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A Classroom Of Our Own: An Exploratory Case Study Of Archivists Teaching Outside The Archives, Claire Du Laney, Lori Schwartz
A Classroom Of Our Own: An Exploratory Case Study Of Archivists Teaching Outside The Archives, Claire Du Laney, Lori Schwartz
Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Conversations about archivists teaching a Public History course started in 2021, and in earnest in 2022-2023.
The Queer Omaha Archives: The First 5 Years, Amy C. Schindler
The Queer Omaha Archives: The First 5 Years, Amy C. Schindler
Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Kick-off LGBTQ+ History Month by learning more about Nebraska’s LGBTQ+ history and how archivists and librarians are preserving and sharing the past today. Presentation for the NCompass Live, a program of the Nebraska Library Commission. The Queer Omaha Archives in UNO Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections launched in 2016 as the first dedicated LGBTQ+ archival and book collection in Nebraska. In the collecting initiative’s first 5 years it has grown to over 80 cubic feet and 3 GB of personal papers and organizational records, 50 oral history interviews, and 3,000 books. In this session, you will be introduced to some …
Crafting Relevant Community Partnerships Using Archives, Amy C. Schindler, Laurinda Weisse
Crafting Relevant Community Partnerships Using Archives, Amy C. Schindler, Laurinda Weisse
Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Historically, archives have told the stories of the dominant society. Increasingly, archives are exploring and filling some of the silences left by the exclusion of many voices. Oral history is a way of actively collecting stories which may not exist in written form. Both the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s LGBTQ+ Voices: The Queer Omaha Archives Oral History Project and the University of Nebraska at Kearney Archives and Special Collections’ Coming to the Plains: Latin@ Stories in Central Nebraska project engage members of diverse communities in telling their own stories. This session will talk about the origins of each project, …
Show Us Your Omaha: Combating Lgbtq+ Archival Silences, Angela J. Kroeger, Yumi Ohira, Amy Schindler
Show Us Your Omaha: Combating Lgbtq+ Archival Silences, Angela J. Kroeger, Yumi Ohira, Amy Schindler
Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Libraries offers a variety of unique and specialized collections in the Archives & Special Collections (ASC) for UNO and Omaha community members. In 2015, ASC began planning for preserving and providing access to Omaha’s LGBTQ+ history through the Queer Omaha Archives. Archival silences were defined by archivist Rodney Carter as the manifestation of the actions of the powerful in denying the marginalized access to archives with further definition by archivists and researchers expanding this definition. The UNO Libraries has invested in developing digital engagement as a strategic priority through building infrastructure and expanding …
Sailing Into Metrics: Rethinking And Implementing Metrics And Assessment In Archives, Amy C. Schindler
Sailing Into Metrics: Rethinking And Implementing Metrics And Assessment In Archives, Amy C. Schindler
Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
In 2014, SAA and RBMS appointed joint task forces to address the challenges that archival repositories face related to metrics and assessment. The task forces are drafting proposed metrics and standards, but calls for how to implement data gathering continue. This session will share case studies on the implementation of data gathering from the ground up, metrics and assessment in instruction and reference, and identifying the best and most efficient ways to quantify resources for assessment and decision making. The session will also address the transition from manual data gathering to tools like Aeon and LibInsight and the administrative outcomes …
The Queer Omaha Archives, Amy Schindler
The Queer Omaha Archives, Amy Schindler
Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
The Queer Omaha Archives, in Criss Library Archives & Special Collections at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, preserves and provides access to the history of LGBTQIA+ life in the region. The archives collects, preserves, and makes available to the public material documenting the diverse people and organizations of the greater Omaha region and their experiences and work. In this session, we’ll share how this new community collecting initiative was begun and how the library is extending existing and establishing new relationships with campus and community members to preserve the region’s LGBTQIA+ history and make it available for use.
From Stealthy To Burgeoning: Student Curators In The Earl Gregg Swem Library, Amy Schindler
From Stealthy To Burgeoning: Student Curators In The Earl Gregg Swem Library, Amy Schindler
Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Presentation about Swem Library's Special Collections working with student curators as part of class projects presented at the 2011 meeting of the Society of North Carolina Archivists.
The Status And Future Of Government Documents, James T. Shaw
The Status And Future Of Government Documents, James T. Shaw
Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Depository libraries have traditionally enjoyed a pretty sweet deal—we receive free copies of documents in return for space, processing, and staff to help people use them. Depository libraries have served as key players in two areas of public policy: 1) public access to government information for the needs of today; and 2) widespread distribution of documents helps them survive to form a historical record.
The Ivory Tower Opens Up: Documenting Controversy, Amy Schindler
The Ivory Tower Opens Up: Documenting Controversy, Amy Schindler
Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Session Abstract: A panel of trained archivists will discuss the use of the spectrum of Web 2.0 tools and innovation as how it creates mechanisms to promote the access and use of archival and rare materials. They will talk about their own innovations in their repositories, and some of the successful projects and tools being used today, as well as discussing the potential for creative collaboration between historians and archivists in academe using Web 2.0 tools and resources.
In The Simplest Terms, In The Most Convenient Definitions: 2.0 Tools For Education And Outreach, Amy Schindler
In The Simplest Terms, In The Most Convenient Definitions: 2.0 Tools For Education And Outreach, Amy Schindler
Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Presentation about the use of Web 2.0 or social media tools in the Swem Library's Special Collections presented at the spring 2008 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC).