An Intentionally Designed Internship Program
By Claire Du Laney, Wendy Guerra, and Lori Schwartz In 2020-2021, Hagel Archivist Lori Schwartz, Digital Initiatives Archivist Wendy Guerra, and Outreach Archivist Claire Du Laney at the University of …
“So these Lines may reach to future times”: Pandemic Teaching with John Davies’ Triumph of DEATH
By Nichole DeWall, Professor of English, McKendree University When I casually mentioned during my Fall 2020 undergraduate Shakespeare course that I’d written a dissertation on early modern plague writing, my …
Advantages and Affordances of Online Special Collections Instruction
By Rachel Duke and Rory Grennan, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries In Spring 2020, many special collections instructors immediately discovered the detriments of meeting learners online. Aside …
Ancient Art in the Archives: Studying Artifacts During the COVID-19 Crisis
By LaraAnn Canner, Curator of Music Special Collections at Old Dominion University Libraries I have been told in the past that archivists need to be jacks-of-all-trades within libraries. Never had …
Teaching with Artifacts: Virtual Instruction with Future Engineers
By Brooke Guthrie / Instruction sessions with artifacts are hands-on, interactive, and some of my favorite sessions to teach. At Duke University’s Rubenstein Library, where I work with the History of Medicine Collections, artifacts are used alongside rare books, manuscripts, and more in both undergraduate and graduate instruction.
Webinar Planning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Using the Special Collections in Remote Learning
By Melissa Chim / Working from home during the pandemic has raised questions regarding the use of physical primary sources in a remote environment…
Worksheet for Zoom-Adapted Intro to Archives Class
Introduction to Working with Archives – Worksheet 1.Working with your partners, inspect the digitized item you have been assigned from the Poly Archives. Items are assigned by group number in …
Topics Discussed at TPS Unconferences
Running list of discussion topics at TPS Unconferences(currently Google Sheet but transfer here)
Toolkits – Teaching Difficult Content #1
Toolkits – Teaching Difficult Content #1
TPS Unconference August 2016
Teaching with Primary Sources Unconference and Workshops – Wed, August 3, 2016 WHAT IS THIS EVENT? An informative and fun day, with a variety of workshops and attendee-driven conversations, covering …