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Leveraging Visual Literacy To Engage And Orient First-Year College Students In The Library, Melissa Clark
Leveraging Visual Literacy To Engage And Orient First-Year College Students In The Library, Melissa Clark
Librarian and Staff Presentations
Too often incoming students leave library orientation sessions feeling overwhelmed and overstressed, which results in the library becoming one more intimidating obstacle to them. However, this does not need to be the case. Visual literacy and visual culture can be leveraged to engage students and improve library orientation sessions.
Disaster And Preservation Planning Workshops, Kyle Ainsworth
Disaster And Preservation Planning Workshops, Kyle Ainsworth
Librarian and Staff Presentations
PowerPoint Abstract
This presentation elaborates on a 4-day regional disaster and preservation planning workshop held at the R. W. Steen Library May 14-17, 2012. It was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and brought 23 people from 11 different organizations together to learn about disaster and preservation planning from a Northeast Document and Conservation Center consultant. The PowerPoint explains the program director's thinking at all stages of the grant process—conceptualization, implementation and assessment.
Presented at the Society of American Archivist's Annual Meeting "Beyond Borders: San Diego," August 11, 2012. Session 605 - Inside and Out: NEH Preservation Assistance …