Museum-Library Digital Project Collaboration and the K–12 Community C o m p u t e r s I n L i b r a r i e s 2007 Emily Gore (NC ECHO) – emily.gore@ncmail.net Linda Teel (ECU) – [email_address] Lynn Wagner (TFL Museum) – [email_address] Hazel Walker (ECU) – [email_address]

NC ECHO Who We Are and What We Do Heritage Partners Grant Program LSTA-funded grant program focusing on Library-Museum Collaboration Grant Program

NC ECHO

Who We Are and What We Do

Heritage Partners Grant Program

LSTA-funded grant program focusing on Library-Museum Collaboration

Timeline – 3 Year Grant 2004-present Participants Joyner Library, East Carolina University Teaching Resources Center Center for Digital Projects Country Doctor Museum (Bailey, NC) Historic Hope Plantation (Windsor, NC) Tobacco Farm Life Museum (Kenly, NC) ECU College of Education Grant History

Timeline – 3 Year Grant 2004-present

Participants

Joyner Library, East Carolina University

Teaching Resources Center

Center for Digital Projects

Country Doctor Museum (Bailey, NC)

Historic Hope Plantation (Windsor, NC)

Tobacco Farm Life Museum (Kenly, NC)

ECU College of Education

Tour of the Site http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction Key Components: 60,000+ pages of TEI-encoded text 300 artifacts – zoomable images and narrated streaming video Classroom Resources including lesson plans, activities and reading levels for texts

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction

Key Components:

60,000+ pages of TEI-encoded text

300 artifacts – zoomable images and narrated streaming video

Classroom Resources including lesson plans, activities and reading levels for texts

What in the heck is metadata?....oh, we do that already! Library language vs. Museum language Language variance even among museums Museum Component

What in the heck is metadata?....oh, we do that already!

Library language vs. Museum language

Language variance even among museums

Standardized on Library of Congress Subject Headings and TGM II Description of items for display on the web vs. description of items in Museum databases Participation in Teacher Workshops and Focus Groups aided in the selection of artifacts Museum Component

Standardized on Library of Congress Subject Headings and TGM II

Description of items for display on the web vs. description of items in Museum databases

Participation in Teacher Workshops and Focus Groups aided in the selection of artifacts

Year 1 – Focus Groups 8 Focus Groups Held Agenda Who participated? How we arranged for participants How the participants’ feedback changed Year 2 K-12 Component

Year 1 – Focus Groups

8 Focus Groups Held

Agenda

Who participated?

How we arranged for participants

How the participants’ feedback changed Year 2

Year 2 – Teacher Workshops Logistics – who, what, when and where? Year 3 – Teacher Workshops Logistics – who, what, when and where? What we did differently and why K-12 Component

Year 2 – Teacher Workshops

Logistics – who, what, when and where?

Year 3 – Teacher Workshops

Logistics – who, what, when and where?

What we did differently and why

Prepare for staff changes. No Homework for Teachers--Remember--they just give it! Require recommendations for workshop participants. Screen participants in order to include all areas of the curriculum. Lessons Learned

Prepare for staff changes.

No Homework for Teachers--Remember--they just give it!

Require recommendations for workshop participants.

Screen participants in order to include all areas of the curriculum.

Teachers + Input = Ownership Ownership + Valuable Resources = Success Plan workshops regionally to include all areas of your users. Promote, Promote, Promote! Lesson Learned

Teachers + Input = Ownership

Ownership + Valuable Resources = Success

Plan workshops regionally to include all areas of your users.

Promote, Promote, Promote!