Presentation for 'Evolving identities: Collaboration to enhance student success', National Forum Seminar Series, Dundalk Institute of Technology, 23rd May 2019
A short presentation on open cultural heritage resources for University of Edinburgh Innovative Learning Week History of Medicine Wikipedia editathon, 15-19 February 2016
Andrew Payne, head of Education and Outreach, National Archives, London, pape...Arkivformidling
The document discusses the National Archives' work in education and outreach, including their responsibility to make government records accessible to all. It provides statistics on the Archives' education department staffing and budget as well as the number of students taught and website visitors. The Archives aims to support the curriculum through various taught sessions and resources that encourage students to engage in historical inquiry using primary sources.
This document outlines a project by the Imperial War Museums (IWM) called "Whose Remembrance" which aimed to highlight the involvement of peoples from the former British Empire in World War I and II. The project brought together historians, academics, community representatives and museum professionals. It included workshops to discuss how to better represent this neglected history in museums and make relevant collections more accessible. The research highlighted stories of colonial soldiers and civilians and their contributions to the wars. It provided lessons for other cultural institutions on collaborating with communities and representing diverse narratives.
Let's Go on a Bear Hunt: Special Collections in the WildElaine Harrington
Case Study presentation given at "Evolving Identities: Collaboration to Enhance Student Success" National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, Dundalk IT, 23 May 2019.
What is the barrier to researching in Special Collections? Is the process akin to going on a bear hunt? Can you go through it? If you learn how to do this then the achievements and opportunities for student success can be immense. Student success can be gauged in terms of internal departmental or university awards, or external awards and funding. Equally student success can be gauged by public engagement outputs, the reach and impact of such outputs and the skills learned. This presentation examines a number of different interactions with Special Collections borne out of conversations 2013-2019.
Heinz History Center Education Programs Overview 2014Mariruth Leftwich
This document provides information about education resources and programs available from the Senator John Heinz History Center. It offers hands-on history education through historic characters, artifact analysis, and local connections. Specific programs highlighted include tours on Pittsburgh's pastimes and history, workshops on various history topics that fulfill teacher Act 48 requirements, and involvement in the National History Day program to inspire student research and skills. Educators are encouraged to join the free Educators' Network for benefits like lesson plans and a museum shop discount.
Local History and Content Curation a presentation by LIz Pidgeon at Libmark's...Libmark
Liz Pidgeon, Yarra Plenty Regional Library's Local and Family History Librarian presentation on the online project WikiNorthia: documenting life in Melbourne's north which curates local stories and images. As the 2012 recipient of the Margaret C. Ramsay Scholarship she will showcase curation examples from genealogy and local history collections in the UK and USA.
This document summarizes the role and objectives of history teaching in Irish secondary schools between 1922 and 1970. It argues that history teaching was used by elite interest groups like the state and church to serve their own interests. Specifically, it was used to justify the state's existence and as an instrument of religious education. The content of history curricula promoted a particular view of Ireland's past as Gaelic, Catholic and nationalist. Key figures like Patrick Pearse, Michael Tiemey and Eoin MacNeill believed the Irish language and history were closely connected and that restoring knowledge of Irish history was important to countering the effects of British rule. When the Irish Free State was established, the new government and education system promoted this vision of Ireland
A short presentation on open cultural heritage resources for University of Edinburgh Innovative Learning Week History of Medicine Wikipedia editathon, 15-19 February 2016
Andrew Payne, head of Education and Outreach, National Archives, London, pape...Arkivformidling
The document discusses the National Archives' work in education and outreach, including their responsibility to make government records accessible to all. It provides statistics on the Archives' education department staffing and budget as well as the number of students taught and website visitors. The Archives aims to support the curriculum through various taught sessions and resources that encourage students to engage in historical inquiry using primary sources.
This document outlines a project by the Imperial War Museums (IWM) called "Whose Remembrance" which aimed to highlight the involvement of peoples from the former British Empire in World War I and II. The project brought together historians, academics, community representatives and museum professionals. It included workshops to discuss how to better represent this neglected history in museums and make relevant collections more accessible. The research highlighted stories of colonial soldiers and civilians and their contributions to the wars. It provided lessons for other cultural institutions on collaborating with communities and representing diverse narratives.
Let's Go on a Bear Hunt: Special Collections in the WildElaine Harrington
Case Study presentation given at "Evolving Identities: Collaboration to Enhance Student Success" National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, Dundalk IT, 23 May 2019.
What is the barrier to researching in Special Collections? Is the process akin to going on a bear hunt? Can you go through it? If you learn how to do this then the achievements and opportunities for student success can be immense. Student success can be gauged in terms of internal departmental or university awards, or external awards and funding. Equally student success can be gauged by public engagement outputs, the reach and impact of such outputs and the skills learned. This presentation examines a number of different interactions with Special Collections borne out of conversations 2013-2019.
Heinz History Center Education Programs Overview 2014Mariruth Leftwich
This document provides information about education resources and programs available from the Senator John Heinz History Center. It offers hands-on history education through historic characters, artifact analysis, and local connections. Specific programs highlighted include tours on Pittsburgh's pastimes and history, workshops on various history topics that fulfill teacher Act 48 requirements, and involvement in the National History Day program to inspire student research and skills. Educators are encouraged to join the free Educators' Network for benefits like lesson plans and a museum shop discount.
Local History and Content Curation a presentation by LIz Pidgeon at Libmark's...Libmark
Liz Pidgeon, Yarra Plenty Regional Library's Local and Family History Librarian presentation on the online project WikiNorthia: documenting life in Melbourne's north which curates local stories and images. As the 2012 recipient of the Margaret C. Ramsay Scholarship she will showcase curation examples from genealogy and local history collections in the UK and USA.
This document summarizes the role and objectives of history teaching in Irish secondary schools between 1922 and 1970. It argues that history teaching was used by elite interest groups like the state and church to serve their own interests. Specifically, it was used to justify the state's existence and as an instrument of religious education. The content of history curricula promoted a particular view of Ireland's past as Gaelic, Catholic and nationalist. Key figures like Patrick Pearse, Michael Tiemey and Eoin MacNeill believed the Irish language and history were closely connected and that restoring knowledge of Irish history was important to countering the effects of British rule. When the Irish Free State was established, the new government and education system promoted this vision of Ireland
Presentation given at Digital Humanities Research Colloquium, 18 October 2017.
Abstract: On 11 October 2017 UCC's Office of the Vice President for Teaching & Learning hosted a #nextgenspaces learning event. One of the speakers, Prof. Stephen Heppell, noted the following: ‘next generation is here and it means business’ and ‘students are going to a world of surprises.’ With these points in mind how do libraries prepare for the library of the future? In this presentation I discuss traditional expertise and how this is adapted for the uncharted territories of the future.
The document discusses the British Library's efforts to promote digital creativity and scholarship through various programs and projects. It summarizes some of the Library's digital collections and initiatives to support digital scholars. It also highlights several competitions run by the Library called Off the Map that challenged students to create interactive works using the Library's digital collections as inspiration, with many of the winning entries being games or interactive stories.
Digital Programs & Initiatives @ Smithsonian Libraries: Scholarly Communicati...Martin Kalfatovic
Digital Programs & Initiatives @ Smithsonian Libraries: Scholarly Communications | Digital Library | Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Presentation for the National Library of Medicine Staff. Smithsonian Libraries. Washington, DC. 9 June 2017
The document discusses the University's goals of enhancing research, providing students a high-quality experience, and maintaining financial strength. It highlights several of the University's cultural assets that can be engaged with, such as art collections, gardens, and museums. It also mentions several community outreach programs like an arts and science festival. Finally, it discusses projects focused on public engagement with research through exhibitions, translation work, and events related to World War I history.
The newsletter provides information on events and accomplishments at the School of Architecture in 2015. It discusses Angela Hatherell receiving an award for outstanding teaching from students for her work coordinating the Oxford Human Rights Festival. It also summarizes architecture students traveling to Portugal to develop regeneration proposals for a disused convent in Sao Bento de Castris and working with the local community. Additionally, it previews the 13th annual Oxford Human Rights Festival in 2016 focusing on the theme of "Women in Adversity".
The document discusses the history of higher education in South West England and South Wales. It mentions several universities founded in the region from the 13th century onward such as the University of Exeter founded in 1314. It also discusses the organizational sagas and traditions that helped form identities at older universities elsewhere in Europe such as at the University of Bologna and University of Oxford.
The document provides information about medieval manuscripts held in the collection of the State Library of Victoria. It discusses what illuminated manuscripts are, how they were made, their purposes and common features. It also outlines education programs offered by the State Library of Victoria focused on medieval manuscripts, including workshops on medieval calligraphy. Resources for further studying manuscripts online and in print are listed.
To (too?) Public: library Marketing and Public Relations in Public Libraries Today. Presentation by Audrey Sutton, Manager Information and Culture, North Ayrshire Council, Scotland
Creating Communities of Interest Around Museum Collections IntroEffie Kapsalis
The document discusses creating communities of interest around library, archive, and museum collections by leveraging those institutions' unique qualities of quantity, authenticity, and curation compared to other online sources. It outlines the large amounts of user-generated content on sites like YouTube, Facebook, and Flickr, then presents a workshop agenda to share case studies from the Smithsonian of developing communities through their digital collections and hold small group discussions.
This 9-day study tour to Poland offers students and guests of Wayne State University the opportunity to experience important Holocaust sites like Warsaw Ghetto, Kazimierz District, and Auschwitz Birkenau. The $1,495 program focuses on the Holocaust but also exposes participants to Polish culture, history, and natural beauty in Warsaw and Krakow. Undergraduate and graduate students from Wayne State and other universities can earn credits by participating. The tour highlights include walking through Warsaw's reconstructed Old Town, exploring the Warsaw Ghetto and Umschlagplatz, wandering Krakow's large medieval Main Market Square, visiting Kazimierz Jewish District and Schindler's factory, and seeing the Auschwitz memorial
In-depth project based learning centered on learning about the Middle Ages. Middle school students doing real research, project board, tangible, multimedia presentation based on genuine, historical information about the Middle Ages.
Presentation given at Digital Humanities Research Colloquium, 10 October 2018.
After the recent fire at the National Museum of Brazil the Bendegó meteorite was one of the few artefacts left relatively intact. Considering the cycle of creation and destruction of libraries from the time of the library in Alexandria to now, how do libraries prepare for this type of event and are libraries phoenix-like in their re/creation? In this presentation I discuss the different forms of destruction and re/creation and what this might mean for the library of the future.
This document outlines a student programme between Eastside Projects and several universities in the West Midlands region. It proposes creating a student network through regular meetings and publications to connect students, and programming events related to Eastside Projects' exhibitions. The network aims to foster relationships between students and Eastside Projects over time to encourage students to join their Extra Special People programme after graduation.
This document provides a list of online resources for teaching history based on the Australian Curriculum for grades Foundation through Year 6. It includes resources such as picture archives, family and place story collections, community story and remembrance sites, resources on first contacts and colonial stories, and sources for nation-making stories. The document also recommends organizations like the History Teachers Association of Victoria and sites like PROV, the Encyclopedia of Melbourne, and FUSE that contain additional historical sources.
This document summarizes the past, present, and future of British genealogical records available online. It discusses how several libraries and organizations, such as Dr. Williams's Library, the Society of Genealogists, and the Genealogical Society of Utah, have historically collected and indexed records that are now being digitized and put online. Current online resources include archives, libraries, genealogy websites, social media, and partnerships between genealogy companies to share records. The future will see more records digitized through these partnerships and new technologies like family reconstitution that provide greater context about ancestors.
"The undiscovered country": digital special collections, scholarship, scale, ...Pip Willcox
“The undiscover’d country”: digital special collections, scholarship, scale, and society
For decades scholars have been using digital technologies to discover, locate, and view libraries' special collections. Increasingly these collections are available online, and their readers come from far beyond the academy, everywhere that people have access to the internet. Use of online resources is driven by curiosity and pleasure, as well as research. Digital tools and technologies with these collections—record, image, text—speed up traditional enquiry and enable entirely new questions to be imagined and answered. This talk gives a broad overview of the field, illustrated by case studies from the Bodleian Digital Library.
This talk was given as a Friends of the Bodleian public lecture, in the Weston Library, University of Oxford, 1 December 2015.
This document discusses libraries' use of Facebook pages to promote engagement with users. It notes that Facebook allows libraries to directly contact patrons and improve their visibility and image to attract more users. The document then lists the 21 CUNY libraries and 14 that have Facebook pages, detailing the types of content and features used. It provides examples of how libraries can encourage interaction through their pages, such as promoting staff, events, resources, and surveys. Finally, it lists some Facebook groups that are relevant for librarians.
This document discusses a program that brought Egyptian art and cultural heritage workshops to prisons in the UK. It provided the following:
- Workshops and lectures on topics like art, literacy, social skills, African and Caribbean culture, black history, and Egyptology.
- Educational resources and curriculum learning about African and Caribbean cultural heritage.
The aims were to encourage cultural ownership, provide education stimulation, and evaluate the impact of teaching cultural heritage in prisons. Evaluation methods included questionnaires, studies, diaries and focus groups. The program found a positive two-way impact as it trained staff and helped prisoners connect to their cultural roots.
2014 marlborough historical society scholarshipLee Wright
The 2014 Marlborough Historical Society Scholarship is $1,000, thanks to a generous donor.
We have also changed the approach from a written research paper to a project that might involve creating content with and distributing content through YouTube, Pinterest, Flickr, WhatWasThere, HistoryPin, Facebook, Twitter, and many other tools to increase awareness and reach new audiences.
The process opens November 20, 2013 and proposals (not projects) are due January 20, 2014. Any resident of Marlborough who is a graduating high school senior is welcome to participate.
More information is at http://historicmarlborough.org/Scholarship.html
IAML Antwerp 2014 From historical collections to metadataKaren McAulay
ABSTRACT: From Historical Collections to Metadata: a case study in Scottish Musical Inheritance, paper by Dr Karen E McAulay, Music & Academic Services Librarian, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
The contemporary librarian is more than ever before a conduit for making historical material available to scholars and performers alike. The challenge in today’s world is not only to augment the crucial early manuscripts and publications with appropriate electronic versions, but to provide added value by enriching them with contextual and interpretative information.
The 3-year AHRC-funded project, Bass Culture in Scottish Musical Traditions, seeks to address this set of issues in Scottish bagpipe and fiddle music. Involving the Universities of Glasgow and Cambridge and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, it will provide a substantial web resource of sources and their interpretation, engaging with musicians working in a number of traditions to develop historically-informed practices. The aim is to enable musicians to have an understanding of the structures underpinning Scottish fiddle and pipe music, enriching the traditions with a deeper, more widespread appreciation of the diversity of their roots.
The metadata requirements of the two repertoires have similarities and divergences; flexibility is needed to apply suitable metadata across both. Compatibility with pre-existing approaches is also a prerequisite.
By October 2014, we will be building the web resource; this conference would provide a perfect opportunity to share an innovative collaboration between musicology, librarianship and web development.
A global commons: turning research into educational material with WikimediaUoLResearchSupport
On 21st April we welcomed Dr Martin Poulter former 'Wikimedian in Residence' at the Bodleian Library to learn how the Wikimedia suite of tools can extend the reach and impact of research to support teaching and learning.
Martin talked about his work as a Wikimedian, and some of the projects at the Bodleian that demonstrate the combined use of Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata, and Wikipedia to extend the reach and impact of research outputs.
Wikimedia also aligns with the University of Leeds Libraries Vision for 2030: Knowledge for all, and Open Research Advisor Nick Sheppard discussed how we are planning to work with Martin as part of our open research strategy.
Wikipedia, "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" is one of the most visited website in the world. Perhaps less well-known are a wide range of related projects under the Wikimedia umbrella.
- Wikimedia Commons is a repository of openly licensed media files including photographs, diagrams, video and audio
- Wikisource is a free library of out-of-copyright texts
Wikiversity and Wikibooks encourage collaborative creation of open educational resources (OERs)
- Wikidata is a store of structured data that can be read and edited by humans or machines.
Beyond the Academy: engagement, education, and exchangePip Willcox
Beyond the Academy: engagement, education, and exchange
This presentation introduces you to the practice and practicalities of public engagement. It draws on experience to explore means and methods of widening access to the humanities, to foster dialogue, participation, and new knowledge.
Presentation given at Digital Humanities Research Colloquium, 18 October 2017.
Abstract: On 11 October 2017 UCC's Office of the Vice President for Teaching & Learning hosted a #nextgenspaces learning event. One of the speakers, Prof. Stephen Heppell, noted the following: ‘next generation is here and it means business’ and ‘students are going to a world of surprises.’ With these points in mind how do libraries prepare for the library of the future? In this presentation I discuss traditional expertise and how this is adapted for the uncharted territories of the future.
The document discusses the British Library's efforts to promote digital creativity and scholarship through various programs and projects. It summarizes some of the Library's digital collections and initiatives to support digital scholars. It also highlights several competitions run by the Library called Off the Map that challenged students to create interactive works using the Library's digital collections as inspiration, with many of the winning entries being games or interactive stories.
Digital Programs & Initiatives @ Smithsonian Libraries: Scholarly Communicati...Martin Kalfatovic
Digital Programs & Initiatives @ Smithsonian Libraries: Scholarly Communications | Digital Library | Biodiversity Heritage Library. Martin R. Kalfatovic. Presentation for the National Library of Medicine Staff. Smithsonian Libraries. Washington, DC. 9 June 2017
The document discusses the University's goals of enhancing research, providing students a high-quality experience, and maintaining financial strength. It highlights several of the University's cultural assets that can be engaged with, such as art collections, gardens, and museums. It also mentions several community outreach programs like an arts and science festival. Finally, it discusses projects focused on public engagement with research through exhibitions, translation work, and events related to World War I history.
The newsletter provides information on events and accomplishments at the School of Architecture in 2015. It discusses Angela Hatherell receiving an award for outstanding teaching from students for her work coordinating the Oxford Human Rights Festival. It also summarizes architecture students traveling to Portugal to develop regeneration proposals for a disused convent in Sao Bento de Castris and working with the local community. Additionally, it previews the 13th annual Oxford Human Rights Festival in 2016 focusing on the theme of "Women in Adversity".
The document discusses the history of higher education in South West England and South Wales. It mentions several universities founded in the region from the 13th century onward such as the University of Exeter founded in 1314. It also discusses the organizational sagas and traditions that helped form identities at older universities elsewhere in Europe such as at the University of Bologna and University of Oxford.
The document provides information about medieval manuscripts held in the collection of the State Library of Victoria. It discusses what illuminated manuscripts are, how they were made, their purposes and common features. It also outlines education programs offered by the State Library of Victoria focused on medieval manuscripts, including workshops on medieval calligraphy. Resources for further studying manuscripts online and in print are listed.
To (too?) Public: library Marketing and Public Relations in Public Libraries Today. Presentation by Audrey Sutton, Manager Information and Culture, North Ayrshire Council, Scotland
Creating Communities of Interest Around Museum Collections IntroEffie Kapsalis
The document discusses creating communities of interest around library, archive, and museum collections by leveraging those institutions' unique qualities of quantity, authenticity, and curation compared to other online sources. It outlines the large amounts of user-generated content on sites like YouTube, Facebook, and Flickr, then presents a workshop agenda to share case studies from the Smithsonian of developing communities through their digital collections and hold small group discussions.
This 9-day study tour to Poland offers students and guests of Wayne State University the opportunity to experience important Holocaust sites like Warsaw Ghetto, Kazimierz District, and Auschwitz Birkenau. The $1,495 program focuses on the Holocaust but also exposes participants to Polish culture, history, and natural beauty in Warsaw and Krakow. Undergraduate and graduate students from Wayne State and other universities can earn credits by participating. The tour highlights include walking through Warsaw's reconstructed Old Town, exploring the Warsaw Ghetto and Umschlagplatz, wandering Krakow's large medieval Main Market Square, visiting Kazimierz Jewish District and Schindler's factory, and seeing the Auschwitz memorial
In-depth project based learning centered on learning about the Middle Ages. Middle school students doing real research, project board, tangible, multimedia presentation based on genuine, historical information about the Middle Ages.
Presentation given at Digital Humanities Research Colloquium, 10 October 2018.
After the recent fire at the National Museum of Brazil the Bendegó meteorite was one of the few artefacts left relatively intact. Considering the cycle of creation and destruction of libraries from the time of the library in Alexandria to now, how do libraries prepare for this type of event and are libraries phoenix-like in their re/creation? In this presentation I discuss the different forms of destruction and re/creation and what this might mean for the library of the future.
This document outlines a student programme between Eastside Projects and several universities in the West Midlands region. It proposes creating a student network through regular meetings and publications to connect students, and programming events related to Eastside Projects' exhibitions. The network aims to foster relationships between students and Eastside Projects over time to encourage students to join their Extra Special People programme after graduation.
This document provides a list of online resources for teaching history based on the Australian Curriculum for grades Foundation through Year 6. It includes resources such as picture archives, family and place story collections, community story and remembrance sites, resources on first contacts and colonial stories, and sources for nation-making stories. The document also recommends organizations like the History Teachers Association of Victoria and sites like PROV, the Encyclopedia of Melbourne, and FUSE that contain additional historical sources.
This document summarizes the past, present, and future of British genealogical records available online. It discusses how several libraries and organizations, such as Dr. Williams's Library, the Society of Genealogists, and the Genealogical Society of Utah, have historically collected and indexed records that are now being digitized and put online. Current online resources include archives, libraries, genealogy websites, social media, and partnerships between genealogy companies to share records. The future will see more records digitized through these partnerships and new technologies like family reconstitution that provide greater context about ancestors.
"The undiscovered country": digital special collections, scholarship, scale, ...Pip Willcox
“The undiscover’d country”: digital special collections, scholarship, scale, and society
For decades scholars have been using digital technologies to discover, locate, and view libraries' special collections. Increasingly these collections are available online, and their readers come from far beyond the academy, everywhere that people have access to the internet. Use of online resources is driven by curiosity and pleasure, as well as research. Digital tools and technologies with these collections—record, image, text—speed up traditional enquiry and enable entirely new questions to be imagined and answered. This talk gives a broad overview of the field, illustrated by case studies from the Bodleian Digital Library.
This talk was given as a Friends of the Bodleian public lecture, in the Weston Library, University of Oxford, 1 December 2015.
This document discusses libraries' use of Facebook pages to promote engagement with users. It notes that Facebook allows libraries to directly contact patrons and improve their visibility and image to attract more users. The document then lists the 21 CUNY libraries and 14 that have Facebook pages, detailing the types of content and features used. It provides examples of how libraries can encourage interaction through their pages, such as promoting staff, events, resources, and surveys. Finally, it lists some Facebook groups that are relevant for librarians.
This document discusses a program that brought Egyptian art and cultural heritage workshops to prisons in the UK. It provided the following:
- Workshops and lectures on topics like art, literacy, social skills, African and Caribbean culture, black history, and Egyptology.
- Educational resources and curriculum learning about African and Caribbean cultural heritage.
The aims were to encourage cultural ownership, provide education stimulation, and evaluate the impact of teaching cultural heritage in prisons. Evaluation methods included questionnaires, studies, diaries and focus groups. The program found a positive two-way impact as it trained staff and helped prisoners connect to their cultural roots.
2014 marlborough historical society scholarshipLee Wright
The 2014 Marlborough Historical Society Scholarship is $1,000, thanks to a generous donor.
We have also changed the approach from a written research paper to a project that might involve creating content with and distributing content through YouTube, Pinterest, Flickr, WhatWasThere, HistoryPin, Facebook, Twitter, and many other tools to increase awareness and reach new audiences.
The process opens November 20, 2013 and proposals (not projects) are due January 20, 2014. Any resident of Marlborough who is a graduating high school senior is welcome to participate.
More information is at http://historicmarlborough.org/Scholarship.html
IAML Antwerp 2014 From historical collections to metadataKaren McAulay
ABSTRACT: From Historical Collections to Metadata: a case study in Scottish Musical Inheritance, paper by Dr Karen E McAulay, Music & Academic Services Librarian, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
The contemporary librarian is more than ever before a conduit for making historical material available to scholars and performers alike. The challenge in today’s world is not only to augment the crucial early manuscripts and publications with appropriate electronic versions, but to provide added value by enriching them with contextual and interpretative information.
The 3-year AHRC-funded project, Bass Culture in Scottish Musical Traditions, seeks to address this set of issues in Scottish bagpipe and fiddle music. Involving the Universities of Glasgow and Cambridge and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, it will provide a substantial web resource of sources and their interpretation, engaging with musicians working in a number of traditions to develop historically-informed practices. The aim is to enable musicians to have an understanding of the structures underpinning Scottish fiddle and pipe music, enriching the traditions with a deeper, more widespread appreciation of the diversity of their roots.
The metadata requirements of the two repertoires have similarities and divergences; flexibility is needed to apply suitable metadata across both. Compatibility with pre-existing approaches is also a prerequisite.
By October 2014, we will be building the web resource; this conference would provide a perfect opportunity to share an innovative collaboration between musicology, librarianship and web development.
A global commons: turning research into educational material with WikimediaUoLResearchSupport
On 21st April we welcomed Dr Martin Poulter former 'Wikimedian in Residence' at the Bodleian Library to learn how the Wikimedia suite of tools can extend the reach and impact of research to support teaching and learning.
Martin talked about his work as a Wikimedian, and some of the projects at the Bodleian that demonstrate the combined use of Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata, and Wikipedia to extend the reach and impact of research outputs.
Wikimedia also aligns with the University of Leeds Libraries Vision for 2030: Knowledge for all, and Open Research Advisor Nick Sheppard discussed how we are planning to work with Martin as part of our open research strategy.
Wikipedia, "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" is one of the most visited website in the world. Perhaps less well-known are a wide range of related projects under the Wikimedia umbrella.
- Wikimedia Commons is a repository of openly licensed media files including photographs, diagrams, video and audio
- Wikisource is a free library of out-of-copyright texts
Wikiversity and Wikibooks encourage collaborative creation of open educational resources (OERs)
- Wikidata is a store of structured data that can be read and edited by humans or machines.
Beyond the Academy: engagement, education, and exchangePip Willcox
Beyond the Academy: engagement, education, and exchange
This presentation introduces you to the practice and practicalities of public engagement. It draws on experience to explore means and methods of widening access to the humanities, to foster dialogue, participation, and new knowledge.
The document discusses the York: Gateway to History project which aimed to create a 21st century archive and local history service for York that engages all communities. The project worked with 44 community groups through meetings to understand their archive needs and interests. It was found that there was overwhelming support for the project but less demand for training and more interest in collaborative projects. Key lessons learned included listening to new ideas, being responsive, transparent, flexible, and using community spaces. The success of the project has driven ongoing community engagement and its approach is now being studied by a PhD student.
This document outlines a collaborative project between academia and cultural heritage organizations to provide opportunities for knowledge exchange between postgraduate students, early career researchers, and practitioners. The project includes workshops, conferences, and scholarship schemes to help students build skills and networks outside their own institutions. Representatives from the University of Glasgow's HATII and Glasgow Life programs, as well as the Tall Ship organization, are involved in the project. The hashtag #smkeglasgow will be used to collect tweets and feedback about social media use cases.
NUI Galway's Archives Engagement Strategy aims to increase advocacy, support, and engagement with the university's archives collection. Key aspects of the strategy include establishing an Archives Strategy Committee for oversight, promoting collections through marketing and events, developing partnerships across campus and with cultural institutions, prioritizing digitization and online access, and strengthening integration of archives into teaching and research programs. The strategy has helped attract important collections and increased usage, publications, exhibitions, and other ways of realizing the value of the archives.
Elaine Harrington, Special Collections Librarian, uses case studies to discuss the different types of engagement she has with academic staff and students in relation to Special Collections. Case studies will include show & tell class visits to Special Collections, modules that use specific methodologies for both undergraduates and postgraduates, exhibitions and events.
This presentation was given as part of UCC's Instructional Design TEL Tasters 2017 programme.
Digital Humanities in Ireland and China: the Prospect of Multi-level Cooperat...CONUL Conference
This document summarizes a presentation by Dr. Weiyi Wu and Jane Burns on opportunities for collaboration between Ireland and China in the field of digital humanities. Some key points discussed include:
- Digital humanities is an emerging field in China that could benefit from examples set by developed projects in Ireland.
- Potential areas for collaboration include classical Chinese historiography, databases of Chinese civilization, and reviewing digital projects from Irish universities.
- The collaboration between Dr. Wu and Burns originated from their shared interests in digital humanities and cultures of Ireland and China.
- Initial collaboration outputs have included conference presentations in the UK and China on digital humanities and creativity.
Reaching People - the new National Library of Scotland Strategy 2020-2025CILIPScotland
The document outlines the National Library of Scotland's new 2020-2025 strategy to better connect with audiences through five strategic priorities: safeguarding collections, improving access, engaging audiences, supporting learning and research, and developing the organization. The strategy aims to make the library more inclusive, responsive, and relevant for current and future generations through initiatives like expanding digital access, community outreach, and partnerships.
From the Cabinets of Curiosities to Museums as a Social ExperienceCostas Papadopoulos
This document outlines a lecture on the evolution of museums from early cabinets of curiosities to modern institutions that serve social and cultural experiences. It discusses the transition from private wonder chambers to established museums in the 17th-18th centuries aimed at building national identities and promoting science. In the 20th century, wars, recession, and reassessment led museums to focus on being societal institutions supporting social and cultural resources. The lecture will next discuss how digital technologies and mobile apps are transforming museum experiences and engaging visitors through personal, social, and physical contexts.
Scientia Aperta: enabling humanities and the open turnPip Willcox
This talk was presented as part of Open Access Oxford week, 13 June 2018. http://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/2018/04/13/open-access-oxford-week-11-15-june-2018/
How does UCC Library use exhibitions? How to create an exhibition? Use the LibGuide: http://libguides.ucc.ie/exhibitions/home as a starting point. Presentation as part of CPPD schedule in UCC Library (2017).
A Guide Not A Sage: Respect Not Fear For Undergraduates Using Special Collect...Elaine Harrington
Lecturers are now deliberately engaging with Special Collections’ material with specific methodologies or for specific purposes. Prof. Pádraig Ó Macháin (Modern Irish) created three research-focused hands-on approach modules dealing with manuscript material and the mechanisms for manuscript research for 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates. These students are familiar with the printed book but less so with handwritten manuscript items. Dr Edel Semple (English) co-ordinates a problem-based enquiry module for 1st year undergraduates which focuses on the short story. These students use UCC Library’s short story collections to create magazines with entries on ‘the future of the short story’ and ‘a day in the life of a writer.’ CIT’s Crawford College of Art & Design 1st year Fine Art and Contemporary Applied Art students visit Special Collections through CorkPAL to view UDCs as physical objects. As the physical objects have a presence that no reproduction or digitised object can approach viewing and interacting with the items informs their artistic endeavours. When each group visits Special Collections librarian and lecturer work together to show the students procedures particular for Special Collections, non-Dewey classification schemes and items important for that module’s focus. There are difficulties for library staff and users alike which must be managed when such groups come to Special Collections. Library staff must know what resources users seek and how best to direct the user without interfering in the research process itself as the library staff members are guides not sages. Users may find the level of care and procedures required intimidating unless they realise the reasons for which these procedures exist. This paper explores the type and level of engagement required from module creation to assignment submission.
2016: Beyond the Academy—engagement, education, and exchangePip Willcox
These slides, from the introductory workshop strand of the Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School (DHOxSS), provides an introduction to the practice and practicalities of public engagement. It draws on the presenter's experience to explore means and methods of widening access to the humanities, to foster dialogue and participation.
Beyond the Academy—engagement, education, and exchangePip Willcox
This was presented on the introductory workshop strand of the Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School 2016. It introduces the practice and practicalities of public engagement, drawing on personal experience to explore means and methods of widening access to the humanities, to foster dialogue and participation.
The Author's Drift: scholarship, scale and societyPip Willcox
This document summarizes Pip Willcox's presentation on digital scholarship, scale, and society. Some key points include:
- Digital resources like EEBO and EEBO-TCP enable new forms of distant and close reading of early English texts.
- Projects like the Bodleian First Folio digitization allow global access to important collections and engage new audiences through crowd-funding.
- Initiatives such as ElEPHANT and social editions explore how linking and analyzing texts at scale can lead to new discoveries and ways of sharing knowledge.
Diversity Equality Inclusive Initiatives in UCC & USCIRRT ILNP
The document discusses diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at University College Cork (UCC) and the University of Southern California (USC) libraries over the past three years. Key initiatives at UCC include identifying gaps in underrepresented collections, collaborating to improve accessibility, and events for Pride month. USC focuses on committees for culture and diversity, hiring practices, training, and research guides on underrepresented topics. Both libraries work to enhance subject headings and update collections.
Diversity Equality Inclusive Initiatives in UCC and USCElaine Harrington
The goal of the International Librarians Networking Program (ILNP) is to assist librarians from around the world to network and expand their skills in librarianship through a cooperative and collaborative program. The program is designed to be self guided, allowing participants to form a collaborative relationship with one another for four months and the opportunity to continue networking after the program ends. The International Librarians Networking Program is part of the American Library Association International Relations Round Table.
The 2021 cohort comprised 62 people from 27 countries selected for pair networking. There had been 270 original applicants from 39 different countries. I was paired with Dr Win Shih, Director of Integrated Library Systems at the University of Southern California. The ILNP final project was to create an academic poster arising from the conversations during the four month period. We completed one on Diversity Equality Inclusion initiatives in UCC & USC.
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This document discusses various topics related to digital humanities and academic research, including:
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- Conducting searches using tools like Multisearch, limiting searches, and citing sources.
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This document shows the opening times for a library over the 2019-2020 calendar year. It includes a monthly calendar from September 2019 through August 2020 with the library's opening hours listed for each day. Most days the library is open from 8:30/9:00am to 5:00/6:00/7:00/8:00pm, but is closed on Sundays and some holidays. The hours may vary slightly on some days.
Slideshare is a platform for sharing presentations online, similar to YouTube but focused on slides. It allows researchers to spread their work and receive feedback, and students to find information from experts. To use it, one can search by keyword to find presentations to view, or create an account and upload slides by dragging and dropping a PowerPoint file. While high quality content exists, users should approach content skeptically as on YouTube, since quality varies.
This presentation takes a look through some of the pictures in the DkIT archive while giving them some context, it goes from the 1970's when the college was founded to present day. It also showcases how far DkIT has come since it was first founded.
This takes a look at the origins of the college system of DkIT itself and showcases the development of the Regional Technical College that preceded the Institute of Technologies. Going from the context and reasons it was first founded through the various developments in the creation of the RTC up to when they were officially opened.
Professional literacy suite / Simone Tyrelldkitlibrary
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The document summarizes the story and approach of the Dublin North, North East Recovery College. It discusses:
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A Visual Guide to 1 Samuel | A Tale of Two HeartsSteve Thomason
These slides walk through the story of 1 Samuel. Samuel is the last judge of Israel. The people reject God and want a king. Saul is anointed as the first king, but he is not a good king. David, the shepherd boy is anointed and Saul is envious of him. David shows honor while Saul continues to self destruct.
This presentation was provided by Rebecca Benner, Ph.D., of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, for the second session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session Two: 'Expanding Pathways to Publishing Careers,' was held June 13, 2024.
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Let's go on a bear hunt: special collections in the wild / Elaine Harrington
1. Let’s Go on a Bear Hunt:
Special Collections in the Wild
Elaine Harrington | Special Collections Librarian
University College Cork
National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in
Higher Education: Evolving Identities: Collaboration to Enhance
Student Success | 23 May 2019
2. We can’t go over it. We can’t go under it.
Uh no! We gotta go through it!
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gyI6ykDwds
Rosen, Michael. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Illust. Helen Oxenbury.
London: Walker, 1989. https://www.jointhebearhunt.com/
3. Credit: Van Keulen, Gerard. De Rivier van Kingsale. c.1740, UCC Library.
Credit: Allestree, Richard. The
Causes of the Decay of Christian
Piety: or, An Impartial Survey of
the Ruines of Christian Religion,
Undermin'd by Unchristian
Practice. London: Printed by R.
Norton for Robert Pawlett, at the
sign of the Bible in Fleetstreet,
1675. UCC Library.
4. Special Collections – Not Just a ‘Lab for
the Humanities’
Credit: William Beauford’s 1801 Map of Cork, UCC Library.
5. What Did I Value Most
Which learning outcome is the one thing that students would
retain from this course after leaving?
Could I honestly say that I spent the most amount of time in
the course teaching to the goal I valued most?
Bass, Randy. “The Scholarship of Teaching: What’s the Problem?” Creative Thinking About Learning & Teaching February 1999 1.1
6. Changing a Learner’s World
Credit: https://twitter.com/lianzaoffice/status/684483979366535168
7. Widening the Lens
• Special Collections – welcome to everyone.
• Growing body of research on undergraduates using Special
Collections.
9. Skills & Challenges
Finding a way to connect with users. Noise & competition of social media.
Within Special Collections:
• Material for consultation only
• Timing – Access
• Material in non-Dewey classification schemes
• Multiple formats: books, microfilm, pamphlets
• A mostly print-dominated environment
• Reading & deciphering handwriting
• Different rules – ink, liquids, food
• Handling.
Credit: U.19: An early example of cryptography in Sir
George Macartney’s official correspondence during his
embassy to St Petersburg, 1765-1766.
10. Overview of 2013-2019
Institutions: UCC and CIT
Academics: 50
Colleges in UCC:
• College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences
• College of Science, Engineering & Food Science
Departments in UCC: 15
Departments Academics Classes Class
Minutes
Students
2013/2014 8 21 27 1965 356
2018/2019 17 29 46 3325 550
% Increase +113% +38% +70% +69% +55%
11. A Collaborative Community
Dr James
O’Sullivan,
(Digital Arts &
Humanities)
Prof. Pádraig
Ó Macháin
(Modern Irish)
Dr Malgorzata
Krasnodebska -
D'Aughton
(History)
Dr Jillian
Rogers
(Music)
John Hough
(Music)
13. BEES: Transition Year Programme
https://libguides.ucc.ie/speccollsubjectsupport/bees
14. Digital Humanities Research Colloquium
Credit: Anna Petrus Janus
head pewter vase by Svenskt
Tenn 1993
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1
30765784@N06/42969676311/
15. Students: 2nd – 3rd year undergraduates
• Hands-on approach to manuscript research
• Trace the work of a scribe through manuscripts and bibliographies
• Trace copies of manuscripts in libraries through catalogues.
Irish Language Manuscripts
16. GA3024: Tionscnamh Taighde
The prestigious Mansion House Fund Scholarship in Irish was awarded to
Máiréad Carey on the basis of results achieved in her third year summer
examinations in 2015.
Credit: “Agallaimh Oisín is Phádraig,” Áireain a bhfhuil d’Aistribh sa.
scribhinn seo. Ls. 200, UCC Library.
Máiréad Carey with then President of UCC,
Michael Murphy & Prof. Pádraig Ó Macháin, Dept of
Modern Irish.
17. MA in Medieval History –
Skills for Medieval Historians
Design an online exhibition based on resources available in UCC’s Special
Collections and present it as a series of blog posts on The River-side.
Expand transferable skills gained through a practical work experience
including writing about public history, editing, dealing with copyright issues,
working to deadlines, marketing and publicity of their work.
Reflect on the value and use of historical knowledge for wider audiences.
Learn to present said historical knowledge in an informative, imaginative
and accessible manner to non-specialists.
The River-side @theriversideUCC
http://blogs.ucc.ie/wordpress/theriverside/
18. HI 6091: Skills for
Medieval Historians
http://blogs.ucc.ie/wordpress/theriverside/2019/01/18/the-luttrell-psalter-
knighthood-hospitality-and-piety-the-office-of-the-dead/
19. Guest display curated by Natasha Dukelow, graduate of HI 6091.
https://libguides.ucc.ie/nocils/history
20. MU 6031: Sound Studies & Musicology
Consider the ways in which history, geography, and culture shape sound, its
perception, and understandings and inscriptions of sound.
Develop skills in sound collection, analysis, contextualization, and
interpretation through a group sound mapping project.
Familiarity with theoretical perspectives within sound studies, as well as the
potential political implications of studying sound and its effects in history and
the contemporary world.
Familiarity with archival research methods, and questions surrounding the
applicability of different research methods and sources to the study of sound.
Students will improve and expand writing, argumentation, presentation, and
digital media skills through the creation of a paper or podcast demonstrating
the development of a term-long research project involving detailed, well-
researched arguments.
22. Sonic Histories of Cork City (SHOCC) Project
@SHOCCProjectUCC
https://shoccproject.wordpress.com/
23. Wilkie's Cork City Directory, 1872.
A City’s Sonic Fingerprint
Tram Ride in Cork City 1902, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ0MGDyofb4
From MacCurtain St to St Patrick’s Bridge, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69f7e5YX8l4
27. A SHOCC Project for All Seasons
Credit: Aquatint ‘Cork from the Mardyke Walk’ in Carr’s
The Stranger in Ireland (1805), UCC Library.
https://shoccproject.wordpress.com/ mapping-soundcatcher/
28. From UCC Library’s VR Lab to a
Museum of the City
https://www.thejournal.ie/cork-skyscraper-3842899-Feb2018/
30. Acknowledgements
Dr Malgorzata Krasnodebska-D'Aughton,
Lecturer in History
Prof. Pádraig Ó Macháin,
Head of Modern Irish
The Sonic Histories of Cork City (SHOCC) Project,
John Hough, Senior Technical Officer
Dr Jillian Rogers, Lecturer in Musicology
Dr James O’Sullivan,
Lecturer in Digital Arts & Humanities
31. Contact
Elaine Harrington,
Special Collections Librarian
UCC Library
University College Cork
Cork
e.harrington@ucc.ie | @walkerabroad
https://www.slideshare.net/nzwalker
The River-side @theriversideUCC
http://blogs.ucc.ie/wordpress/theriverside/
The Sonic Histories of Cork City (SHOCC) Project
https://shoccproject.wordpress.com/
@SHOCCProjectUCC