Katz, Robin M. "The Double-Edged Lens: Digital Camera in Collections-Based Instruction" Panel sponsored by ALA/SAA/AAM Joint Committee on Archives, Libraries, and Museums (CALM): “Double Dutch: Explorations in Hybrid Primary Source Instruction.” American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA. June 27, 2015. Panelist.

1. The Double-Edged Lens:
Digital Cameras in Collections-Based Instruction
Robin M. Katz
27 June 2015 | ALA Annual | San Francisco, CA

2. Introduction
I connect people to primary
sources in meaningful ways

3. @robinmkatz

4. Introduction
Outreach + Public Services Librarian
at UC Riverside
robin.katz@ucr.edu

5. Introduction
Brooklyn Historical Society
TeachArchives.org
The University of Vermont
Cleveland Museum of Art
Beinecke (Yale)
Kent State University

6. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room

7. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
challenge the dichotomy

8. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
analog + digital

9. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
originals + surrogates

10. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
challenge the dichotomy

11. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
nearly ubiquitous

12. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
the seminal report:
Miller, Lisa, Steven K. Galbraith, et al. 2010. “Capture and
Release”: Digital Cameras in the Reading Room.
Report produced by OCLC Research.
http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2010/2010-05.pdf

13. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
“The benefits to researchers, repositories, and
collection materials are undeniable.”
Capture and Release, page 4

14. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
+ easier on collections, staff

15. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
(even if loss of income stream)

16. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
+ users with limited time

17. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
+ higher quality cameras, more storage
at a lower price

18. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
from a user’s perspective:
Trowbridge, Mark. 2007. “Digital Photography in the
Archives.” VRA Bulletin 34, no. 2 (2007) : 18 – 33.

19. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
- crutch (time management)

20. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
- crutch (time management)
how should we engage with this
problem in public services?

21. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
- file management

22. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
practical user discussion:
Royles, Dan. 18 November 2013. “Digital
Workflows for the Archives.” ProfHacker blog post.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/digital-workflows-for-the-archives/53505

23. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
other user discussions:
Landrum, Shane. 19 February 2010. “Camera, laptop, and what else?:
Hacking better tools for the short archival research trip.”
http://cliotropic.org/blog/talks/camera-laptop-and-what-else/
Doherty, Jack. 3 April 2014. “Mentoring Session: Research
Strategies for Historians in the Digital Age.”
http://commons.trincoll.edu/jackdougherty/2014/04/03/research-strategies/
VanBuren, Emily. 9 November 2014. “6 Tools to
Make Archival Research More Efficient.”
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/
6-tools-make-archival-research-more-efficient

24. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
similar recommendations:
“Archival Research.” Zotero: Advanced.
Harvard Library LibGuide.
http://guides.library.harvard.edu/zotero/advanced/archival_research

25. Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
- file management
many of us tend to think of
this as the user’s problem.

26. Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit

27. Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
our job is to teach students
the skills of archival researchers

28. Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
+ limited time
+ easier on collections, staff

29. Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
analog original source
+
digital research photograph

30. Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
Julie Golia and Robin M. Katz, “Using Cameras and Tablets in
the Archives,” TeachArchives.org, accessed 23 June 2015.
http://wwww.teacharchives.org/articles/cameras-and-tablets/.

31. TeachArchives.org
2011 – 2013
$750,000 US Dept of Ed
100+ class visits

32. TeachArchives.org
document analysis
small group work

33. TeachArchives.org
pulled at item-level

34. TeachArchives.org
encouraged use of
cell phones / tablets

35. Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
distracting?

36. Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
- time management
- file management
as educators, can we really just think
of these as the user’s problem?

37. TeachArchives.org
modeled copyright

38. TeachArchives.org
citations

39. TeachArchives.org
copyright assessment

40. TeachArchives.org Citation
Group 1: Viewbooks
Album, Green Wood Cemetery, 1884, v1986.39.1.1-­‐22; Green-­‐
Wood Cemetery viewbooks, ARC.237; Brooklyn Historical
Society.
Photographs of this item may be posted online if accompanied by the above
cita6on.

41. TeachArchives.org Citation
Group 5: Maps
The Green-­‐Wood Cemetery. Green-­‐Wood Historic Fund, circa
2010. Flat Maps B A-­‐[2010?]a.Fl
Photographs of this item may be used for personal research purposes only. They
cannot be published online.

42. Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
“publishing” vs. “research use”

43. More Advanced Skills
camera skills

44. More Advanced Skills
archival etiquette

45. More Advanced Skills
common policies

46. More Advanced Skills
file formats

47. More Advanced Skills
file formats
PDF v. JPG

48. More Advanced Skills
applications / file formats
Turboscan, Evernote, OCR

49. More Advanced Skills
file-naming conventions

50. More Advanced Skills
in-camera notes

51. More Advanced Skills
corresponding inventory

52. More Advanced Skills
citation management tools

53. More Advanced Skills
citation management tools
Zotero

54. Other Issues Raised
research Qs
note-taking
citations

55. Other Issues Raised
collaborate with reference
+ instruction librarians

56. Conclusion
digital cameras

57. Conclusion
very helpful tool

58. Conclusion
slight challenge

59. Conclusion
teaching goals
+ learning objectives

60. Further Research Needed
to test the effectiveness
of a teaching method
ASSESSMENT!

61. thanks!
@robinmkatz
robin.katz@ucr.edu