ALISS AGM 2013 Using Special Collections in Research and Teaching
Papers now available
http://alissnet.org.uk/2013-agm-using-special-collections-in-research-an
d-teaching/
This year the 2013 ALISS (Association of Librarians and Information
Workers in the Social Sciences) http://www.alissnet.org.uk AGM focused
on the theme of using special collections in teaching and research.
The 3 speakers looked at different aspects of the issue
Archives in an online world the project to create a digital library at
LSE- Ed Fay Digital Library manager, LSE
Described the rationale and methods of creating a digital library for
the LSE. http://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/ This included coverage of
the project to digitize the work of the Webbs and Charles Booth,
including the phone booth project to create a mobile phone version of
the London Poverty maps. It also covered issues relating to the
preservation of born digital materials
Teaching and learning using archives and special collections at Kings
College . Geoff Browell Senior Archives Services Manager, King's College
London Archives, and Katie Sambrook, Special Collections Librarian,
King's College London
This joint presentation provided inspiration to those aspiring to
introduce archives sessions. The first section by Katie Sambrook
highlighted the work of the special collections team who have become
increasingly involved in teaching over the last 5 years. Wherever
possible classes are embedded in teaching programmes. Follow up
individual sessions are offered. These are delivered by special
collections staff. Some examples of teaching using the archives included
the use of historic travel, historic FCO maps and immigration literature
by MA African studies students at SOAS and the frontispiece of John
Smeaton's Edison lighthouse as a symbol of attitudes towards science by
students studying the 18th century enlightenment. Interestingly students
often showed an interest in the physical object- how it was made
The second part of the presentation featured Geoff Browell Senior
Archives Services Manager who highlighted the need for archives to
expand their focus broadly to encourage use from new communities.. At
kings this has involved search engine optimization, outreach focus via
collaborative projects such as aim 25 http://www.aim25.ac.uk/ going
where users are- the navigating nightingale project which uses mobile
phone technology to create London walks
http://www.centrescreen.co.uk/projects/navigating-nightingale from the
time of Florence Nightingale a nd using technology creatively via sites
such as historypin.
Using social media to promote archive use, Laura Cowdrey, National
Archives
A discussion of the variety of social media used by the National
Archives to reach out to new, non-traditional audiences. This has
involved twitter, blogging and history pin as well as the very well-used
Flickr galleries - World through a lens
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/africa/
<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/africa/> which brought new
audiences to historic photograph collections. Issues covered were the
need for tying launch dates with key events (e.g. national days) to
build on pre -existing interests, the tone of language used on social
media and the need to evaluate and monitor materials .
Also available from the website AGM Minutes
http://www.slideshare.net/alissinfo/aliss-agm-minutes-2013
Heather Dawson
ALISS Secretary
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