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Category: Notes from the Field

2025 / Notes from the Field / Reflective Practice Series

Integrating Primary Source Research in Collective Syllabus Design: A Model for “Play” in the Archives

By Elizabeth Coen and Mary Manning In the winter of 2023, I (Elizabeth Coen) partnered with my colleagues in the University of Houston Libraries, Mary Manning (Performing Arts Curator) and …

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2025 / Calls / Notes from the Field

Call for Contributions to Notes from the Field: Spring 2025

Notes from the Field, a publication of the TPS Collective, is accepting submissions about teaching and working with primary sources for three series of peer-reviewed blog posts: “Paleography,” “Teaching with …

2025 / Notes from the Field / Reflective Practice Series

Sustainably Teaching Outreach through Book Arts Demonstrations

By John Henry Adams / One of the things that we often try to convey in special collections instructional sessions is the concept of the “book as object” rather than as a vessel for text.

2025 / Notes from the Field / Reflective Practice Series

Tales Out of School: Special Collection Instruction in Middle School Field Trips

By Clare Starkey, Haley Lykins, and Kelli Hansen Introduction The University of Missouri’s division of Special Collections holds over 100,000 items, dating from the eighth century to the modern era, …

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2024 / Notes from the Field / Practical How-To Series

Primary Source Literacy in Practice: An Instructional Management Tool for TPS

By Anne Bahde. As part of a recent effort to streamline instructional development and delivery in my own practice, I designed a comprehensive instructional management database. Several goals drove its design.

2024 / Calls / Notes from the Field

Call for Contributions to Notes from the Field: Fall 2024

Notes from the Field, a publication of the TPS Collective, is accepting submissions about teaching and working with primary sources for three series of peer-reviewed blog posts: “Language,” “Teaching for …

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2024 / Notes from the Field / Reflective Practice Series

Utilizing Student-Negotiated Curriculum for Archival Internships

By Victoria Jones Last year, I had the opportunity to join a community of practice that focused on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) through Florida Gulf Coast University’s …

2024 / Notes from the Field / Reflective Practice Series

Disposability, Precarity, and Institutional Memory in the University Archives

By Sam King-Shaw In the spring of 2022, the focus of my teaching assistantship was to help the chair of my department, Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, in organizing a conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Women’s Studies College at the University at Buffalo (UB).

2024 / Calls / Notes from the Field / Uncategorized

The TPS Collective seeks a new Associate Editor for Notes from the Field

The Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Collective is seeking a new Associate Editor for Notes from the Field, a peer-reviewed blog that highlights practical lessons from the front lines of …

2024 / Calls / Notes from the Field

New Posts and Call for Contributions to Notes from the Field: Spring 2024

Happy Spring! Notes from the Field, a publication of the TPS Collective, is pleased to announce two new posts authored by undergraduate students: “Exploring Moments in Time” by Allison Rial …

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Han, Ruohua, and Natalie Elward. 2026. “Teaching through Engagement: Integrating Primary Source Literacy Instruction into Digital Archival Exhibits.” Conference Presentation. SAA Research Forum, July 8. https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/1.1.4_han_elward_slides.pdf.

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