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Searching Govinfo.Gov/, Bert Chapman Mar 2024

Searching Govinfo.Gov/, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

This U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) database provides access to information legal, legislative, and regulatory information produced on multiple subjects by the U.S. Government. Content includes congressional bills, congressional committee hearings and prints (studies), reports on legislation, the text of laws, regulations, and executive orders and multiple U.S. Government information resources covering subjects from accounting to zoology.


The Threat To Academic & Intellectual Freedom, Christopher M. Jimenez, Melissa Del Castillo, Stephen Thomson Moore, Lowell Bryan Cooper, Jacqueline Radebaugh, George Pearson May 2023

The Threat To Academic & Intellectual Freedom, Christopher M. Jimenez, Melissa Del Castillo, Stephen Thomson Moore, Lowell Bryan Cooper, Jacqueline Radebaugh, George Pearson

Works of the FIU Libraries

The Academic and Intellectual Freedom Ad Hoc Committee presented a First Thursday discussion on May 4 about academic and intellectual freedom. Starting with a brief definition of these terms, they traced the history of Academic Freedom and how current events affect us at FIU. The committee posed several real-life scenarios threatening Academic/Intellectual Freedom in libraries. All library staff were invited to attend this lively discussion.


Mapping Renewal: How An Unexpected Interdisciplinary Collaboration Transformed A Digital Humanities Project, Elise Tanner, Geoffrey Joseph Apr 2021

Mapping Renewal: How An Unexpected Interdisciplinary Collaboration Transformed A Digital Humanities Project, Elise Tanner, Geoffrey Joseph

Digital Initiatives Symposium

Funded by a National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Foundations Grant, the UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture’s “Mapping Renewal” pilot project focused on creating access to and providing spatial context to archival materials related to racial segregation and urban renewal in the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, from 1954-1989. An unplanned interdisciplinary collaboration with the UA Little Rock Arkansas Economic Development Institute (AEDI) has proven to be an invaluable partnership. One team member from each department will demonstrate the Mapping Renewal website and discuss how the collaborative process has changed and shaped …


Non-Thesis Writing Project His 595, Amanda Izenstark Aug 2020

Non-Thesis Writing Project His 595, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

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Advanced Topics In European History His 501, Amanda Izenstark Jul 2020

Advanced Topics In European History His 501, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

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Introduction To Historical Study His 500, Amanda Izenstark Jul 2020

Introduction To Historical Study His 500, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

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Advanced Topics In American History His 541, Amanda Izenstark Jul 2020

Advanced Topics In American History His 541, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

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Advanced Topics In Asian Or Latin American History His 581, Amanda Izenstark Jul 2020

Advanced Topics In Asian Or Latin American History His 581, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

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The Uri Campus: A Walk Through Time, Amanda Izenstark, Karen Morse Jul 2020

The Uri Campus: A Walk Through Time, Amanda Izenstark, Karen Morse

Library Impact Statements

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Digital Collections In The University Classroom: Inspiring Your Faculty With Regional Content, Kelley F. Rowan, Christopher Davis Oct 2019

Digital Collections In The University Classroom: Inspiring Your Faculty With Regional Content, Kelley F. Rowan, Christopher Davis

Works of the FIU Libraries

This presentation explores a model collaboration between the Digital Collections Center of the library and the History Department that has been highly successful in introducing students to researching with digital collections. We consider the use of history department undergraduate and graduate interns in the library and discuss the benefits and challenges to both parties. Dr. Christopher Davis shares the research project that was embedded in his course syllabus, highlighting various relevant digital collections and the results of student research. He also discusses what aspect of the collections he found intriguing and inspired him to create a research project and his …


Judaiism, Christianity And Islam In Medieval Culture His 378, Amanda Izenstark Oct 2019

Judaiism, Christianity And Islam In Medieval Culture His 378, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

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We’Ve Come A Long Way (Baby)! Or Have We? Evolving Intellectual Freedom Issues In The Us And Florida, L. Bryan Cooper, A.D. Beman-Cavallaro May 2018

We’Ve Come A Long Way (Baby)! Or Have We? Evolving Intellectual Freedom Issues In The Us And Florida, L. Bryan Cooper, A.D. Beman-Cavallaro

Works of the FIU Libraries

This paper analyzes a shifting landscape of intellectual freedom (IF) in and outside Florida for children, adolescents, teens and adults. National ideals stand in tension with local and state developments, as new threats are visible in historical, legal, and technological context. Examples include doctrinal shifts, legislative bills, electronic surveillance and recent attempts to censor books, classroom texts, and reading lists.

Privacy rights for minors in Florida are increasingly unstable. New assertions of parental rights are part of a larger conservative animus. Proponents of IF can identify a lessening of ideals and standards that began after doctrinal fruition in the 1960s …


History Of The Cold War His 353, Amanda Izenstark Feb 2018

History Of The Cold War His 353, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

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Protest And Resistance In America Hpr 314, Amanda Izenstark Dec 2017

Protest And Resistance In America Hpr 314, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

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History Internship His 577, Amanda Izenstark Oct 2017

History Internship His 577, Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statements

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History Internship His 477, Joanna Burkhardt Oct 2017

History Internship His 477, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

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Native American History Month, Southwest Minnesota State University Sep 2010

Native American History Month, Southwest Minnesota State University

Ethnic History

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Southwest Minnesota State University.


Holocaust Remembrance Day, South Dakota State University Apr 2010

Holocaust Remembrance Day, South Dakota State University

Ethnic History

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from South Dakota State University.


Germany, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jan 2008

Germany, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Ethnic History

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.


Holocaust Remembrance, Minnesota State University Mankato Jan 2007

Holocaust Remembrance, Minnesota State University Mankato

Ethnic History

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.


Holocaust, Southwest State University Jan 2007

Holocaust, Southwest State University

Ethnic History

Photographs of a display of government documents from Southwest State University.


Native Americans, Southwest State University Jan 2007

Native Americans, Southwest State University

Ethnic History

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Southwest State University, Marshall.


American Indian Heritage Month, Minnesota State University, Mankato Jan 2007

American Indian Heritage Month, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Ethnic History

Photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.


Meet Our Native Americans, Poplar Creek Public Library Jan 2007

Meet Our Native Americans, Poplar Creek Public Library

Ethnic History

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Poplar Creek Public Library, Illinois.