many different types and sizes of libraries and archives.

• Author : Heather MacNeil,Terry Eastwood
• Publisher : ABC-CLIO
• Release : 09 January 2017

With new technologies and additional goals driving their institutions, archives are changing drastically. This book shows how the core foundations of archival practice can be brought forward to adapt to new environments—while adhering to the key principles of preservation and access. • Presents current thinking on archival theory, methods, and practice and addresses new thinking about the role of archival institutions • Documents how the foundational principles of archives and museums are changing • Introduces readers to other disciplinary perspectives on archives •

• Author : Paolo Nesi
• Publisher : Firenze University Press
• Release : 03 August 2021

• Author : Fiorella Foscarini,Heather MacNeil,Bonnie Mak,Gillian Oliver
• Publisher : Facet Publishing
• Release : 17 November 2016

This collection provides a multifaceted response to today’s growing fascination with the idea of the archive and showcases the myriad ways in which archival ideas and practices are being engaged and developed by emerging and internationally renowned scholars. Engaging with Records and Archives offers a selection of original, insightful and imaginative papers from the Seventh International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (I-CHORA 7). The contributions in this volume comprise a wide variety of views of records, archives

• Author : Susan L. Mizruchi
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 09 March 2020

The role of archives and libraries in our digital age is one of the most pressing concerns of humanists, scholars, and citizens worldwide. This collection brings together specialists from academia, public libraries, governmental agencies, and non-profit archives to pursue common questions about value across the institutional boundaries that typically separate us.

• Author : Bridget Draxler,Danielle Spratt
• Publisher : Humanities and Public Life
• Release : 03 January 2019

Humanities scholars, in general, often have a difficult time explaining to others why their work matters, and eighteenth-century literary scholars are certainly no exception. To help remedy this problem, literary scholars Bridget Draxler and Danielle Spratt offer this collection of essays to defend the field's relevance and demonstrate its ability to help us better understand current events, from the proliferation of media to ongoing social justice battles. The result is a book that offers a range of approaches to engaging

• Author : Yasmin B. Kafai,William A. Sandoval,Noel Enyedy,Althea Scott Nixon,Francisco Herrera
• Publisher : Taylor & Francis
• Release : 12 October 2012

More than a decade has passed since the First International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) was held at Northwestern University in 1991. The conference has now become an established place for researchers to gather. The 2004 meeting is the first under the official sponsorship of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). The theme of this conference is "Embracing Diversity in the Learning Sciences." As a field, the learning sciences have always drawn from a diverse set of disciplines to

• Author : Du, Jia Tina
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release : 28 February 2014

Historically, the major Library and Information Science (LIS) research-producing centers of the world have largely been the universities and information institutions of North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. This is changing with the growth of Asian economies, universities, and information industries. Library and Information Science Research in Asia-Oceania: Theory and Practice presents evolving and emerging research and development in the field of library and information science (LIS) in diverse countries in Asia-Oceania as the region continues to develop. This

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 03 August 2021

• Author : Eleanor Mitchell,Peggy Seiden,Suzy Taraba
• Publisher : Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr
• Release : 03 August 2021

In the age of ubiquitous access to information, library special collections and archives have received renewed attention through digitization projects designed to share collections with the world at large. Yet these materials also offer opportunities for student learning through direct engagement with rare or unique items. While special collections and archives have largely been used by advanced researchers and scholars, an increasing number of undergraduate courses are taking advantage of these materials as guides in the instructional process.

• Author : Kate Theimer
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Release : 04 January 2015

Educational Programs: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores how archivists and special collections librarians in organizations of different sizes and types have approached the challenges in creating effective educational programs to prepare the next generation of researchers and advocates for archives. The case studies featured are: 1.Tablet and Codex, Side by Side: Pairing Rare Books and E-Books in the Special Collections Classroom 2.Fells, Fans and Fame: Acquiring a Collection of Personal Papers with the Goal of Engaging Primary

• Author : Costello, Laura,Powers, Meredith
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release : 11 August 2017

Library services are dependent on technology tools in order to host, distribute, and control content. Today, many libraries are creating, testing, and supporting their own tools to better suit their particular communities. Developing In-House Digital Tools in Library Spaces is a pivotal reference source with the latest empirical research on organizational issues, examples of library automation, case studies of developing library products, and assessment of the impact and usefulness of in-house technologies. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics

• Author : Lijuan Xu
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 15 October 2021

This book guides faculty members and librarians in creating engaging learning experiences with primary sources. Chapters coauthored by librarians and faculty partners provide examples of exercises and assignments in which students engage with primary sources, including both digital and physical materials as well as non-English language materials.

• Author : Margaret Cantú-Sánchez,Candace de León-Zepeda,Norma Elia Cantú
• Publisher : University of Arizona Press
• Release : 29 September 2020

Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa—theorist, Chicana, feminist—famously called on scholars to do work that matters. This pronouncement was a rallying call, inspiring scholars across disciplines to become scholar-activists and to channel their intellectual energy and labor toward the betterment of society. Scholars and activists alike have encountered and expanded on these pathbreaking theories and concepts first introduced by Anzaldúa in Borderlands/La frontera and other texts. Teaching Gloria E. Anzaldúa is a pragmatic and inspiring offering of