Katie- Last year at the SAA Annual Meeting, I attended a workshop that discussed just this topic. Archivists at the American Heritage Center of the University of Wyoming are very aggressively pursuing such collaboration, and are working on a book that hopefully will be published soon. Two of the workshop participants were: Carol Bowers and Leslie Shores, both Reference Archivists at AHC. I would think they would be happy to chat with you. I found the workshop very beneficial, and eagerly await their book. Ann Mulfort, CA Annarchivist 9 Heather Place St. Paul, MN 55102 612.865.9544 [log in to unmask] >From: Catherine Sherman <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Catherine Sherman <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Early Friday Funny >Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:51:08 -0500 > >Hi all, > >I'm a first-year archives grad student at the U. of Maryland, and I've been >watching this conversation with interest as it relates to a research >project I am undertaking. I am examining the use of primary sources in >undergradaute teaching of history, and I'm discovering a disturbing lack of >discussion in the archival community regarding our role in that process. >Perhaps you all, who are more experienced and well-read than I, can offer >some thoughts on this. > >In my search for literature on this topic, I have found a good deal of open >discussion among educators about the use of primary sources in teaching. >In addition to general discussion, there are numerous presentations of >individual teaching methods that integrate primary sources. However, >collaboration with members of the archival profession often seems a novel >afterthought, if it is mentioned at all. > >Among archivists, undergraduates are relegated most often to a brief >mention as one of our many user populations in writings on reference or >user studies. The research needs of graduate students is a vogue topic, as >is making history more "alive" for students (most often K-12) by having >more "face time." > >But to date, I have found next to nothing written in either field that >focuses specifically on collaboration between archivists and educators >(especially at the undergraduate level). We seem to consider instructors >as just another user group who we are happy to assist when they come >through the door, but we never talk about seeking them out first. There >are a very few articles highlighting individual cases of such >collaboration, but it is not a topic of general discussion at all. > >Why? We can all agree that this is important, and even that it is occuring >here and there. So why isn't it discussed? And why does it seem to be >such a novel idea when it occurs to an educator at all? Why do we care so >much about serving the users who come to where we are, but we don't want to >consider openly the possibility and importance of extending our role beyond >the repository door? > >These are my honest questions to you "veterans" as I enter the field. I >have an image in my mind of The Archivist standing in the open door calling >people to come in, but refusing to step over the threshold and go lead them >in by the hand. I'm hoping that the failings are in my search strategies, >and not in our focus as professionals. > >- Katie > > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: "Laura A. Heller" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: "Laura A. Heller" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [ARCHIVES] Early Friday Funny >Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:37:32 -0500 > >True, true... >I am a 1995 high school graduate, and the reason why I know >much of the >cultural and social histories of the '60s and '70s is simply >because it >was an interest of mine. I know some of the things that >happened in the >'80s and '90s too, but I have to say there was a time (in >high school) I >paid very little attention to the news. Some things I have >to catch up >on. And my history classes, from high school through >college, discussed >events no further than Vietnam, and it barely even touched >on that! >Anything I know post-WWII is mostly because of personal >interest and >self-education. > >Its a shame there are not many young people who pursue >historical >information for their own education. > >- Laura > >_________________________________________________________________ >Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! >http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > >A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the >Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. >For the terms of participation, please refer to >http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. > >To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] > In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname > *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES >To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] > >Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html > >Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>