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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Kate Theimer Klappentext Outreach: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores how archives of different sizes and types are reaching out to new potential users and increasing awareness of programs and collections. The book features twelve case studies that demonstrate ideas that can be transferred into many other settings. Some of the practices described in the case studies rely primarily on technology and the Web to interact with the public, while others are centered on face-to-face activities. This volume will be useful to those working in archives and special collections as well as other cultural heritage organizations, and provides ideas ranging from those that require long-term planning and coordination to those that could be immediately implemented. It also provides students and educators in archives, library, and public history graduate programs a resource for understanding the variety of ways people conduct outreach in the field today and the kinds of strategies archivists are using to attract new users to collections. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. The Oregon Archives Crawl: Engaging New Users and Advocates Diana Banning, Mary B. Hansen, Anne LeVant Prahl, Portland Area Archivists2. Moved by the Spirit: Opportunistic Promotion of the Hamilton Family Séance Collection Shelley Sweeney, University of Manitoba3. Working Within the Law: Public Programming and Continuing EducationLeigh McWhite, University of Mississippi4. Staying Connected: Engaging Alumni and Students to Digitize the Carl "Pappy" Fehr Choral Music CollectionAmy C. Schindler, College of William & Mary5. "Pin"pointing Success: Assessing the Value of Pinterest and Historypin for Special Collections Outreach Mark Baggett, Rabia Gibbs, Alesha Shumar, University of Tennessee6. Creating a New Learning Center: Designing a Space to Support Multiple Outreach GoalsDorothy Dougherty, National Archives at New York City7. "Wikipedia is made of people!": Revelations from Collaborating with the World's Most Popular Encyclopedia Sara Snyder, Archives of American Art8. 21 Revolutions: New Art from Old Objects Laura Stevens, Glasgow Women's Library9. Happy Accidents and Unintended Consequences: How We Named Our TribbleRachael Dreyer, American Heritage Center10. Navigating Nightingale: Creating an App Out of Archives Geof Browell, King's College London11. DIY History: Redesigning a Platform for a Transcription Crowdsourcing Initiative Jen Wolfe and Nicole Saylor, University of Iowa12. Taking Preservation to the People: Educating the Public About Personal Digital Archiving William LeFurgy, Library of CongressAbout the EditorIndex...
