HI all,
Thanks for the various suggestions - maybe if people could keep them coming in I'll draft up a page with various links, which would make a good starting point.
A few people are talking about things like how to reference archives, but I'm really talking about first steps in using archives. There's been some great suggestions, so I'll pull them all together.
cheers,
Jane.
On 6 Feb 2013, at 11:17, Sian Wynn-Jones <[log in to unmask]>
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> Dear Jane/all
>
> BT Archives worked with students on the London College of Communications MA Design Writing Criticism over the last two years. Very few, if any, had worked with archives before.
>
> In the first year the students produced a short film 'Discovering BT Archives' based on their journeys of exploration with, and responses to the archives which may be of help/interest to your students.
>
> Aside from the benefits of collaborating with a different knowledge pool, when working with the students the main learning point on both sides was in working together to help articulate questions in ways that were meaningful and relevant eg - why does this document/subject interest me? how do we know this fact? what other material relates to this subject/fact?
>
> You can see the film at www.youtube.com/connectedearth
>
> I'd be interested to hear any thoughts on it
>
> Best wishes
>
>
> Siân
>
> Siân Wynn-Jones | Heritage Collections Manager | BT Group plc
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Subject: [ARCHIVES-NRA] MA Students using archives for the first time: where to begin!
>
> Hi all (me again!),
>
> I gave a short talk to MA students yesterday about strategies for searching for archives. I talked about what archives are, tips for using archives, visiting reading rooms, using the various aggregators, etc etc.
>
> However, in the hands-on what struck me is that they were asking me what to actually do with the archives. That is, how do they use them in their research. They seemed a bit overwhelmed with these huge descriptions they were finding and didn't know how to start thinking about ways to bring the archives into their dissertations.
>
> I wondered if anyone knows of any advice out there that I can either point students to, or maybe utilities in order to create a few pages on the Hub about 'first steps in using archives for your dissertation'.
>
> There are some great educational resources on TNA's Education pages, but they are more focussed on exercises using archives, and present exercises that are already worked out, they are not so much aimed at students at an MA level and how they work with the kinds of evidence that archives provide (although I might have missed something here - please let me know).
>
> cheers,
> Jane.
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>
> Jane Stevenson
> The Archives Hub
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