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Imagination At Work: Reaching New Users With Innovative Instruction And Outreach, Erin Passehl-Stoddart
Imagination At Work: Reaching New Users With Innovative Instruction And Outreach, Erin Passehl-Stoddart
Erin Passehl Stoddart
In a college or university setting, archivists are often charged with developing innovative ways to inspire campus users to think expansively and creatively about primary sources. Individual presentations will address developing a fictional collection that can be mobilized and expanded to fulfill learning objectives across multiple disciplines; adapting an interactive game from NYPL to promote and generate interest in archives during New Student Week; and collaborating with faculty and French majors on a grant-funded project to build and promote collections. Other presentations will extend the conversation to assessment and will consider integrating primary source literacy in first-year library instruction classes …