Learning to Teach: Theory and Practice
By Anna Holmes When I started my journey into librarianship, I had no idea that I would end up where I am today. I was convinced I wanted to work …
Case 7: “What Is Your Title Today?” The Challenges and Rewards of Implementing an Internship/Independent Study Hybrid Course at the Valparaiso University Archives and Special Collections
by Rebecca Ostoyich and Kevin Ostoyich The case study describes a hybrid internship/independent study course that has been administered jointly by the Valparaiso University Archives and Special Collections (VUASC) and …
Case 18: Stories of Power and Diversity During COVID: Building an Online Exhibition with Primary Sources
by Rachel Bohlmann and Erika Hosselkus This case study discusses the outcomes of a one-credit, online course, “Stories of Power and Diversity: Inside Museums, Archives, and Collecting,” offered at the …
Practicing Publishing: Fairy Tale Anthologies
Submitted in 2016 by Juli McLoone, Curator, Special Collections Research Center at UMichigan IntroductionThis advanced class uses published fairy tales from a range of eras and countries to introduce students …
Exploring Auto/Biography
Submitted by Sarah Horowitz This session was designed for a first-year writing seminar called “Truth and Techno-Identity: Auto/Biographies” which explored issues of truth, self-presentation, and social media. The goals of …
Primary Source Workshop
Submitted by Jenny Swadosh, The New School This lesson was originally developed for teaching Parsons School of Design first-year students about primary sources as part of a required art and …
Exploring Artists’ Books
Submitted by Heather Smedberg This exercise asks students to closely observe artists’ books and articulate their observations in writing and orally. This approach is based on a simple treasure hunt …