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High Mountain Valley Local Authors Collections: Jampa Dorje, Central Washington University, Jampa Dorje
High Mountain Valley Local Authors Collections: Jampa Dorje, Central Washington University, Jampa Dorje
Brooks Library Events
Jampa Dorje, also known as Richard Denner, is Ellensburg’s resident Tibetan Buddhist monk. This reception celebrates the collection of works by local authors that Jampa Dorje collected and donated to the CWU Archives and Special Collections. A talk by Mr. Dorje on the collection will be followed by a reception and tour of the Archives.
5th Annual Archives Crawl, Central Washington University
5th Annual Archives Crawl, Central Washington University
Brooks Library Events
The Ellensburg Archives and Museum Crawl is a tour of the museums, archives and special collections in Ellensburg.
Teaching An Introduction To Archives Course To Undergraduates: A New Experience For The Archivist And The Students, Julia Stringfellow
Teaching An Introduction To Archives Course To Undergraduates: A New Experience For The Archivist And The Students, Julia Stringfellow
Library Scholarship
This article explores a new Introduction to Archives class taught to undergraduates through a Library and Information Science Minor Program offered by the James E. Brooks Library at Central Washington University (CWU). The course is taught by the University Archivist. The challenges of recruiting students, promotion of the course, and teaching an upper level course to undergraduates from different disciplines is described, as well as the benefits of offering this type of course at the undergraduate level. A review of the literature on the benefits of educating undergraduates on archives and archival research is also included.