tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790Wed, 25 May 2016 10:34:01 +0000educationvalue of archivescommunityantiquescommunity documentationcollaborationpersonal papershigh schoolfamily historyoutreachcultural heritagechildrenlocal historyephemeraarchives in schoolsphotographycultural heritage collaboratorsphotossocial mediaUnofficial Family Archivistarchivistscollection developmentdiarylibrarianshistorical societystudentsbooklibrariespreservationschool librarianshipLife in Contextdigitalorphan photosphotographssense of placearchivesartteaching historytwittervalue of librariesinformationmuseumPreserving Memoriescommunity archivesgenealogyoral historyresearchvalue of historyMore Finds at the Local Antique Shopappraisaldiariespersonal narrativeschool librariestraditionswomen#edchatThanksgivingblogcross professionalismfoodholidayssmall archivesCitizen archivistInternetWalthamarchival resourcesguest bloggerintangible culturemaineorganizationorphan worksBostonFacebookNew Hampshireart historycommunicationcopyrightcorrespondenceexhibithistoryholocaustlibrarymakerspaceparticipatory archivesplanning documentsrole of archivistsave librariesArchives valuesDPLALAMManchesterMuseums AdvocacyPinterestSTEManniversarybook reviewdiversityhidden communitiesmaterial culturememorysense of purposeteachingChristmasCommon Core State StandardsContextValentine's Dayalternate career paths for archivistsaudiencebrandingcemeterycivil warconsultinggardeninggiftsidentityjudaismknowledgelibrary sciencemuseum educationmuseumsstereoscopetime capsuletouristunderdocumented communitiesvolunteersweddingLibrary as IncubatorNashuaTown recordsaccessbedford bulletincareercensorshipcomputersfundinggooglegovernment recordsgreeting cardshuman rightsimmigrantsinterpretationlabelingnon-professional archivistpartnershippresentationpromotionpublishingstorytellingstudy of historyvisitorswriting#NEAfall2012#askacurator#tlchat21st century librariesAfrican-AmericanArchives MonthArchives PowerAustraliaClose ReadingDepression-eraHenry VIIIIndependent studyIntroduction to InformationKennebunkportLibrary of CongressMother's DayNPRNew England ArchivistsNina SimonOWSRansom RiggsRobert ArchibaldSTEAMShirleySpace4UVanderbiltVictorianWomen's History MonthWorld War IWorld War IIadvertisementsarchives surveyartifactsbook banningcalling cardscarte-de-visitecollectingconferencecraftscreativitycrowdsourcingcuriosityfood memoriesfreedomfungrandmagrantsgravestonesheroeshistory news networkhuman libraryiconographylistmarketingmentoringmission statementnorth endplaybillpostcardprofessionalismprogrammingprovenancepublic recordspublic speakingpublicityreadingschool buildingscience in the archivesspecial eventssummer projecttheorytrendsvideovintagewinterworkshopyearbooks#EmpoweringInnovation#WHM#archivesforeverything#archivistinspiration#askarchivists#everythinghasahistory#genealogistinspiration#historianinspiration3D printingA Secret GiftAlma materAltaMiraAmelia EarhartAmerican ArchivistAmerican GirlAmoskeagAndrew FlinnAnne FrankAnthony BourdainAnythinkBC archivesBPBPLBeineckeBermudaBooleanBoston MarathonBoston Public LibraryBoston UniversityBrick Store MuseumCambodiaCamille BreezeCelia ThaxterCheryl DolanChick HistoryChilde HassamChrista McAuliffeClaude MonetCold WarComiconConey IslandCopp's HillDIYDartmouthDutch artE.MillerEasterEdith BarryEdward C. 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On January 28th, 1986, the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/update-nasa-remembers-its-fallen-heroes-30th-anniversary-of-challenger-accident">space shuttle</a> exploded just 73 seconds into its mission. Concord, New Hampshire resident Christa McAuliffe was chosen for this mission to be the first teacher in space, but was killed during the tragedy.<br /><br />McAuliffe inspired us all with a spirit of adventure, discovery and purpose."I touch the future, I teach" has become a mantra to all those who follow in her footsteps as educators. To me. the memory of McAuliffe, a social studies teacher, emphasizes the importance of tying our past to our future. Today, grounded in history and inspired by ideas related to STEM and new 21st century Science standards, we may support our children by guiding them to ignite their passions, satisfy their curiosities about from where they come, and use new tools for the betterment of their world. In fact, when we look at our stars, we should realize that science and history are very closely related, indeed.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt=" Challenger victims remembers at McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. NECN." border="0" height="160" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IptN1jlAvCw/Vq7AwpNwdFI/AAAAAAAAJnw/xbysXDX6ADg/s320/Capture.PNG" width="320" /></div><a href="http://www.necn.com/on-air/as-seen-on/NECN_012816_katherinechallenger_5pm_NECN-366915211.html">Challenger victims remembers at McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. NECN.</a><br /><br /><br /><br />http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2016/01/when-history-and-science-meet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-1647963250896288687Wed, 20 Jan 2016 13:13:00 +00002016-01-20T08:19:20.774-05:003D printingcollaborationdronemakerspacemuseum educationschool librarianshipschool librariesSTEAMSTEMSchool Library and Museum CollaborationMuseums and schools&nbsp;should be&nbsp;natural partners. So, when I began working at a high school library&nbsp;three-and-a-half years ago, one of the first things I did was seek out an institution willing to try something a little different. My goals were mainly twofold:<br /><ul><li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Promote hands-on learning and STEAM / Makerspace education in my town, while showing students the value of collaboration&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Promote museum educational programs and outreach</span></li></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMvVU8y3FNw/Vp-HGwGFw6I/AAAAAAAAJkk/PRp8HYKudhg/s1600/IMG_6466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMvVU8y3FNw/Vp-HGwGFw6I/AAAAAAAAJkk/PRp8HYKudhg/s200/IMG_6466.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students check out the 3D printer that will<br />be used to build drone parts. It was acquired thanks<br />to a museum education grant that included our school.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I was willing to work with any type of museum, with the hope that this project will expand and perhaps involve multiple museums in the future. In July 2014, I met with a like-minded science museum director in my area&nbsp;to discuss ideas about a potential collaboration. This winter, our partnership and year-and-a-half of planning is resulting in a project launch with my high school teens. I have described our project on <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/project/school-library-local-science-museum-dr/1840728/?rf=link-siteshare-2016-01-teacher-teacher_3402672&amp;challengeid=20708654">Donor's Choose</a> as follows:</span><br /><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">Our first collaborative project is to design and build a drone. The project will help students gather and evaluate information. It will support innovation, creativity and critical thinking. With the help of the librarian, administration, teachers, and museum staff, it will allow students to become comfortable with collaboration and communicating with experts. Students will work within a budget, create an engineering project plan, build a drone kit and modify the drone with CAD and a 3D printer, create a documentary about the experience, design a web site, write articles for the school paper and other media outlets outside of our walls and deliver presentations about our work.</span></span><br /><blockquote style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border-left-color: rgb(48, 48, 48); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 3px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #303030; font-family: rooney-web, AmericanTypewriter, Rockwell, Georgia-Bold, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px 2em 0px 1em; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This project is open to all students and will cater to varied interests and abilities.</blockquote><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"></span><br /><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424242; font-family: rooney-sans, Avenir-Book, Corbel, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px 4em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Students will engage in authentic learning, picking up skills that will serve them in a 21st century world. Furthermore, the project will boost our sense of community due to its large-scale collaborative nature. We hope that this will serve as a model for other non-formal learning opportunities. [Donor's Choose, 2016]</div><div class="MsoNormal">In my original planning document I state the following:&nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal">Students are invited to learn in an environment that distinguishes itself from the traditional classroom experience - to explore, to be creative and to discover new ways of thinking. We aim to make our school a model for community learning that brings informational and cultural tools from around the world into our educational space.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">We see collaboration as an important part of our learning experience. Collaboration gives us more ways to access information. It enables us to rely on group diversity to accomplish tasks. It gives us multiple perspectives for more efficiently solving problems. Collaboration can help us grow ideas, stretch our minds, and garner new tools for information seeking behaviors.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;">We aim to make learning fun and to connect it to the real world. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;">We aim to help students adapt to different ways of communication, exploration, inquiry, and evaluation of information using diverse low and high tech tools.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;">We aim to help students understand that you learn for a lifetime.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;">We aim to show students that success relates to caring about something, getting involved, and following through with an idea from inception to completion. [GHS/McAuliffe Shepard Partnership, 2015]<o:p></o:p></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;...In fact, these points are what libraries are all about in the 21st century:</o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-teaayk4tfB4/Vp-GhBM6kzI/AAAAAAAAJkU/di0Y8ZhrDwE/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-01-20%2Bat%2B8.06.54%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-teaayk4tfB4/Vp-GhBM6kzI/AAAAAAAAJkU/di0Y8ZhrDwE/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-01-20%2Bat%2B8.06.54%2BAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">We most effectively reach our audience to convey these concepts and provide these opportunities through collaboration. 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around you. I have been thinking a lot over the past few years about my work, its meaning to me, to those around me, and to the world.&nbsp;Today I&nbsp;address the role of,&nbsp;and try to assign new meaning&nbsp;to,&nbsp;being a librarian, archivist, or museum professional&nbsp;in 2016.<br /><br />Information and cultural heritage professionals have been grappling for about a decade now over what it means to be part of the following:<br /><ul><li>the knowledge economy</li><li>the information economy </li><li>the creative economy (See bottom of page for definitions of each)</li></ul><div>I propose that there is another economic role for professionals in our line of work. We are&nbsp;part of the "compassion economy." My idea of this economy is&nbsp;one in which we aim to help others with the effect of helping ourselves. (I was struck by a recent <a href="http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510298/ted-radio-hour">TED radio hour</a> talk that dovetails nicely with this idea.)</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UOTeMdejbMQ/Vob7GQlbQvI/AAAAAAAAJJI/cMhX4tUnCZw/s1600/20150901_174607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>As a&nbsp;fourth year teacher-librarian in a public high school, who is also working to attain a post-grad degree in education, I have recently learned a lot about the process of learning. There are few jobs that I know of that require the kind of compassion&nbsp;that one&nbsp;must muster to be surrounded by 1200 teenage students&nbsp;day in and out. We deal with hormones, insecurities,&nbsp;family problems, socio-economic issues, and feelings of&nbsp;confinement with a burgeoning desire for adult freedom. ("I can do whatever I want! I'm 18 now you know!!) As a librarian, I do not usually assign grades. I (mostly) do not have a set curriculum to teach. My job centers around compassion and I would like to suggest that if you are a librarian of any sort, an archivist, or if you work in a museum, your job centers around this too.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UOTeMdejbMQ/Vob7GQlbQvI/AAAAAAAAJJI/cMhX4tUnCZw/s1600/20150901_174607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UOTeMdejbMQ/Vob7GQlbQvI/AAAAAAAAJJI/cMhX4tUnCZw/s320/20150901_174607.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div>Not the school where I teach, but a nice one nonetheless</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div>We live in a time when information is exploding. As information professionals, we help others gather the data they need in this information economy. We have knowledge about how to get more knowledge, and we have collections at our disposal to help us impart that knowledge to others. These same collections help young entrepreneurs change our world in creative ways, taking old ideas and giving them new life. Furthermore, our newly developed&nbsp;understanding of&nbsp;the need to supply&nbsp;makerspaces for patrons and museum-goers, and&nbsp;our resolve to&nbsp;design exhibits and programs that encourage questioning,&nbsp;relate to the role we play in the creative&nbsp;economy. Whereas in the past we cared for collections, steered users to catalogs, and left them taking away what they would, today we encourage discussion right in our institutions. We look for feedback on social media. We want our patrons to be part of our institutional family and not merely visitors to our professional worlds.</div><br /><div>Despite all this, I have begun thinking that&nbsp;we librarians, archivists, and curators can see ourselves as a hub for compassion above and beyond all else.</div><ul><li>We give people&nbsp;the learning&nbsp;tools that they need to make the world a better place (economically and socially)&nbsp;- the knowledge and know-how.</li><li>We can also&nbsp;give people the emotional tools they need&nbsp;to make the world a better place - the can-do attitude and sense of place and belonging necessary for personal and professional betterment.</li><li>We are part of an individual's support team, helping them grow, assisting them in numerous ways to help them reach their full potential.</li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jVyS5L6HksQ/Vob7_bf565I/AAAAAAAAJJQ/7nz6IgrXyvE/s1600/20151021_143204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jVyS5L6HksQ/Vob7_bf565I/AAAAAAAAJJQ/7nz6IgrXyvE/s320/20151021_143204.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students work in&nbsp;our library Makerspace</td></tr></tbody></table><div>But we do this job not for&nbsp; purely altruistic reasons as the moniker&nbsp;"compassion economy" might suggest.&nbsp;Our work&nbsp;is also self-seeking. Museums, libraries,&nbsp;and archives make this world a better place because of our collections, know-how, and ability to reflect the success and failures of our past. Society needs to have access to these things so that humanity may pick itself up by its boot straps, as it were,&nbsp;and propel itself to greater things. We understand that the intellectually designed artifacts created by&nbsp;human beings&nbsp;are improved&nbsp;from diversity and our sensitivity to it. Understanding of individual&nbsp;achievement leads members of civilization to build on the work of others. As professionals, by supporting creation and by showing "compassion" for all people who have&nbsp;potential to build upon&nbsp;old ideas,&nbsp;librarians, archivists, and museum professionals&nbsp;are helping to build the future.</div><br /><div><br /></div><div>***</div><div><br /></div><div>For the knowledge economy See:&nbsp; (http://web.stanford.edu/group/song/papers/powell_snellman.pdf)</div><div>For the information economy see (http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-94/branscom.html)</div><div>For the creative economy see the always very interesting Richard Florida http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-florida/creativity-is-the-new-eco_b_1608363.html</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>See also:</div><div><br /></div><div><span lang="EN"><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Kanjilal%2C+Debjani"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Debjani Kanjilal</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Bejou%2C+Azam+M"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Azam M. Bejou</span></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> &amp; </span><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Bejou%2C+David"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">David Bejou</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">.&nbsp;(2012). “</span></span><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Compassion: The Missing Link in Economics and Management.” <i>Journal of Relationship Marketing.</i></span></span></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 550px;"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0.75pt;"><h2 style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"></span></h2></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0.75pt;"><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><br /></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">TED Radio Hour. &nbsp;<i>Just a Little Nicer.</i> NPR.&nbsp;&nbsp;(podcast) December 4, 2015.</span></span><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div></div><div><div style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Wuthnow, Robert. (1991) <i>Acts of Compassion: Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves</i>. NJ: Princeton University Press.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"></span><br /></div><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-compassion-economy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-73308232561894010Sun, 01 Nov 2015 21:02:00 +00002015-11-01T16:05:40.310-05:0021st century librariesdigitalfamily historyInternetpersonal narrativestorytellingstudentsWho We Are in a Digital WorldI am growing as a teacher and presenter, relying on my personal stories to deliver messages of history, heritage, hope, compassion, unity, and community.&nbsp; There is no better way to connect with other human beings than to share stories. We build relationships this way. We build bridges of understanding by demonstrating common themes. I have learned that my stories impact the adults to whom I have always directed information about caring for archives, but similar stories make the same impact on children. How do we get students interested in a subject? Tell them stories about it. More than that, show them that you respect their own stories that they have already identified as important to their lives.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MTo5bKz7ksY/VjZ1GkkkKcI/AAAAAAAAIrY/YMSXVCWXFAM/s1600/me%2Brotary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MTo5bKz7ksY/VjZ1GkkkKcI/AAAAAAAAIrY/YMSXVCWXFAM/s320/me%2Brotary.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bow, NH Rotarians donated a <br />book to their local elementary school<br />to honor my visit.</td></tr></tbody></table>This week, I had the pleasure of addressing Rotarians. A colleague asked me to deliver a short presentation about family history. She told me that her Rotary group has responded favorably to her own stories about her own family history. I decided to tie together some stories of my own for them.<br /><br /><a href="http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2010/11/shared-cultural-heritage-my-unlabeled.html">My grandparents </a><br /><a href="http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2013/11/keeping-holiday-food-memories.html">My daughter's pancakes and mom's pizza</a><br /><a href="http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/05/coming-full-circle-intergenerational.html">My students and encouraging thinking about the future&nbsp;</a><br /><br />In the classroom this week, I spoke about a totally different (but strangely related) subject. I was teaching about being an effective information consumer and distributor.&nbsp; We discussed branding and the stories that companies are crafting about themselves to sculpt their reputations. I then asked students to turn inward and to examine what kind of personal brand they are creating online.<br /><br />Like many of us, students are creating an online presence without thought to the digital trail they are leaving and the personal characterization they are sculpting for themselves. Today, our information often is saved before we even have a chance to consider its initial purpose, organization and long-term value.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUtFm05j6eg&amp;list=PL8TjVyuBdsCnH82lLePgGdbFmc-C-CjQe">Digital Life 101</a> asks young adults to consider their digital lives, the stories they are telling, and the information they are spreading. After viewing the short movie in the classroom, I split students into groups to discuss what they put online and what audiences they are reaching. Do they want all of the stories they share to reach all of these audiences? What personal brand are they projecting? How can they more carefully craft their personal story by using restraint and through the careful management of their social media and other online interactions?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9vihpfbG7V8/VjZ8ygsGSbI/AAAAAAAAIro/f5KSEKoE0cQ/s1600/my%2Bpersonal%2Bbrand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9vihpfbG7V8/VjZ8ygsGSbI/AAAAAAAAIro/f5KSEKoE0cQ/s320/my%2Bpersonal%2Bbrand.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />It took me 20 years to craft my stories for diverse audiences. I had time. Our teens might not. By having them identify what is important to them now and by helping them focus in on personal branding, my purpose is twofold:<br /><ul><li>I hope to help young people gain a greater awareness of how their life fits in with their larger communities, to feel part of something bigger than themselves, and to gain an appreciation for their place in history. </li><li>But, I also hope to help them realize that the "stories" they tell now, those little bits of information they leave all over the Internet, are precious, potentially dangerous, and open to larger audiences they may not have considered. They may not be talking to Rotarians yet, but their words have potential and can make an impact on our culture.</li></ul>Stories are powerful. If we don't craft them for ourselves, others will tell the story of who we are. Thoughtfully and deliberately consider your role in this world and the remnants you leave behind. Help the teens in your life do the same. <br /><br /><br /><br />http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/11/who-we-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-2392926831468895446Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:20:00 +00002015-07-24T07:20:02.733-04:00childreneducationeighteenth centuryliving history museummuseum educationmuseumsMuseums AdvocacywomenA Sturbridge Village Learning Experience<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Uxb_ufeOQwY/VbIOzPMeQ1I/AAAAAAAAGsQ/hgJSBrdA--4/s400/20150722_115315.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls enjoy some candy and fudge in front of a gift shop at Old Sturbridge Village</td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T5OIwRe_CMk/VbISXqVaaVI/AAAAAAAAGsc/74cyVF6Tlbk/s1600/20150722_135002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T5OIwRe_CMk/VbISXqVaaVI/AAAAAAAAGsc/74cyVF6Tlbk/s320/20150722_135002.jpg" width="179" /></a>This week, I took my daughter and her friend to <a href="https://www.osv.org/">Old Sturbridge Village</a> in Massachusetts. The Village is the largest living history museum in New England on over 200 acres of land. It recreates an 1830s New England community with over 40 structures that include a general store, mills, homes, barns,&nbsp; workshops, a school,&nbsp; and more. The girls accompanying me were twelve-years of age and are about to dive into American History this fall as seventh graders. Our little trip gave them a taste of some of what they will learn, but the main lesson for my daughter surprised me.<br /><br />The girls were disappointed with the beds of straw, but were enamored with the cozy wallpapered bedrooms. The cramped quarters in the stagecoach made us appreciate my car even more. They liked some of the outfits, but were glad that they did not have to wear them on a hot date. They enjoyed the games, but were not happy that they would be spending so much time at the age of twelve doing chores instead of playing.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WegMBNIWPfg/VbIXv4VRa-I/AAAAAAAAGs0/OQZYQDqlcWU/s1600/20150722_142111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WegMBNIWPfg/VbIXv4VRa-I/AAAAAAAAGs0/OQZYQDqlcWU/s320/20150722_142111.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br />Early in the visit, my daughter asked if she could have been artist during this time. I explained that art was a profession for very, very few and those few would not be from a village like this. If you lived in a city you may be exposed to art as she knows it, but not really on a rural farm. You would not be able to afford art supplies. You would not have had the time to practice drawing. And so, my daughter's thoughts turned to, "What profession could I have had in the 1830s?"<br /><br />I have talked to my daughter about how much life changed for women in the 20th century. I told her about how when I was a kid, I was told that I could not run a steeplechase race that I really wanted to compete in because I was not a boy. I told her how much it annoyed me that our physics teacher often made points about physics by throwing baseballs to the boys in the class and not the girls. I told her about how grandma was turned away from her school entrance because she wore pants on a snowy day, even though she had a skirt in her bag for changing in the bathroom. But these are stories. These were my stories. Sturbridge Village helped us turn these stories into part of my daughter's own narrative when she was better able to apply what I've told her to herself.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k9Rd62tj5uU/VbISaWSgUzI/AAAAAAAAGso/_XDeXznFgrQ/s1600/20150722_135313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k9Rd62tj5uU/VbISaWSgUzI/AAAAAAAAGso/_XDeXznFgrQ/s400/20150722_135313.jpg" width="225" /></a></div>The female interpreters in Sturbridge were sewing, caring for animals, baking and caring for the gardens. My daughter, who is an avid writer, wanted to visit the print shop. The girls hung back and I asked a lot of questions (trying to be a good role model.) "How did they make paper?... What was the ink made out of?" As we left, my daughter asked me if women could do that work. "I don't know" (Yes, I did.) "Let's go back and ask."<br />Her face grew grim at the negative response we received from the interpreter. Women may have done a little typesetting to supplement the family income, but that would have been rare and it would not have truly been a job. Women worked in the home.<br /><br />My daughter walked through the houses with new eyes. Early in our trip, she mentioned how she liked the parlors and that she would spend most of her time there drawing. Now, she looked at the kitchens. She had no interest in the rooms for sitting and sewing. "I could spend my time in the kitchen. This room is open. I think I could do my chores here [and be comfortable and happy.]<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vR2RRUiHhsU/VbIaLhsd0TI/AAAAAAAAGtA/El7nbbVjNFE/s1600/20150722_144320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vR2RRUiHhsU/VbIaLhsd0TI/AAAAAAAAGtA/El7nbbVjNFE/s320/20150722_144320.jpg" width="180" /></a>When the girls saw the school house, they decided to be teachers.&nbsp; "We could have done this!" they yelled as they ran toward the door. "You can pretend your the teacher now. I'll be the student." "I'll teach you spanish!"<br /><br />The schoolhouse was actually moved from a town near us in New Hampshire, so I mentioned that fact hoping it would help the girls even better place themselves in the past. They ran into the building and were greeted by an interpreter who was standing at the teacher's podium. We took seats on the benches. Asking questions, we learned that the kids of Sturbridge attended school in summer and winter. They learned on their own at their own pace, from their own books. The teacher tested them on their lessons, but did not "teach" as we know it today. Teachers were young people who probably had just finished their own schooling. Adults did not teach. Young ladies would have taught in the summertime, if they had the opportunity to do so. They may have taught one summer session and that would be it. Teaching was not a "career."<br /><br />The thought that my daughter would not have had choices in the early nineteenth century was eye opening for her. At various times during the day she talked about running away to the city. She learned she would likely then work in a mill. (Not appealing.) She imagined hiding in the fields so she could have some alone time for a day. I told her that she would not have even considered this. She would have been raised differently from the start and this would just be the only way of life she knew. She similarly said that she would have been terrible at sewing. I told her that if I started her off sewing at the age of four that she would have been just fine at it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our visit to Sturbridge made the experience of nineteenth century American life come to life for the girls. My daughter in particular will never see her place in the world quite the same way again. Furthermore, this fall the kids will be able to look back on our trip to give them better context and understanding for all of their American History lessons. I think now they will be able to imagine themselves in the full narrative of our country's roots and with an understanding that as girls, their opportunities would have been greatly limited from the full scope of what they learn.</div>http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-sturbridge-village-learning-experience.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-4267468409549965449Sat, 11 Jul 2015 13:38:00 +00002015-07-11T09:43:02.690-04:00collectingcollection developmentcopyrightpersonal narrativepersonal papersphotographyCopyright in Tangles: The Vivan Maier Collection<br /><div class="fauxcolumn-inner"></div><div class="cap-bottom"></div><div class="fauxcolumn-outer fauxcolumn-right-outer"><div class="cap-top"></div><div class="fauxborder-left"><div class="fauxcolumn-inner"></div></div><div class="cap-bottom"></div></div>In last year's <a href="http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/01/top-ten-cultural-heritage-stories-of.html">Top Ten Cultural Heritage Stories</a>, I highlighted the woes we are suffering due to outdated law and perverted interpretation. (See list item 5.) The crisis rears its head again, coming to my attention this week with a story about a photographer. It begins as wonderful story about a hidden talent discovered after the death of the artist. I offer you highlights from what I've read thus far as a base to consider some of the issues that must be resolved with copyright law as it now stands.&nbsp; <br /><br /><i>Imagine this : perhaps the most important street photographer of the twentieth century was a nanny who kept everything to herself. Nobody had ever seen her work and she was a complete unknown until the time of her death. For decades Vivian’s work hid in the shadows until decades later (in 2007), historical hobbyist John Maloof bought a box full of never developed negatives at a local auction for $380. </i><a href="http://upshout.com/vivian-maier/">[Upshout]</a><i></i><br /><i><br /></i>I was intrigued. So I did a quick Google search to learn more. I learned that Maloof's interest in the work and life of the nanny photographer grew and he began doing some research. <br /><br /><i>Thanks to one of the families that Vivian nannied for in Chicago for seventeen years, John was able to acquire items in her two (packed) storage lockers of personal belongings that were going to be thrown in the garbage. Most of what was stuffed in these two units was a giant collection of various found objects such as crushed paint cans, railroad spikes and other tchotchkes, but sandwiched between the clutter, were hundreds of rolls of color film and fresh clues that would take the research into new directions. </i>[<a href="http://www.vivianmaier.com/about-vivian-maier/history/">Maier web site</a>]<br /><br />As an archivist, I was impressed by how a collection of Maier's work grew, with Maloof finding personal papers mixed in with the clutter. These papers led him to people who knew Maier from whom he pieced together a fuller picture of her life and her photography work. This work awakens the streets of mid-twentieth Chicago for the 21st century viewer. <br /><br />[Maloof] <i>spent years tending and promoting [Maier's] work through commercial galleries, museum exhibitions, books and a recent documentary, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/28/movies/finding-vivian-maier-explores-a-mysterious-photographer.html?module=Search&amp;mabReward=relbias%3Aw%2C%7B%221%22%3A%22RI%3A10%22%7D&amp;_r=0">“Finding Vivian Maier,”</a> that he helped direct. Mr. Maloof hired genealogists to find heirs to Maier in France and eventually paid an undisclosed amount for the rights to her work to a man named Sylvain Jaussaud, whom experts identified as her closest relative, a first cousin once removed. </i><br /><br />This work seemed to be a labor of love, but I'm sure it was also lucrative with books written, exhibits held, and attention gathered. This is where the story takes a turn from something that seemed culturally worthwhile to something people began to question: <br /><br /><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="215" data-total-count="2137" itemprop="articleBody">According to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/arts/design/a-legal-battle-over-vivian-maiers-work.html?_r=0">New York Times</a> an attorney named David Deal claimed that the "situation bothered him so he decided to do some research.&nbsp; "[He] <i>hired his own genealogists and last year traveled to Gap, an alpine town in southeastern France, home of Francis Baille, a retired civil servant whom he believes to be another first cousin once removed.</i></div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="215" data-total-count="2137" itemprop="articleBody"><br /></div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="481" data-total-count="2618" id="story-continues-3" itemprop="articleBody"><i>Mr. Baille, who had no idea he was related to Maier, agreed with Mr. Deal to seek to be recognized as her heir under American law. Reached on Friday by phone in France, Mr. Baille said, 'For now, I just do not want to talk about this.' But his French lawyer, Denis Compigne, said: 'It’s an extraordinary situation. You can imagine what it’s like to get a telephone call about someone who died that he never knew, with this precious legacy. He is very, very surprised.'</i></div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="481" data-total-count="2618" id="story-continues-3" itemprop="articleBody"><br /></div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="277" data-total-count="2895" itemprop="articleBody"><i>The legal case to determine whether Mr. Baille is Maier’s closest relative has now set in motion a process that Chicago officials say could take years and could result in Maier’s works’ being pulled from gallery inventories and museum shows until a determination is made.</i></div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="277" data-total-count="2895" itemprop="articleBody"><br /></div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="277" data-total-count="2895" itemprop="articleBody">&nbsp;Many people have risen up to add their objections, to cite their own interests, to use Maier's photos in their own work, and to try to untangle the story of Vivian Maier and her archives.&nbsp; </div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="277" data-total-count="2895" itemprop="articleBody"><br /></div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="277" data-total-count="2895" itemprop="articleBody">Some considerations:</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="277" data-total-count="2895" itemprop="articleBody">- What is the true purpose of copyright?</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="277" data-total-count="2895" itemprop="articleBody">- How can this law protect the right of creators while encouraging creativity and progress in future generations?</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="277" data-total-count="2895" itemprop="articleBody">- How are we inspired by others' work and when do we cross the line into infringing on others' legitimate interests? &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="277" data-total-count="2895" itemprop="articleBody">- Is there one "right" answer?</div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="277" data-total-count="2895" itemprop="articleBody">- Is there a way to resolve copyright disputes more swiftly for the public interest, to keep up any momentum of innovation when it is needed? </div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="277" data-total-count="2895" itemprop="articleBody"><i> </i></div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="277" data-total-count="2895" itemprop="articleBody"><i>"Copyright is such a convoluted arena, I don't think anyone really understands it." </i>[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvPrhe4tfrk#t=336">The Heart of the Vivian Maier Projec</a>t.]<i><br /></i></div><div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="277" data-total-count="2895" itemprop="articleBody"><br /></div><br />To read more about Maier's life and work, and the controversy surrounding her photos see:<br />- <a href="http://upshout.com/vivian-maier/">Man Buys 10.000 Negatives At Local Auction. Discovers One of Most Important Street Photographers of Mid 20th Century.</a> Upshout.<br /><a href="http://www.vivianmaier.com/about-vivian-maier/history/">- Vivian Maier Web Site</a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/books/review/vivian-maier-a-photographer-found-and-more.html?_r=0">- Vivian Maier: A Photographer Found and More</a>. New York Times.<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/arts/design/a-legal-battle-over-vivian-maiers-work.html?_r=0">- The Heir's Not Apparent: A Legal Battle Over Vivan Maier's Work. New York Times </a><br /><a href="http://www.findingvivianmaier.com/">- Finding Vivian Maier</a><br />- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvPrhe4tfrk#t=385">The Heart of the Vivian Maier Project</a><br />- <a href="http://vivianmaierproject.com/">Vivian Maier's Fracture Archives</a>http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/07/copyright-in-tangles-vivan-maier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-4668168336892336755Sun, 28 Jun 2015 14:50:00 +00002015-06-28T10:58:22.447-04:00chesscollaborationcommunicationcommunityhigh schoolpublicityschool librarianshipIf You Build It, They Will Come?We built a giant chess set for the last week of school. It seems like a perfect symbol for the first leg of my teacher librarian journey. It is also a fine example of how collaboration and community can come together and lead to great things.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-te-UWLUjP30/VZAKrKTNmjI/AAAAAAAAGbs/i3Wiq2Rv6SI/s1600/IMG_6356.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-te-UWLUjP30/VZAKrKTNmjI/AAAAAAAAGbs/i3Wiq2Rv6SI/s200/IMG_6356.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ovr9mrob9SE/VZAKNpXRtyI/AAAAAAAAGbc/bq1jKVrkRac/s1600/chess2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ovr9mrob9SE/VZAKNpXRtyI/AAAAAAAAGbc/bq1jKVrkRac/s200/chess2.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3LOj6uV0728/VZAKN1W64XI/AAAAAAAAGbg/aaYxKfqKnHY/s1600/chess3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3LOj6uV0728/VZAKN1W64XI/AAAAAAAAGbg/aaYxKfqKnHY/s200/chess3.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />In May, I eliminated the center tables in our library because the chattiest/ most extroverted kids seemed to sit there and their noise seemed to spread throughout the room. I felt that eliminating those tables would&nbsp; encourage more pleasant chatter. (I was right.) But, then I had the "problem" of what to do with all this space. My principal passed through the library one day and, according to one of my assistants in earshot, apparently said something to the effect of, "What's she doing now? Making a dance floor?!" He was kidding (I think), but you can see that it was important for me to come up with something clever and worthwhile! <br /><br />I had talked about building a life sized version of my students' favorite game many months ago. There was buzz around it among some of our more enthusiastic students. It seemed like a perfect fit for this perfect square. The board was created by a social studies teacher who offered his assistance when I&nbsp; blathered about our plan to anyone who would listen. He had been in the carpeting business and had bits of carpeting lying around.<br /><br />If there is one thing that working in this community setting has taught to me, it's that communication is the key to pretty much getting anything done. Word of mouth generates interest. Taking interest in the health and happiness of the group as a whole builds our sense of community, encourages positive spontaneous interaction, and builds trust in the library's work. My direct contact with people every single day is the key to encouraging participation.&nbsp; <br /><ul><li>Grab a good idea and don't let anyone look at you askance. Run with it!</li><li>Tell everyone about your idea. (Do not do this if you are not actually going to follow through. Demand follow through from yourself no matter what!)</li><li>While talking about your idea, keep you ears open for partners. If someone seems interested, make them fit into your scheme somehow.</li><li>Be flexible! Your original idea may not be what works best in the end. Be open to others' thoughts.</li><li>Be prepared to change things up mid-stream. If something isn't working, try it another way. </li><li>Be patient</li><li>Share your idea and don't treat it like your sole property. Let others do what they want with it.</li></ul>The chess board I&nbsp; conceived many moons ago was to be made of floor tiles and stryofoam pieces, but the teacher's idea of carpeting was perfect. The colors he chose even&nbsp; matched our room decor. (I don't know if this was serendipitous or his choice because he sees the careful attention we've been giving to making our space comfortable and coordinated.) The building of the board was slower than I had hoped, but when the tiles were finally brought in, it turned out that the timing was perfect. It was the last full week of school, the students were ready for summer and something a little different. The board was a perfect way to hold their attention for just a bit longer.<br /><br />When we put the tiles out, we had photocopied flat pieces. Students turned these down for their play and decided to use little regular sized board pieces instead. And though they had a great time, I wanted bigger pieces. Our flat pieces became three dimensional with some velcro and cardboard developed by one of my assistant. We then put string on them with the hope that some students might be interested in using them around their necks and becoming human pieces. I told everyone in earshot that would be so amazing to see. (We also made checker pieces on the request of some students and they added yellow dots to one side to denote kings. Not part of the original plan, but a lovely addition to the concept.)<br /><br />On day four, a bunch of kids (mostly my extroverts) were sitting on the floor around the library. "Guys, I know we are getting near the end of the school year, but we are still functioning as we normally do. Would you please find a seat in a chair somewhere?"<br /><br />"Ms. Mannon, we are waiting for our turn at the board. Is that okay?" I was pleased as punch.<br /><br />"Of course. Sure thing," I replied. <br /><br />When two students finished their game with the pieces on the floor board, a flock of kids got up and began hanging queens and kings and rooks around their necks. Someone had helped us spread the word that the game was there and new users were joining in library activities. My assistants and I immediately got to work recruiting more board pieces to help out. One reticent girls got very excited. "I've been waiting all week for this! I don't know how to play chess, but I want to be a piece!" She was welcomed into the fold. (Maybe the experience will even encourage her to learn how to play.) The kids worked it all out themselves - picked team captains, decided who would be what piece, and let everyone play from all different grades and all different cliques.<br /><br />When I first fell into this position as library media specialist, the library was a place to hang out with your friends. During my third year, it has become a place for interaction and communication for our larger school community.<br /><br />Getting&nbsp; to know your audience as a cultural heritage / information professional is key to what you do. I do not play chess. I know how to play, but I would not call myself a chess player. Watching my students enthusiasm grow for this game over the past few years has been exciting. At times, every table in our library has a chess board on it with students playing. I always tell my students that their time in the library is productive time, not time for gossip. When they play chess, I know that they are working their brains and growing appreciation for something that could play a relaxing and joyful long-term role in their lives.<br /><br />My role as an information specialist gave me a platform for a. introducing something they might like, b. helping them grow their interest, c. building something big and memorable that they latched onto because of a and b. The moral? If you build it, they will come IF you have laid a foundation of trust, collaboration, and community.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ApDfW9i9wbo/VZALIieXFdI/AAAAAAAAGb0/CP1NsvzkGQo/s1600/IMG_6205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ApDfW9i9wbo/VZALIieXFdI/AAAAAAAAGb0/CP1NsvzkGQo/s320/IMG_6205.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />*For those of you who have followed my journey in this career shift, I am pleased to report that I am now an official teacher, awaiting my approved and paid for teaching license in the mail! I have also enrolled to pursue a post-graduate teaching degree (CAGS.) http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/06/if-you-build-it-they-will-come.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-1383638197869217428Sun, 31 May 2015 00:28:00 +00002015-05-30T20:28:46.296-04:00archiveshistorylibrarieslocal historymuseumsoutreachrunningtouristRunning through HistoryRunners took to the streets of Manchester, New Hampshire today to do a little run through history. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/runnersalleynh?fref=ts">Runner's Alley</a>, a popular store in my area for all things run related, organized the event around the hobby of one of its employees. When taking locals for training, he would begin to talk about this town in which he grew up. I overheard one runner this morning who said, "It's nice because he did all the talking on our group runs. We just ran and didn't have to say a thing." As a life-time runner myself. I was intrigued by the idea of running from place to place and stopping to hear a little history, combining two of my passions. I was not disappointed. My knowledge of the area was boosted with a little local color, personal stories, and reminiscences. I began to think about how this concept could be applied to teaching and to boosting interest in cultural heritage institutions.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pjc9mjDB8po/VWow0xC1f3I/AAAAAAAAFPM/IYbRC7Wo2J8/s1600/20150530_080950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pjc9mjDB8po/VWow0xC1f3I/AAAAAAAAFPM/IYbRC7Wo2J8/s320/20150530_080950.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We started on the steps of City Hall. Our large group of runners were engaged from the start and immediately started to ask questions.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HgzwTiIDzag/VWow0zE-yvI/AAAAAAAAFPI/AbcchYNb6ww/s1600/20150530_081142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HgzwTiIDzag/VWow0zE-yvI/AAAAAAAAFPI/AbcchYNb6ww/s320/20150530_081142.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We talked about the age of our city and settlers. Our famous Revolutionary General, was a central part of our running route. Stark's words, "Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils," were the inspiration for our state motto.&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9FqEr04D2ow/VWow3kc1wCI/AAAAAAAAFPs/xbsBge7MeeI/s1600/20150530_082823.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9FqEr04D2ow/VWow3kc1wCI/AAAAAAAAFPs/xbsBge7MeeI/s320/20150530_082823.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LXt1X-qWSFY/VWow0mWvs5I/AAAAAAAAFPE/KiZu-uSmjfo/s1600/20150530_082432%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LXt1X-qWSFY/VWow0mWvs5I/AAAAAAAAFPE/KiZu-uSmjfo/s320/20150530_082432%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">As a former archivist in the city of Waltham, Massachusetts, I was excited to learn a bit more about the mills of Manchester, built by those who had moved up the river away from the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution...From the mill girls to the canals to trains to the mill owners to the work of making cloth, the stories are embedded in the re-purposed buildings and grounds we saw today. I think all mill towns should consider running tours to boost local pride and tourism. Their set up is perfect for such tours. (Hear me Waltham?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAQ74TlbGr4/VWow3SyXUhI/AAAAAAAAFPg/rIRUzxim-aM/s1600/20150530_083126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAQ74TlbGr4/VWow3SyXUhI/AAAAAAAAFPg/rIRUzxim-aM/s320/20150530_083126.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I was brought to overlooks I had never seen, though I've lived here for&nbsp;18 years. The Merrimack River, which so many take for granted, has a rich history and tucked away spots with hidden stories. It was nice to stop and consider with the group how the river helped mold our home. I learned that we were following a route of a heritage trail in Manchester. Despite my interest in history and my professional background, I had no idea that there was a heritage trail here.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--fRtOgzXRvY/VWow3vSHTjI/AAAAAAAAFPo/e0HxMQbaEI0/s1600/20150530_084006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--fRtOgzXRvY/VWow3vSHTjI/AAAAAAAAFPo/e0HxMQbaEI0/s320/20150530_084006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0pZxEDtpEBU/VWow5dTeG_I/AAAAAAAAFP8/tqnyNjhiLoc/s1600/20150530_085839%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0pZxEDtpEBU/VWow5dTeG_I/AAAAAAAAFP8/tqnyNjhiLoc/s320/20150530_085839%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>We stopped at a former rail station, called "Governor's station" that was built for a powerful man who wanted a station convenient for him. It is now a home tucked below the end of a dead end street, right along the railroad track, which is still here today. I never would have ventured here on my own, despite my curious nature that often takes me off the beaten track.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>&nbsp;<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IgAr235s_Co/VWow7M1Ci7I/AAAAAAAAFQI/UmACXp2f9mE/s1600/20150530_090749.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IgAr235s_Co/VWow7M1Ci7I/AAAAAAAAFQI/UmACXp2f9mE/s320/20150530_090749.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nu5RFCFvjnQ/VWow7mwlzWI/AAAAAAAAFQU/8trVAjKZXW4/s1600/20150530_091209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nu5RFCFvjnQ/VWow7mwlzWI/AAAAAAAAFQU/8trVAjKZXW4/s320/20150530_091209.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our run took us to Stark Park. Where we again admired the foundation that this war hero laid for our state and country.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w48bGdiGzOc/VWow-Wh8AlI/AAAAAAAAFQo/pwTUlD31zNs/s1600/20150530_092552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w48bGdiGzOc/VWow-Wh8AlI/AAAAAAAAFQo/pwTUlD31zNs/s320/20150530_092552.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I liked the contrast of the running shoes on what remained of the Stark homestead.I enjoyed thinking about the very different shoes our forebearers must have worn when they stepped on this exact spot.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7bQHswUpbgg/VWow-ZBH7yI/AAAAAAAAFQk/Pd90v0FdqEc/s1600/20150530_093611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7bQHswUpbgg/VWow-ZBH7yI/AAAAAAAAFQk/Pd90v0FdqEc/s320/20150530_093611.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>I ended my tour at the John Stark house that was purportedly saved by the DAR in the 1960s. My running tour group continued on to the library and Victory park where they were going to explore a more modern history. The part of the tour in which I participated covered 5 miles in about an hour-and-a-half, with frequent stopping to discuss the sites and a much desirable water break on this hot day. People of many different abilities and ages joined us. The youngest was in a stroller. The youngest runner was about ten-years-old and the oldest runners were in their 60s.<br /><br />I am hoping to develop a similar run for the running club at my school in our own town. I think this is a great way to interest &nbsp;teens in history outside of the classroom. A bicycle tour, scooter ride, or another fun means of getting place-to-place can help kids focus and participate in something that works their mind and body. I have been to history open houses that involve driving or bus tours throughout a town. Why not sponsor a person-powered tour? Museum, archives and libraries, team up with your local running store or running association. Offer runners water while they learn about your institution. Give runners a pouch for their run where they can tuck goodies such as a history passport book, keychains and pens. Better yet, offer running items such as water bottles with your organization's name, headbands, etc. Be creative. Have a library card sign up in front of your building so each runner, biker or person on a scooter can leave with a card if they don't already have one. Give free passes to the inside of your institution so when the group is showered, they can come back to explore your facility more deeply.<br /><br />This is one more way for cultural heritage organizations to expand our audience.<br /><br /><br /><br />http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/05/running-through-history.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-6398336589843653056Thu, 28 May 2015 01:17:00 +00002015-05-28T06:27:36.212-04:00archives in schoolsgenealogyhigh schooloral historyschool buildingschool librariesvalue of archivesvalue of historyComing Full Circle: Intergenerational Oral HistoryThis week I'm thinking about the living relationships we develop when we build archival collections. Earlier this month, in an effort to highlight our school building's fifty-year history, my students and I invited alumni to visit and tell us their stories. It was amazing to see the students' curiosity and to hear the bonds being formed between adults and teens.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8P5QSrjD4RM/VWZrYCY3hPI/AAAAAAAAFIo/-6SQRzyVet8/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-05-27%2Bat%2B9.09.45%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8P5QSrjD4RM/VWZrYCY3hPI/AAAAAAAAFIo/-6SQRzyVet8/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-05-27%2Bat%2B9.09.45%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a>In the twenty-first century, generation gaps seem larger than ever. In fact, it even seems like there are more "generations." The adolescents of five to ten years ago had an extremely different experience from those of today. Case in point: This afternoon a student was lamenting to my twenty-something male assistant that her teachers just "didn't get" her attachment to her phone. "YOU know what it's like," she said to him, thinking that the young man would understand because he was still young too. "Actually," he told her, "We didn't really use cell phones when I was in high school."<br /><br />Times are changing fast, but we can temper feelings of disconnect through the celebration of a common history. In fact, in our oral history project and through the growth of our archives, exploring our community roots has enabled students to note shared interests and to recognize how things sometimes come full circle.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-893a70b9a9c48e6b" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://redirector.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D893a70b9a9c48e6b%26itag%3D5%26source%3Dblogger%26app%3Dblogger%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%3Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1466323074%26sparams%3Dip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source%26signature%3D7C7482168B3E4B8F566FA21DE5426796691BA42B.263104023B5F4E9B8CE6F6D49DCB59424FC2239F%26key%3Dck2&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D893a70b9a9c48e6b%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D6tai8VUAUlWA10hMzUEiHLpo6Yc&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="//www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="flvurl=http://redirector.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D893a70b9a9c48e6b%26itag%3D5%26source%3Dblogger%26app%3Dblogger%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%3Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1466323074%26sparams%3Dip,ipbits,expire,id,itag,source%26signature%3D7C7482168B3E4B8F566FA21DE5426796691BA42B.263104023B5F4E9B8CE6F6D49DCB59424FC2239F%26key%3Dck2&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D893a70b9a9c48e6b%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D6tai8VUAUlWA10hMzUEiHLpo6Yc&autoplay=0&ps=blogger" allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br /><br />Oral history is a strong tool for building community and tying generations. And, oral history projects are something in which a child of any age can participate. All you need is a voice recorder -- your cell phone will do, or an MP3 players like we used. It was surprisingly easy for the kids to use and to make our visitors feel comfortable.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_j3QU0otnts/VWZp4ttO64I/AAAAAAAAFIc/DIsSHRgW-uE/s1600/img001.tif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_j3QU0otnts/VWZp4ttO64I/AAAAAAAAFIc/DIsSHRgW-uE/s320/img001.tif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goffstown High School c. 1987. <br />Goffstown High School Archives.</td></tr></tbody></table>We prepared students for an event with five interviewees by giving a short tutorial a couple of weeks ahead of time. We focused on how to ask questions, what to ask, how to keep people talking, and how to keep silent while people told their stories. On event day, students were eager to listen and adults were eager to share. They learned a lot from each other. Then, we backed up our completed recordings to store in our archives and uploaded copies at <a href="http://www.thevoicelibrary.net/">The Voice Library</a> for safekeeping and easy access.<br /><br />Now, students are eager to talk to more people who once traveled through the halls they know so well. These walls have stories to tell and it is our intention to capture them. We want students to know that what they experience today is built upon the experiences of those who came before us. Coming full circle and to the realization that we are connected is a very powerful thing.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/05/coming-full-circle-intergenerational.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-3469703743899842880Sat, 16 May 2015 13:57:00 +00002015-06-28T08:44:09.120-04:00Common Core State Standardshigh schoolNHSLMA librarians archivists primary sources students ask archivists dpla europeana educationProviding Primary Resources to Strengthen InstructionThis week, I attended the New Hampshire State Library Media Association Conference. I was particularly interested in a conference session that discussed how to support teachers by pairing informational books with fiction. I have learned in the past three-years as an archivist in the world of school librarianship that there is often a place here for archivists' expertise. This conference was not an exception.<br /><br />Beth Fuller from <a href="http://www.perma-bound.com/">Perma-Bound</a> was passionate and knowledgeable, and it was great fun to listen to her speak about books. She noted that pairing fictional and informational titles is something she loves to do, and she made recommendations for how we can do this better in our libraries. During Beth's talk, she mentioned that librarians may want to coax teachers to check out Google images for primary sources. This would provide more more inspiration and context for their students; Say, pair a lesson about the history of labor with books such as "Fresh and Blood So Cheap," "Ashes of Roses" and "Brave Girl." Lights went off in my brain.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0VeJXHyL6iY/VVdLRnrrI9I/AAAAAAAAE-o/eHfm6_oePgU/s1600/factorybw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0VeJXHyL6iY/VVdLRnrrI9I/AAAAAAAAE-o/eHfm6_oePgU/s320/factorybw.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Workers pose for photo <br />(personal collection of Melissa A. Mannon)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />We can do better than Google images.<br /><br />At the end of the presentation, I spoke up about <a href="http://dp.la/">dp.la</a> and <a href="http://www.europeana.eu/portal/">europeana</a>. I mentioned how archives and libraries are working to pull information about their primary source materials together on these sites for easier access. Ears perked up and another audience member asked me to spell out the web sites.<br /><br />I urge archivists to better promote our resources. Let's bring kids to the sources of information. Let's show that original materials reside in our institutions and not just on the Internet. Let's show how materials are clustered in collections and cared for by professionals and do not just appear online. Let's show students the connections between an event, the creation of material, the true stories surrounding materials, the people who made the original materials, and how our cultural heritage institutions support knowledge about all of these things. When good authors write they use archival materials. They visit our institutions. They correspond with archivists and librarians. Let's show this to young people as part of their early schooling. Let's reach out to local schools, attend librarian conferences, and explore how our professions support each other.<br /><br />A lesson about the history of labor, for example, can bring in so much. We can learn about the people and times. We can learn about buildings and place. Beth discussed how we can transport kids back to an event by giving them a visual connection. Let's also strengthen the timeline in students' heads by showing the materials that were created as a result of human activity and by helping kids understand the provenance of items. Primary sources are history. Without them, we would not know about our past.<br /><br />Earlier this month, I tweeted <span style="font-family: inherit;">"<span style="background-color: white; color: #292f33; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is history what we remember or what happened?"</span>&nbsp;Let us ask our students how we "remember" history. Show teachers and librarians the depth of your collections by giving them the information they need to access it in forums where they are listening.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/05/providing-primary-resources-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-5133911575063915516Sun, 03 May 2015 21:11:00 +00002015-05-03T19:47:55.438-04:00archivistsblogbrandingdiariesinformationInternetpersonal narrativepersonal paperssocial mediatwittervalue of archivesWe Will Be Remembered through What We PostIn this social media driven decade, the way we will be remembered may be reflected in what we post. What we project to the world online today will likely be the information about us that is easiest to gather in the future. Therefore, we must be aware that who we are, at least as far as history is concerned, might be molded by the Internet. In my view, our public face is being melded with what should be a more private side and the reality of our lives is perverted by an online public image. It is up to individuals to consciously create their own <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/shamahyder/2014/08/18/7-things-you-can-do-to-build-an-awesome-personal-brand/">personal brand</a>, or suffer the consequences of allowing others to attempt to reconstruct our lives through our random posts and musings.<br /><br />On the Internet, what we record becomes part of a permanent record of our lives. Today, most people leave behind a great documentation footprint through digital means. It wasn't that long ago when most people did not leave much documentation behind for the world to see. Even 20th century lives are reconstructed from sometimes hard to find sources. We are lucky to find records that tell us about someone's pre-21st century life - handwritten correspondence, diaries and the like formed the personal papers from an earlier period.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kh9VFLV2Brk/VUaHipTp2NI/AAAAAAAAE4g/BRi83dct_Ss/s1600/20150503_160333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kh9VFLV2Brk/VUaHipTp2NI/AAAAAAAAE4g/BRi83dct_Ss/s1600/20150503_160333.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A note that a friend penned to me in high school. We would<br />have been horrified to post these thoughts for others to see.</td></tr></tbody></table>Remember hiding your diary under your mattress so your younger sister wouldn't find it? Remember passing private notes to friends in class? Today, young people are less likely to draw that line between public and private. Do you have something to say to a friend? Tweet it to the world; put your inner most thoughts in a blog. It's a very different world from the one I grew up in and society has a different mindset from the society in which I was trained as an archivist in the 1990s.<br /><br />In this second decade of the 21st century, individuals can have more power over how they are remembered. The proliferation of the public records people create by interacting with their government and public groups online are augmented by those writings and postings which strike my generation as more private in nature. Many call this the "age of oversharing." Perhaps after a decade of this, we as individuals need to step back, take a hard look at our sharing habits, and curb our communication. While those sharing information online (the content creators) are sharing more and more, archivists are working to understand more fully the rapid transition our society has made in personal documentation, and we are considering what aspects of it are important to our profession. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UXDEa3iGH_E/VUaNgPGIRiI/AAAAAAAAE48/S9XGjh1h8YQ/s1600/20150503_170214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UXDEa3iGH_E/VUaNgPGIRiI/AAAAAAAAE48/S9XGjh1h8YQ/s1600/20150503_170214.jpg" height="320" width="180" /></a></div>Regular readers of this blog know my deep fascination with <a href="http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-diary-project-revealed.html">diary</a> writing in particular. A recent article in the&nbsp; Huffington Post discussed how the act of diary writing itself is changing and how there are many people who now write diaries for public consumption in a way that hasn't been done in the past. "On some level, when we vent, we want to be heard -- if only by our future selves. Why else would we choose such a permanent format for sorting out our thoughts?"<i> </i>[Crum. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/01/diary-online_n_7109776.html">These are My Confessions: What Diary Keeping Means in the Age of Oversharing.</a> ] Yet, venting for our future self in a personal journal is very different from online venting. I think this point needs to be more deeply considered by information professionals on every level.<br /><ul><li>What online personal content should be worthy of "permanent" status?&nbsp; And controversially: </li><li>What content should be created? Do information/cultural heritage professionals have a role to play beyond gathering content? Should we also be helping individuals manage their online documentation and help curb the creation of unending documented random thoughts?</li></ul>A particularly poignant and perhaps egregious example of the way we broadcast without forethought is evident in a high profile 2013 Twitter scandal.&nbsp; Certainly, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%5Bhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/22/pr-exec-fired-racist-tweet-aids-africa-apology%5D">Justine Sacco</a> wanted to vent when she wrote the tweets that eventually led to her dismissal from her high powered job, but did she really want to be heard?<br /><br />As a teacher / librarian / archivist, this issue has an important place in my life. Every day, I watch students create content that shouldn't be shared. I realize the permanence of the words they place online. They do not. I realize how their content is affecting society and can affect their lives. As a mentor, I have a responsibility to help them fully understand how information impacts them. As an archivist, I believe that it would be to the profession's benefit to spread this message to a greater populace. Is the information we are spewing worth the computer space we are using? Computer space is cheap, but the never ending bombardment of gossip and misinformation is not, in my opinion.<br /><br />We once documented our thoughts for ourselves, to share with a friend in a letter, or in well-thought out speeches. Today, as content creators, a quick thought easily flies out our fingers onto a screen and into what we may perceive as a void. "[the sharing of] our once-discreet musings could be seen as narcissistic -- a strategic move in a quest for validation...But it’s something else, too. When such observations are compiled into a work of art, they become an honest reflection on how we absorb and produce information." [Crum]<br /><br />Certainly, there is a benefit for informational professionals and historians to have so much now available to us. If archivists can successfully save what is being broadcast, and if we can successfully preserve and provide access to it, we will have an abundance of material to examine, consider and study. Perhaps we will have a rich view of early twenty-first century life and a rich view of how we use information. We will be able to study society through a combined public and private lens that past historians could only have dreamed.<br /><br />However, I wonder if alternately, this bombardment of information provides an inaccurate understanding of how individuals really function. Does all this information accurately reflect our communities? What role can ideas of personal branding and full understanding of an online image play in protecting documentation that accurately projects our own lives and our times? Can, and should, information professionals craft a salient message to help protect the value of good information versus bad (if indeed there is such as thing as good versus bad information at all)?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/05/we-will-be-remembered-through-what-we.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-1037008060210158050Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:22:00 +00002015-04-30T16:59:53.004-04:00#archivistinspiration#genealogistinspiration#historianinspirationarchivistsgenealogistshistoriansWhat Inspired You to Do What You Do? #archivistinspirationThis morning, I read an <a href="http://www.durhamregion.com/opinion-story/5570354-archives-resources-connect-students-to-the-past/">article by archivist Sarah Ferencz </a>of the Whitby Public Library in Ontario, Canada. In the article she states, "...it was the letters written to my grandmother from the French family tending to my great-uncle’s war grave and the photographs of my grandfather as an early emigrant from Hungary in the 1920s that inspired me to become an archivist." <br /><br />This has me thinking...what inspires each of us to become an archivist, or to become a genealogist, or to become an historian? I've tweeted two things that directly inspired me&nbsp; - my grandparents escape from Poland and an internship at the Vanderbilt Museum on Long Island. Tell me what inspired you. Use #archivistinspiration #genealogistinspiration #historianinspiration... What made you want to be part of this noble profession of cultural heritage? How can our own passion, borne of our own experiences, help excite others about history?<br /><br />&nbsp; <br /><br />- MM<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8GilUjXw2OA/VUIr-pvevMI/AAAAAAAAE3I/yBceqgqL8nE/s1600/Mira.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8GilUjXw2OA/VUIr-pvevMI/AAAAAAAAE3I/yBceqgqL8nE/s1600/Mira.png" height="320" width="231" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My grandmother Myra, the women after whom</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;I am named, is one inspiration</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/04/what-inspired-you-to-do-what-you-do.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-7076053584832233284Wed, 22 Apr 2015 01:16:00 +00002015-04-21T21:17:03.448-04:00childrencommunitylocal historyoral historystorytellingstudentsStorytellingThis past weekend, my family accompanied a nice chicken dinner with stories about school in the 1940s. &nbsp;I watched my daughter, the only child at the table, and wondered what kind of impression the tales her granddad told over the meal made on her.<br /><br />I remember when I was a girl and stories were exchanged around my parents' table.I would hang on every word my elders shared about their own childhoods. I don't recall my siblings in the room or any other children. (Were they there and I just don't remember)? I do remember that I was enthralled and that at least sometimes I was the only person under thirty remaining at the table beyond dessert.&nbsp; Looking back, I realize how these experiences prepared me for my future career. I enjoyed sitting at the table listening to the grownups talk about the past as much as I enjoyed playing with the other children. Sometimes I enjoyed it more.<br /><br />I loved the stories that my Dad and Uncle Bob told of stickball, punchball, and baseball played on the streets of New York City.<br />&nbsp; <br />I loved hearing how my paternal great Uncle Sid and Uncle Joe landed as American soldiers in Normandy during World War II.<br /><br />I loved hearing about how my neighbor, "Uncle" Al, had climbed some of the highest skyscrapers in New York City to install windows on our now iconic buildings.<br /><br />Looking back, it was primarily men's stories that were told over large meals that involved multiple families - weekend barbecues, holidays celebrations, birthdays, and neighborhood parties, A focus on the men seems unusual now, but it was a part of the times and perhaps the location. It was an era when most women in my Long Island neighborhood were housewives and their days were wrapped around their neighbors. When the men left the table, the women would sip teas and coffees and talk about our community and their children.<br /><br />More personal stories from Mom and Aunt Rochelle and the other women in my life were saved for quiet moments when it was just one of them and me. Girl talk. They were usually life lessons passed down to the next generation, not tales of bravado. They were stories about family connections and I learned how where they came from played a vital part in who I was.<br /><br />Listening to the storytellers in my life, I grew to appreciate the past, their experiences, their personalities and our community. Through their stories and personalized lessons. I better understood the world and my place in it.<br /><br />Does my daughter get it? Does she listen and internalize the stories?<br /><br />I realize that I share my own words of wisdom with my daughter when we are alone. (Is this quiet together time part of the nature of our gender or the reality of circumstance?) I tell my daughter about my childhood when we are driving together. I tell her about my family background when I get ready in the morning. I try hard to file away in my brain the stories that she tells me when we go for walks together - her favorite anime, teachers, friends -- in part so I can repeat it back to her and reminisce about her childhood when she is older. If she doesn't fully appreciate the grownup stories now, I know she will when she is older. I will help her connect generations in her mind by referring back to our times together.<br /><br />And then there is a larger group of youngsters to consider...This past Monday, I introduced my students to the field of oral history and techniques of interviewing as we prepare to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our school community. &nbsp;When I make archives presentations to an adult audience, I often am questioned about how to make kids interested in their own history. Do kids today value the stories we tell them or do we just seem old-fashioned? I know that my students are excited to have a formal event that encourages them to ask questions of their elders. Are they proud of their community and do they see this opportunity as a way to honor it? Are they interested in seeing connections between themselves and past generations? I'm not sure. I am not sure that they know themselves, but giving young adults an opportunity to try to make a deep connections to the past is important. Creating an event, series of events, or a platform (like a dinner table conversation) where they can explore their thoughts and feelings about their own history is important. Kids will not make the connections between history and themselves without the approachable stories as a foundation.<br /><br />We all have different reasons for studying the past. Does it matter why we seek more information about those who came before us? Do we need to understand why we want to know to fully appreciate what we learn? Perhaps listening to the storytellers may not make an immediate impression. Perhaps we do not immediately have a full grasp of the stories' meanings in our lives. But we must keep the storytellers telling to get the listeners questioning.<br /><br /><br />http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/04/storytelling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-8789935843694507078Sat, 11 Apr 2015 12:27:00 +00002015-04-11T08:27:56.714-04:00communicationcommunitydiversityhuman libraryprogrammingCultural Understanding, Serendipity and the Human Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The international Human Library Project aims to break down prejudices and stereotypes through one-on-one interactions with diverse people. Project coordinators offer a setting, time, and materials -- so-called "human books" with whom "human readers" can interact.&nbsp; This past month, we ran our 2nd annual <a href="http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2014/04/sharing-community-stories-through-human.html">Human Library</a> at my high school to offer students a chance meet professionals and learn about the diversity of people in varied careers. Students learn about varied paths to success, stereotyping encountered along the way that had to be overcome, a wide-breadth of lifestyles, and backgrounds of professionals. We want to show students they can be whatever they want to be regardless of their own circumstances. The program builds community and cultural understanding, with room for serendipitous discovery built in. The human library can be a particularly valuable tool/program to help museums and libraries fulfill their missions.&nbsp; </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UNt9SfWaMn4/VSkJhPqB7qI/AAAAAAAAEno/swIX_s_Jz64/s1600/IMG_6097.JPG" height="240" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Human books spoke with my students about their careers and challenges.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>Our human books included people in fields such as engineering, finance, videography, military, aviation, journalism, fitness, entomology, construction, health and wellness, law enforcement, psychiatry, animal sciences, museums, space science, and chiropractic. More importantly, books shared information about how they overcame stereotyping because of their sex; how they overcame disabilities; how they moved beyond what was expected of them to create the lives they wanted.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NE1d5uRIcWI/VSkJuMJZ1TI/AAAAAAAAEnw/SkedUTq7NXQ/s1600/IMG_6103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NE1d5uRIcWI/VSkJuMJZ1TI/AAAAAAAAEnw/SkedUTq7NXQ/s1600/IMG_6103.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students speak with a human book. Some teens felt more comfortable talking to the adults <br />with a&nbsp; friend rather than sticking to the one-to-one format.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>A particularly wonderful thing about working in a place that has a mission to preserve human stories, educate, or exhibit ideas, is that we never know what doors we may open for people. Our opportunities for changing lives is broader than the mission we might see right in front of us. <br /><br />Students had the opportunity to speak with their books for 15 minutes, sometimes more. In between sessions, I talked to them about the experience. One conversation in particular stood out for me and I want to share it with you. It is an example of the unexpected opportunities that cultural heritage institutions can provide when we arrange creative programs. ..<br /><br />A student entered the room. He had participated in our Human Library last year and enjoyed the experience. However, this year he is an eleventh grader and his ideas about what he wants to do with his life are a little clearer than his sophomore year.<br /><br />Me: "May I help you find someone to talk to today?"<br />Student: "I want to be a history teacher, but you don't have anyone in that field."<br />Me: "Hmmm....well, I have two museum people here today. One of them worked in a history museum before moving to a science museum. She might be a good fit for you."<br /><br />He was willing to give it a go and came back to me after his session.<br /><br />Student: "She was awesome! I thought we were going to talk about history, but she told me about her life. She told me about how she got into college and her struggle. I never thought about all of that!" Looking around the room he said, "Who else can I talk to, Ms. Mannon?"&nbsp; <br /><br />The Human Library has made a great impression on many young people in my town. They learn the value of communication, listening to new ideas, and being open to diversity. I look forward to running it again next year.http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/04/cultural-understanding-serendipity-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-7821835460113111730Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:12:00 +00002015-03-30T05:27:17.145-04:00IMLSsave librariesvalue of librariesOpen Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives in Support of IMLS<div class="MsoNormal">I am outraged by House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan's proposal to eliminate IMLS and I urge you to stand against it. As our nation's strongest funder for museum and library initiatives, IMLS has an important role to play in supporting our nation's freedom, innovation, and success.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Libraries work to digitize our nation's resources through programs such as the DPLA that are providing a bridge to the future by upgrading information to new formats.&nbsp; They support 21st century invention and learning through new makerspaces and by helping to facilitate the exchange of ideas. Libraries support the freedom of information for all, which is vital to any democracy. They support strong communities and help our children's understanding of good digital citizenship. They provide a safe and supportive place for those less fortunate, and help them better their futures with access to technology and informational materials they cannot afford. Libraries serve as a neutral gathering space for diverse ideas, providing forums that support critical thinking and expression for all regardless of background or personal belief.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">As the librarian at Goffstown High School in New Hampshire, I see the results of what good community libraries do every day. I work with my colleagues at the Goffstown Public Library to positively impact the lives of our teens. We collaborate to run programs that bring mentors in to support our children's dreams. We work together to bring in materials to ignite passion in innovation, developing makerspaces with high-tech equipment for our students to use for experimentation and learning; materials they could not afford on their own. We support informational and cultural literacy through our collections and services.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Our profession cannot effectively accomplish all we do without IMLS support. According to the Industrialist Andrew Carnegie, the builder of many of our nation’s libraries, “A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.” Libraries have supported our communities since founding father Ben Franklin established our country’s first library in Philadelphia. Please help ensure that American libraries may continue to boost their communities and support the American citizens within them.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,</div><div class="MsoNormal">Melissa Mannon</div>http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/03/open-letter-to-us-house-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-1042717182567175619Sun, 29 Mar 2015 16:04:00 +00002015-03-29T18:01:38.940-04:00Invention Conventionlibrary sciencemakerspaceNH Young Inventors ProgramSTEMvalue of librariesLibraries, Innovation, and Our 21st Century RoleMany years ago, I began serving as a judge at the New Hampshire State competition for the <a href="http://www.aas-world.org/YIP/">Young Inventors Program</a>. It is a wonderful program that encourages inventiveness in young people in grades K-8. It is a perfect place for a curious librarian/archivist to spend some time.<br /><br /><i>Designed for the classroom and aimed at encouraging K-8 students to "think outside of the box," the Young Inventors Program is structured and developed to encourage all students to participate, including those who may not "fit the mold" for traditional sciences.</i><br /><i><br /></i><u>Finding a new calling: encouraging inventiveness</u><br /><i><br /></i>This year, I decided to sponsor an award. A Library and Information Services award seemed like a much needed focus area for encouraging invention.<br /><br /><ul><li>First, as libraries across the country build and promote Makerspaces, and with a major project to retrofit my own library for such a space, I want young inventors to dream of going to the library to build,</li><li>Second, as a school librarian, I am also immersed in ideas for STEM initiatives. How can the library be part of the backbone for moving science, technology, engineering and math forward in our schools and across the country? I have been working hard with the science and math teachers at my school to make our library a center to support their needs. All libraries need to jump into the STEM discussions.</li><li>Furthermore, last summer, I was deemed an honorary science and math person by my colleagues at <a href="http://www.apsisja.org/">AP Academy</a>. Teachers at this Advanced Placement camp were playing a game of Trivial Pursuit. Those in the Sciences were on one team and those in the Liberal Arts were on the other. I asked where I should go, "Well, as the librarian in the room, you are the one person who could legitimately play on either side!" - We need to cultivate that attitude in our profession. Librarians need to step into a room and say, "Yes, I am a science person too. I support the readers and writers, but I also support and understand the inventors."&nbsp;</li></ul>Putting aside the fact that I have come to realize that I would have made a good botanist, (I spend much of my free time in the garden when there is not snow on the ground and there is that obvious classification thing...) in my childhood, I was never on a path for science. My sister was on that path. She became a doctor. She spent her time catching butterflies, while I spent my time writing and drawing. This idea that I am a science-minded person too is new to me (despite my masters degree in library SCIENCE.) What if someone encouraged me to go out and draw the things I saw in nature or to write about the insects in the garden? I was a very good biology student and an excellent math student, but I never put two and two together. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but there was another path to take that never crossed my mind. For someone who prides herself on taking the road less traveled most of the time, it is significant to realize that I missed this path entirely....Almost. I want to prevent other kids like my young self from missing the path too.<br /><div><br /></div><div><u>The Value of Libraries for Inventors</u><br /><div><br /></div><div>Here I am in my 40s, sitting in the audience at the Young Inventors conference waiting for my turn to present. The young inventors in the audience were told this about my award: "The ArchivesInfo Library and Information Services Award recognizes an invention that can support the day-to-day work of libraries." But, as I anticipated, they didn't realize the full impact of what this means, nor did their parents. They were not just creating an invention to support literacy. They were creating something to support themselves. Why libraries at an invention conference? What do libraries have to do with invention? I had a whole speech ready to go about how libraries have always provided books, but they are so much more. Yada, yada, yada...</div><div><br /></div><div>For judging, students were invited to tag their projects so that specialty judges like myself would be sure to come view what they've created. Since this the first year this award was offered, I saw just three inventions that students said they designed specifically for libraries. Two of my library specific inventors designed bookmarks. They were nice but they did not scream library for the 21st century to me. Wandering among rooms, I stopped at the invention of Caitlin Connelly, a 4th grader from Sanbornton Central School. Caitlin's "Double Desk" was not designed specifically for library use. She dreamed of it for a classroom setting, but her incorporation of a white board and a tablet, which could be locked into the desk and released with a code so students could take it home with teacher (or librarian) permission, was perfect. I pictured a long desk in my library's own newly minted makerspace built on Caitlin's model. "I need this," I thought. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6P1PRjD04Vs/VRgiZ_7vXdI/AAAAAAAAEeE/l_btlV944cQ/s1600/audience.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6P1PRjD04Vs/VRgiZ_7vXdI/AAAAAAAAEeE/l_btlV944cQ/s1600/audience.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The audience at the NH State Young Inventors Program</td></tr></tbody></table><div>There were many specialty awards being given out. The award ceremeny went on for 45 minutes until I heard my name to give out my award. "I can't make these poor people sit here and listen to my speech about how great libraries are. They are tired. I am tired. They won't listen. They don't care. They just want to hear if their kids got award. How does this effect THEM?" So, I shuffled my papers and thought about the inventor who gave out an award and his story about inventing since he was very young. And, I thought about little Caitlin Connelly. I walked across the stage to give Caitlin a $75 gift certificate to <a href="http://www.makershed.com/">Makershed</a> and said something like this:</div><div><br /></div><div>"I will make this short. This award goes to the invention that best helps libraries. &nbsp;Libraries are hubs of innovation that supply space and materials for you to learn and to create. We want to create better spaces for you." I went on to explain how the invention that I picked would be perfect in my own school's makerspace; that Caitlin's table was perfect for helping people to be creative and inventive. I said that I hoped Caitlin would let me use her idea so that my students could have a great space for making their own discoveries.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Planting a seed</u></div><div><br /></div><div>If anyone in the audience was not a library goer, they were probably now considering, "I can go to the library and find things like Caitlin's table to help me with my inventions?" Libraries are for the scientists too?</div><div><br /></div><div>Cool.</div><div><br /></div><div>As librarians struggling within our own walls, within our own budgets, we often have difficulty looking out. As we move forward and re-mold and re-define our roles in contemporary society, we need to be better promoters of our own worth. We need to be on the cutting edge and to toot our own horns. Often. My role at the Invention Convention is one example of how to get on board with what our patrons need today and how I was able to advertise that message.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>How are you advertising the message that libraries are for everyone? How are you changing with the times? How are you planting the message in the minds of your community? Right now, think of three things that you can do to change the conversation about your role in the community so that it fits a new audience.</div><div><br /></div><div>***</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you Academy of Applied Science. I had a great time and am honored to be part of your team.</div><div><br /></div><div>***</div><div><br /></div><div>I want to add that this week past, for the second year in a row, the <a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/03/ala-president-responds-house-proposal-eliminate-imls">House Budget Committee has proposed cutting all funding to IMLS</a>. It is very important for librarians to speak up now; to show off our value and tie our images to the future and not the past. Write your Congressman today!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div id="logoContent" style="background-image: url(http://www.aas-world.org/YIP/siteGFX/YIPlogo.png); background-repeat: no-repeat; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 308px;"><div style="color: #454545; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 30px 0px 21px; text-indent: 21px;"><br /></div></div></div>http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/03/libraries-innovation-and-our-21st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-1268106504281727896Sun, 08 Mar 2015 14:23:00 +00002015-06-28T08:46:53.414-04:00high schoolinformationIntroduction to Informationlibrariansresearchschool librarianshipvalue of librariesThe Age of Contested KnowledgeThis week, I had the pleasure of listening to presentations from two local academic librarians. The librarians were visiting my high school to teach our seniors about college level research. They explored databases and discussed peer reviewed research with the students. They explained why "Google it" is not an acceptable academic search strategy. The information that the librarians provided was not unique, but it is something that students do not easily accept. Why? "Google it" seems easy. "Google it" helps us re-confirm what we already believe. "Google it" shows us what information is most readily available, not necessarily what is correct. Also this week, I listened to an National Public Radio podcast entitled "<a href="http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-03-04/why-we-doubt-scientific-findings">Why We Doubt Scientific Findings</a>." A phrase stood out for me -- "the age of contested knowledge" -- and tied directly to what I see happening in the classroom. With a nod to Diane Rehm, this post discusses and questions the role of librarians and archivists in this new information age.<br /><br />Rehm's program discussed how the world of information has changed. How people get their information has changed. There has been a disintegration of the old "gatekeepers" of knowledge. In my opinion, as librarians we have a responsibility to spread our own knowledge of information. People once saw libraries as the way to enter the gates and access information. Today information is at everyone's fingertips and most do not recognize the true value of a librarian's training. &nbsp;"Gatekeeper" is too restrictive a word for what we do now. We need to re-brand ourselves as information "guides.<br /><br /><u>Information in Today's World</u><br /><br />Rehm's program included science reporters and scientists discussing the way people gather and process scientific studies. The beginning of the show was most interesting to me from a professional standpoint, as it discussed general practices of information gathering: &nbsp;The following parts of the discussion stood out to me:<br /><br /><ul><li>Information that we accept today often reflects our world view. "[People] often find exactly what they already believe."&nbsp;</li><li>People have a daily confrontation of their belief system with/against science. Science (information) was once much less readily available</li><li>There is a norm of false balance. Some things are presented as two sided, when they aren't controversies at all.&nbsp;</li><li>Information is evolving. People sometimes point to new understandings to show why all information can't be trusted, rather than exploring how the new information evolved.</li><li>A lot more risk analysis is demanded of us than in the past.</li></ul><div><u>The Role of the Librarian</u></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TSWqrLLX0Jg/VPxbC_kwn_I/AAAAAAAAEYw/OB9iaNEf5d4/s1600/IMG_5871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="100" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TSWqrLLX0Jg/VPxbC_kwn_I/AAAAAAAAEYw/OB9iaNEf5d4/s1600/IMG_5871.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The information puzzle</td></tr></tbody></table><span id="goog_1792526732"></span><span id="goog_1792526733"></span>People have many more outlets to get information. Do they know what the "good" sources are and why they are good? How can we better explain this? This is one reason why good school libraries and librarians are so important. We need to help our young people understand sources so that when they are adults, they can better navigate channels of information. A knee-jerk reaction to information that seems to challenge our world view should be replaced with a healthy skepticism and thoughtful evaluation of sources. Information is a giant puzzle whose pieces sometimes fit neatly together. Other times, there are gaps between pieces as we wait for bridges in knowledge to connect diverse ideas that are all grounded in truth.</div><br />As information evolves, people need to learn to step into the conversation. The college librarians talked about becoming part of the conversation; the need to gain a basic understanding of the subject and its issues before jumping in and making conclusions. It is up to individuals to educate ourselves on the basics of issues. How can librarians help with this? I'm thinking of displays in my school library that introduce a topic with which students may be unfamiliar. Additionally, maybe archivists can more prominently display and explain original sources from which secondary arguments are based. Can all of us work to make sure that when people "google it" primary sources float to the top? Can we even develop partnerships with companies such as Google to make this happen? My students are amazed when I show them scholar.google.com. Their eyes seem to say, "Wow! Google even distinguishes between different types of information sources. Maybe Ms. Mannon isn't lying to me after all!" How can we make the separation between information channels more visible and understandable?<br /><br />On Rehm's program, journalists discussed how responsible professionals can help people see caveats in studies. How is the latest study different from the last one? How have things changed? Librarians can help people be part of that conversation. What tools can we create to help people see the changes? "Most people don't keep delving [to gain a greater understanding of an issue.] They will take the headline...they will take the first paragraph..." How can we help them delve?<br /><br />Finally, "a lot more risk analysis is demanded of us." Despite this, from my experience as a librarian, I see that we are less likely to analyze information. Everyday, we need to ask if the information that is handed to us is good information. &nbsp;It is harder and harder for us to evaluate knowledge due to the abundance of information. One of the main reasons that I decided to accept a job as a high school librarian was what I was seeing happening with information and its effects on people. He who yells the loudest should not be believed simply because he is yelling. How can librarians better help people evaluate information? How can we help them believe that they even want to be better evaluators?http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-age-of-contested-knowledge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-7022542643448958936Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:33:00 +00002015-02-15T14:33:57.963-05:0021st century librarieseducationNHstudentsvalue of librariesYoung Inventors Program - Library and Information Services Award<div data-canvas-width="285.28333333333336" style="left: 543.833px; top: 485.717px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(1.00035, 1);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">For the past five or so years, I have been a judge for the <a href="http://www.aas-world.org/YIP/PDFs/2015-guidelines.pdf">New Hampshire Young Inventors Program</a>. Each spring, K-8 students who win local school competitions move on to this competition that supports innovative young people throughout our state. This year, I am honored to be sponsoring my first specialty award, the&nbsp;Library &amp; Information Services Award. Sponsored by ArchivesInfo, this award recognizes an invention that can support the day to day work of libraries. Inventions in this category could include items such as a new type of bookshelf, a computer database, or a stand for holding your e-reader while you ride a stationary bike. My intention in sponsoring the award is to support this valuable program and the kids who take part. I also wish to raise awareness about what libraries can do for people's lives and to encourage young people to think about ways to make libraries stronger and more impactful.</span></span><br /></div><div data-canvas-width="285.28333333333336" style="left: 543.833px; top: 485.717px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(1.00035, 1);"></div><div data-canvas-width="285.28333333333336" style="left: 543.833px; top: 485.717px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(1.00035, 1);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">As libraries expand services, re-invent themselves, or just renovate their marketing to attract a 21st century audience, they must make their innovation prominent. Libraries serve as places supporting discovery, learning, curiosity, and invention. Conversations about our role in building makerspaces, encouraging cutting edge technology, teaching sound information seeking practices and more need to filter out of our inner circles and move beyond the field of library and information science. Librarians must show how our institutions support multiple disciplines and are capable of engaging in conversations ranging from the arts to mathematics, science and history.&nbsp;</span></span><br /></div><div data-canvas-width="285.28333333333336" style="left: 543.833px; top: 485.717px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(1.00035, 1);"></div><div data-canvas-width="285.28333333333336" style="left: 543.833px; top: 485.717px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(1.00035, 1);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Inviting students to think about how they themselves can make libraries more helpful places can play an important role in continuing and promoting the relevance of our profession. I am hopeful that by offering an award for library related inventions, I can encourage young students to consider new possibilities. I look forward to seeing children's creations for progressive libraries and better information services.&nbsp; </span></span></div><div data-canvas-width="285.28333333333336" style="left: 543.833px; top: 485.717px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(1.00035, 1);"></div><div data-canvas-width="285.28333333333336" style="left: 543.833px; top: 485.717px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(1.00035, 1);"></div><div data-canvas-width="285.28333333333336" style="left: 543.833px; top: 485.717px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(1.00035, 1);"></div><div data-canvas-width="285.28333333333336" style="left: 543.833px; top: 485.717px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(1.00035, 1);"></div><div data-canvas-width="285.28333333333336" style="left: 543.833px; top: 485.717px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(1.00035, 1);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div data-canvas-width="285.28333333333336" style="left: 543.833px; top: 485.717px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(1.00035, 1);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/02/young-inventors-program-library-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-6699538143508899031Sun, 08 Feb 2015 14:38:00 +00002015-02-08T09:38:49.799-05:00antiquesartDIYfolk artMore Finds at the Local Antique ShopsilhouetteMore Finds at the Local Antique Shop: SilhouettesI have been on the lookout for paper cut silhouettes to decorate my house for many years. Attracted to the simplicity - the detail-less form that represents individualism while at the same time obscuring it; I am lightened by the delicate designs.<br /><br />An article in the magazine entitled "<a href="http://issuu.com/american_folk_art_museum/docs/folkart_26_3_fall2001/8">Folk Art</a>" provides a brief history of this pretty little form of art:<br /><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C_PpKTYyi3M/VNdkRhg6tBI/AAAAAAAAEJk/XEwsOIoNoiI/s1600/20150102_144034_exposure.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C_PpKTYyi3M/VNdkRhg6tBI/AAAAAAAAEJk/XEwsOIoNoiI/s1600/20150102_144034_exposure.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6f0Sjxm5WtI/VNdkRljCHCI/AAAAAAAAEJo/NUn9rqsWBak/s1600/20150102_144021_exposure.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6f0Sjxm5WtI/VNdkRljCHCI/AAAAAAAAEJo/NUn9rqsWBak/s1600/20150102_144021_exposure.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a><i>Initially, silhouettes were created to capture the likeness of a person in his or her basic form -- the "shadow" or "shade." to use the common language of the eighteenth century. Then, as now, the desire for a picture of a friend or loved one was important. With the invention of photography nearly three-quarters of a century away, silhouettes were the quickest, most economically feasible way of obtaining credible images.&nbsp;</i><br /><span style="background-color: white;">[<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">DiCicco, Vincent. "Silhouette—Portraiture In America: A Fully Developed Form Of Folk Expression."&nbsp;</span><i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Folk Art</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">&nbsp;26.3 (2001): 40-46.&nbsp;</span><i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson)</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">. Web. 8 Feb. 2015.]</span></span><br /><i><br /></i>Professionals and amateurs created silhouettes at the form's historical inception. By the nineteenth century, according to the <a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/p/portrait-miniature-types/">Victoria and Albert Museum</a>, silhouettes were one of the popular forms of small portraiture employed by the professional artist, marking a resurgence in the previous century's unique art form as artists realized this was a quick way to make some money.:<br /><br /><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: helvetica, arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>The cutting of silhouettes, or 'profiles' as they were called in Britain, was a popular pastime in the 18th century. From the 1770s professional artists began to produce profiles as a cheap, quick form of small portraiture. Sittings took no more than five minutes and endless exact copies could easily be made from the original.</i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: helvetica, arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>But clients wanted novelty and artists needed to stand out from competitors. This soon led to elaborate variations on the simple cut profile. By the 1790s, many profiles were painted - on paper, ivory, plaster or even glass. Inevitably prices increased as the materials became more expensive.</i></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G5pLIRA0ztg/VNdkRiDN5WI/AAAAAAAAEJg/eYSo7ZGcENI/s1600/20150102_144056_exposure.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G5pLIRA0ztg/VNdkRiDN5WI/AAAAAAAAEJg/eYSo7ZGcENI/s1600/20150102_144056_exposure.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a><br />To the left are the silhouettes I recently found at a local antique shop for a very reasonable price. Dated 1856 in pencil, the images are also marked as having been cut in the 1970s. They represent a "collaboration" or sorts on the final art form. According to the <a href="http://www.rockwell-center.org/exploring-illustration/return-of-the-silhouette/">Norman Rockwell Museum</a>, silhouettes became an illustrative form in the mid-nineteenth century and were an "important technique to the illustrator's artistic expression," accompanying stories in periodicals and the like. My silhouettes are likely among those used to enliven a story, later cut out of an antique magazine such as <i>Ladies Home Journal</i>, by a crafty housewife. In fact, when I was a child in the 70s, we completed our own silhouettes in class as a regular activity. My silhouettes and my classroom memory informally indicate to me that the 70s were indeed another resurgent time for this art form. <br /><br />Both amateurs and professionals still create silhouettes today. A few artists local to me whose work I enjoy are:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.portraitsinsilhouette.com/">Jean and Marcella Comerford</a><br /><a href="http://www.silhouettesbyjoyanne.com/bio.htm">Joy Ann MacConnell&nbsp;</a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LpArNd_xG_U/VNdkSeA1cLI/AAAAAAAAEJw/S0tmk17ON9Q/s1600/20150102_144116_exposure.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LpArNd_xG_U/VNdkSeA1cLI/AAAAAAAAEJw/S0tmk17ON9Q/s1600/20150102_144116_exposure.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a>Thanks to the Internet, we seem to be in the midst of another re-emergence of this style. DIYers offer instructions for creating your own silhouettes. In a decidedly modern twist, many suggest using profile selfies as a place to begin, recommending that DIY artists trace the images for their patterns.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Silhouettes are fun to do and fun to find. They offer us a look at who we are and what we value. These featureless figures show us our community traits - proud men, loving mothers, poised children - all done in beautiful lines expressing form over face. (Personally, I find myself especially attracted to the Victorian shapes here, giving me ideas for my next&nbsp;<a href="http://watchcityfestival.com/">Steampunk</a>&nbsp;festival&nbsp;costume and allowing me to see myself in their shoes.)</div><i><br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/02/more-finds-at-local-antique-shop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-3767047691939737621Sat, 24 Jan 2015 13:47:00 +00002015-01-24T08:55:49.742-05:00#EmpoweringInnovationarchives in schoolscollaborationcommunicationcommunityFollett Challengehigh schoolmakerspaceoutreachschool librariesSTEMEmpowering Innovation: Building Community and the Intriguing Follett ChallengeAs with an community archives, our school's Special Collections represent who we are. The records of our past show our growth, embody our civic pride, and help lead us to a better future. These historical materials within a school setting serve another valuable purpose. They can be part of a strong program to "Empower Innovation," helping to weave together what may seem like disparate subjects to our young people. Furthermore, when we think of our archives as a part of a whole system of information -- learning, communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, facts, multiple perspectives, history, contemporary ideas -- we expand our purpose and can better explain the importance of our work as archivists, librarians, and cultural heritage professionals.<br /><br /><u>Introduction to the Follett Challenge</u><br /><br />The school where I serve as "Information Specialist" is currently entered in the <a href="http://www.follettchallenge.com/video.cfm?id=513">Follett Challenge</a>. [I'll admit right up front that one reason I thought to write about "Empowering Innovation" this weekend is because Goffstown High is seeking support for its innovative library programming and I would like more votes to help us win the Challenge. BUT that is not my only angle here so please keep reading!]<br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">"The Follett Challenge showcases and rewards educators who are aligning their curriculum and approach in order to teach the skills needed in the 21<sup>st</sup> century, and who are implementing a collaborative program with others in their school. In order to enter, applicants must demonstrate how the program is preparing students for the demands of the 21<sup>st</sup> century and complete the entire online application, which includes a 3-5 minute video about the program."</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The idea of the Challenge was intriguing to me as an Information Specialist, educator, consultant, archivist and writer. How does one encapsulate so many great things that are happening in a program using a short paper and video? How do we reach our greater community to "advertise" our work? How do we engage young people? How do we ask for help from the people with whom we have collaborated? The Follett Challenge has allowed me to explore that and more with my community.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Community and Incubating Innovation</u></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Goffstown, New Hampshire is a relatively small town of about 17,000 people. In 1960, during the final years in the life of the town's previous high school, the town had about <a href="http://www.nh.gov/oep/data-center/documents/1960-1980-historic.pdf">7,000 people</a>. [Note that I found the information from the census record and not from the Wikipedia article that came up first! Teaching good research skills is a vital part of our work!] Our current high school building opened in 1965 and grew to over 11,000 people by 1970. Reflected in our school archives are the faces of the 369 students from all grades during our <a href="http://digital.unh.edu/fedora/objects/goffstown:0078/datastreams/APPLICATION-PDF/content?download=true">1964-1965 academic year </a>as well as our graduating senior class of 270 in 2014.</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wx78J63sppY/VMONF6AbHCI/AAAAAAAAD1c/Kw2EXWD_XX4/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-01-24%2Bat%2B7.11.58%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wx78J63sppY/VMONF6AbHCI/AAAAAAAAD1c/Kw2EXWD_XX4/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-01-24%2Bat%2B7.11.58%2BAM.png" height="262" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goffstown population 1960 according to NH Census records</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kyEtlmg4LFk/VMOVwhVvZNI/AAAAAAAAD1s/EKNZRplaP98/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-01-24%2Bat%2B7.44.18%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kyEtlmg4LFk/VMOVwhVvZNI/AAAAAAAAD1s/EKNZRplaP98/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-01-24%2Bat%2B7.44.18%2BAM.png" /></a></div>What you see above was the STEM learning of 1965. We still see kids at work in the chem lab today, but we also see what we have below -- informal learning that ties to things done in the classroom. Hands-on work has spread beyond the science and tech wings. The picture below shows a student with library resources from our makerspace. (Of course, I always try to ensure that the library documents the innovation that we are empowering.) <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RP9sKZmlB24/VMOV7damjgI/AAAAAAAAD10/baSqTJRTM7U/s1600/IMG_5636.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RP9sKZmlB24/VMOV7damjgI/AAAAAAAAD10/baSqTJRTM7U/s1600/IMG_5636.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><br />By offering a competition that encourages schools to focus on four areas: critical thinking, communication, creativity, and collaboration, Follett has also given us an opportunity to empower our community. In preparing a ten page paper describing our work and in making a video, to explaining the contest to our students, we have shined a light on the critical work of libraries and what they can do for a whole community. It is a very intriguing concept and one in which I am proud to be a part.<br /><br /><u>The Role of Community Institutions</u> <br /><br />This competition offers a lesson for us all. Businesses of all types have the opportunity to support schools in their work by giving them a platform and encouraging them to use their voices to highlight our 21st century models for education. Large companies and local profitable businesses can help boost the communities where they are located by showing interest in the young people in the area. Furthermore, I would like to see more small cultural heritage institutions involved in promoting community innovation. In Goffstown, our public library is supporting us in our large challenge. Such institutions might also think about designing smaller local competitions for community innovators. Pulling behind innovation on a local level is a boon to our locality, but also to larger layers of communities and geographic regions. For example, if Goffstown wins the Follett Challenge, it will reflect well on New Hampshire in general.<br /><br />Finally, a note to local librarians and archivists, whether or not you have a competition to use to describe your work, do put down your <a href="http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2010/07/mission-statements-for-cultural.html">mission and goals</a> on paper and then set out to do a long-range plan. Everyone should have a plan that describes where they have been to figure out where they are heading.<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">Please<a href="http://www.follettchallenge.com/video.cfm?id=513"> vote for Goffstown High School</a> to help us reach our goals and shed light on what librarians and archivists can offer communities. </span><br /><br /><i>**This post does not represent the point of view of the Goffstown School District. These are my thoughts as an information professional.&nbsp; </i>http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/01/empowering-innovation-building.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-2068678572542293326Sun, 18 Jan 2015 13:26:00 +00002015-01-18T08:34:52.041-05:00anniversaryarchives in schoolscommunitycommunity documentationeducationhigh schooloral historyschool librariesvalue of archivesvalue of historyThe Value of Oral History Last weekend, I attended a program offered by the New Hampshire Humanities Council at the Hopkinton Public Library. Oral historian and storyteller Jo Radner spent the day teaching us about oral history projects and offering tips for conducting our own. The information&nbsp; she gave was useful and interesting, while she walked us through exercises that made a lasting impression to improve our planning and interviewing skills.&nbsp; Radner showed a true love for her work and her passion for the subject illuminated the value of oral history. I jotted down little pearls of wisdom about the value of oral history to share.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;">via @archivesinfo on Twitter&nbsp;- January 10, 2015</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The shortest distance between two people is a story." </span><a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/oralhistory?src=hash" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0084b4; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">#oralhistory</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> hopkinton public library </span><a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NH?src=hash" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0084b4; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">#NH</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0084b4; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">#archives</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHHC?src=hash" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0084b4; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">#NHHC</a></span></blockquote><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X7LfZukCwhU/VLu0Fr0nXDI/AAAAAAAAD0M/wrQmvGjTdrg/s1600/smalbum%2Bsubject.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X7LfZukCwhU/VLu0Fr0nXDI/AAAAAAAAD0M/wrQmvGjTdrg/s1600/smalbum%2Bsubject.jpg" height="320" width="260" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Tell me your story"</td></tr></tbody></table>While I generally work with archives and other objects to showcase the stories of individuals, storytelling offers another dimension that cannot be captured in a visual or text based medium. While seeing a picture helps one put a face to words on paper, hearing a voice adds another dimension to individual personal narratives.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The voice comes from breath and the breath comes from life."</span></span></blockquote>My high school library is currently collaborating with our local historical society and public library to showcase our school building's 50th anniversary. I am working to document our history in multiple formats including collecting archives and documenting experiences through photos and a journaling project. This spring, a program featuring interviews between students, alums, teachers and former faculty will become an important feature or our celebrations.<br /><b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></b><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">"[An oral historian] is a kind of midwife, offering a stimulus for those being interviewed to discover meaning in their own lives."</span></span></span></blockquote><br />Our oral history project will help connect generations of our community through documentation, but also through real life experience. The interview process will provide a forum for people of different ages to communicate and will allow those who have lost touch with our community to reconnect. Oral history is more than a means of documentation and expression, it is a way to strengthen ties between people. It is a way to gather around common people, places and things; to share stories that promote commonalities while honoring individualism.<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"When someone tells you a story they are giving you a gift. They are trusting you with their story."</span></span> </span></blockquote>The workshop has given me additional tools to train students. As interviewers, students will learn to help others share their stories and convince alums that each has a story to tell.&nbsp; Last year, we interviewed three former alums informally. Students asked question about classes, dress, and past culture. Alums were reluctant to share at first, saying things such as, "I don't really have much to say" or "I don't think you want to hear about my life... It's not all that interesting." Yet, once students showed real interest through follow up questions, those sharing their experiences opened up to us.<br /><br />History at its core is stories about the past. Young people want to hear the experiences of others when they are shared one-on-one. Students are eager to feel connections to older generations that traveled through the same halls we walk each day once they make an initial connection.&nbsp; Similarly, older generations will be interested to hear from our students. I see value in prompting older people to try interviewing us. Oral history offers a means of empowerment by breaking down barriers and helping people realize that their lives have meaning that might not be immediately apparent to them. I learned that in the end, the value of oral history is embodied in a simple invitation to tell us a story.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-value-of-oral-history.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-9209710114840118135Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:09:00 +00002015-01-11T07:09:34.256-05:00collaborationeducationgrantshistorical societylibrariesmuseumsoral historypartnershipsave librariesschool librariesSTEMsummer readingPartnership Ideas for Cultural Heritage InstitutionsWhen I began preaching about <a href="http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2014/03/its-still-cooperation-after-all-of.html">collaboration </a>fourteen years ago it was not the normal mode of operation for most cultural heritage institutions. Even today, many small historical societies and others do not realize the value or the necessity of finding institutional partners. A few reasons for collaborating are that such partnerships give you more resources for programs and exhibits, more opportunities for grants, more heads for creativity, more power for outreach, and more voices to garner support. I am lucky to have open-minded colleagues in the town in which I have settled. In the past three years, we have formed a network of committees and partnerships that have made the work of librarians and other cultural heritage professionals more visible and we are moving forward with some great projects that boost our own goals, each other, and our community.<br /><br />Collaboration 1. <b>School district librarians</b> - high school, two elementary schools, middle school<br />meet monthly to discuss the state of the libraries; developed a district wide vision for libraries; discuss programming opportunities. Our most recent endeavors included discussing challenges we are having with our new book catalog / exchanging holiday gifts from students to students. [*see the bottom of this post for more information about our gift exchange.] <br /><br />Collaboration 2. <b>Town librarians</b>- [public library initiative!] public librarians representing services for all ages (4 librarians in total) meet with librarians from public schools and local private college to specifically discuss ways we can collaborate. We have formed a collaboration for summer reading programs and continue to work on this. Most recently we discussed grant opportunities. From this meeting, librarians have launched separate meetings to boost individual goals. For example, as the high school librarian, I meet with the college librarians to discuss how they can assist with research instruction. They have visited our school to teach classes in this area. This helps with our mission to create college and career ready students, while helping the private Catholic college meet its mission of helping its community. [I do realize that I am very lucky to have such a school with which to collaborate!]<br /><br />Collaboration 3. <b>Historical Society Curator, public library director, high school librarian </b>- three colleagues meeting to discuss specific programming, with librarians also serving on Historical Society museum committee; historical society curator and public librarian attend weekly 50th anniversary committee meetings at high school when they can. I originally asked my colleagues to join me to help with the 50th anniversary celebration at my school. This collaboration has turned into working on a full-blown oral history project. We are beginning with a school related project and will use this project to launch a series of oral history events through the Historical Society. Yesterday, my two colleagues and I attended an oral history workshop together to boost our skills and further advance our planning for a spring event.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Eg7wHu7K7rQ/VLJis_GZOII/AAAAAAAADx8/teVJ6vU8YJY/s1600/20150110_162801.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Eg7wHu7K7rQ/VLJis_GZOII/AAAAAAAADx8/teVJ6vU8YJY/s1600/20150110_162801.jpeg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collaboration is the way to go!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Collaboration 4. <b>Science Museum and High School library </b>- I reached out to larger museums outside of my town to see if there was potential for collaboration. A science museum in my state capitol responded that they were willing to help us explore potential programming partnerships. We are working to develop a "distance learning" facility in the high school library that will allow us to talk informally to science professionals around the world, but specifically to our partner museum. We may pursue a collaborative grant toward this end. We are exploring the possibility of building a satellite in our high school maker space with museum support. The museum is thinking of using this as a pilot project for other school partnerships. <br /><br /><br />I am <u>always</u> seeking more partnerships! It is virtually impossible to be successful as a cultural heritage institution in the 21st century without the help of our colleagues at other institutions. Sometimes, early on in developing relationships, it is difficult to convince others to join you. (For example, I reached out to five museums and four of them did not even respond to me.) Yet, the effort you make to find a willing partner is invaluable. As you can see, the partnerships in our town have snowballed. The community is recognizing our work, participating, and sometimes even eagerly awaiting new initiatives. I look forward to when our patrons begin to come up with ideas for collaborating with us. That is definitely on the horizon!<br /><br /><br />&nbsp;_________________________________________________________<br /><br />*Late in November, 2014 district librarians decided the two elementary schools would exchange book gifts and the middle school would give a book to the high school and vice-versa. With my prompting, my teenage students put their heads together to think of a book that the other school may not have or of which they may need extra copies. Since the high school has been operating a makerspace for some time and the middle school just started one, we decided to give the middle school a published <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Winters-Tale-Robert-Sabuda/dp/0689853637/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1420977996&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=pop+up+book+winter">pop up book</a> with instructions how to make a mini-version 3D <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Pop-up-Book">pop up book</a> of their own.http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/01/partnership-ideas-for-cultural-heritage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-7759306733054468074Thu, 01 Jan 2015 14:11:00 +00002015-01-01T09:11:35.378-05:00BC archivesCold WarcopyrightdigitalDPLAgovernment recordshuman rightsmagna cartatime capsuleTop Tenvalue of archivesvalue of historyWorld War ITop Ten Cultural Heritage Stories of 2014<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Welcome to the 5th annual ArchivesInfo Top Ten Stories of the Year. Our list includes the stories that have impacted the cultural heritage professions -- more specifically archives, libraries, and museums - the most over the past year. These stories were greatly discussed, contributed to a change in our profession, and / or are on our radar as potential changers of the heritage we keep. They were garnered from the ArchivesInfo Twitter archives. I have evaluated my tweets based on my own personal outlook and welcome differing opinions. The list is admittedly biased toward the United States with some major exceptions, including our number one spot, which differs from last year's number one. This year's list continues to note major evolutions in the field and trends.</span>&nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">There were many stories that were again significant and noteworthy that just missed the top ten:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">In 2014 we learned that museums are good for us:&nbsp;</span></li></ul><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">How </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Museums?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Museums</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> Affect the Brain </span><a href="http://t.co/0HabUOeQy1" target="_blank" title="http://hyperallergic.com/162585/how-museums-affect-the-brain/"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">hyperallergic.com/162585/how-mus</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">eums-affect-the-brain/&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> via </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hyperallergic"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">hyperallergic</span></a>. (But we already new that didn’t we?) Museums and libraries continue to evolve and grow to find new purpose and meaning in a 21<sup>st</sup> century society. Look for more on this topic in coming years.<span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><ul><li><span style="color: #292f33;">We were again reminded about the importance of archives for human rights in many stories such as:&nbsp;</span></li></ul><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Native abuse inquiry deadline looms as documents mount <a href="http://t.co/PLiejiULim" target="_blank" title="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/04/27/native_abuse_inquiry_deadline_looms_as_documents_mount.html"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/04/27/native_abuse_inquiry_deadline_looms_as_documents_mount.html&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanrights?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">humanrights</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canada?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Canada</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><ul><li><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Andy Warhol is always in the news, even so many years after his death because of the boxes he left behind for us and his general impact on the art scene. This one particular story stood out for me because it ties art to digital archives and the ‘80s. (Hint, hint: The 80s makes an appearance in our top ten.)</span><span lang="EN" style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> </span></li></ul><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">It Took Three Years to Restore 23 Pieces of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Art?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Art</span></a> Andy Warhol Made on a Computer in the 1980 <a href="http://t.co/0OECEutPLo" target="_blank" title="http://po.st/D7cSgB"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://po.st/D7cSgB&nbsp;</span></a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/SmithsonianMag"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">SmithsonianMag</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #292f33;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><ul><li><span style="color: #292f33;">Presidential records were hot again. Nixon is still in the news, but now we have moved forward a couple of decades to the Clinton era too:&nbsp;</span></li></ul><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Newly Released Clinton-Era Papers Show Damage Control During Scandal <a href="http://t.co/aKM6IbsCWw" target="_blank" title="http://nyti.ms/1rKbJR7"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://nyti.ms/1rKbJR7&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><ul><li>Old wounds are trying to heal:</li></ul>&nbsp;Rwanda: Senate Okays Bill Setting Up Archives, Library Body http://t.co/nPjZ7puFdO #rwanda via @allafrica #archives #library<span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Overcoming Looting and Years of War, Iraq Museum Moves to Reopen <a href="http://t.co/8IJUJCBcTd" target="_blank" title="http://www.aina.org/news/20140412125201.htm#.U0tE5sH4fnk.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.aina.org/news/20140412125201.htm#.U0tE5sH4fnk.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><ul><li><span style="color: #292f33;">…And new catastrophes loom large: </span><span style="color: #292f33;">&nbsp;</span></li></ul>Concern growing over #Syria heritage sites <a href="http://t.co/1Jme4PSDcl">http://t.co/1Jme4PSDcl</a> &nbsp;#archives<span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Two big stories just missed the top ten, though they appeared in previous years. Their stories continue to grow and evolve and will continue to do so, with fewer stories highlighting newsworthiness. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">A. DPLA continues to grow. It will be with us for a long time, influencing other digitization projects and creating a dream “library” for our descendants: <br />How to Save the Humanities With Just a Few Clicks <a href="http://t.co/r0QTpp4dMZ" target="_blank" title="http://www.ozy.com/c-notes/curating-the-digital-humanities/31551.article#.U4UnkzDTDYw.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.ozy.com/c-notes/curating-the-digital-humanities/31551.article#.U4UnkzDTDYw.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/crowdsourcing?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">crowdsourcing</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DPLA?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">DPLA</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/searchterms?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">searchterms</span></a><br /></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Digital Public Library of America Marks a Year of Rapid Growth <a href="http://t.co/sAN6xNVD22" target="_blank" title="http://nyti.ms/1jFApnZ"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://nyti.ms/1jFApnZ&nbsp;</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><br /></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Digital Public Library of America triples its free collections and more in year one <a href="http://t.co/p76vxn9QBB" target="_blank" title="http://red.ht/1iAp6zp"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://red.ht/1iAp6zp&nbsp;</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">B. The Boston College Oral History Project has been big news for several years now. We now reflect on our mistakes and the impact that archives projects can have on lives today. <br />BC reflects on missteps in Northern Ireland project: Oral history project is over, but scars remain <a href="http://t.co/B8DT9Aj4Fv" target="_blank" title="http://bit.ly/1oCtJgk"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://bit.ly/1oCtJgk&nbsp;</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><br />How ‘Belfast Project’ led to arrest of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams <a href="http://t.co/CIURFU7uyX" target="_blank" title="http://fw.to/Us7h6OT"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://fw.to/Us7h6OT&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BC?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">BC</span></a><br /></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">How tapes made by U.S. library could solve N. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ireland?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ireland</span></a>murder <a href="http://t.co/HbMI5GCpOs" target="_blank" title="http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/01/world/europe/boston-northern-ireland/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/01/world/europe/boston-northern-ireland/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BC?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">BC</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">As we look at the Top Ten, it seems focused on a new generation. We have milestones and shifts that will affect the ways we study and what we know about history. Those of us in mid-life will recognize that some of the stories of our own lives are now recognized as “history.” We have amazing finds that open our minds to new ideas, celebrations and promises for the future. 2014 seemed to be a door opening year. As always, I encourage your comments and critique. What stories did I leave out? Would you put the top ten in a different order? Without further ado…<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>10. Magna Carta’s 800<sup>th</sup> birthday<br /></b><i>How often do we get to celebrate an 800<sup>th</sup> birthday? <b><o:p></o:p></b></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #292f33;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #292f33;">Durham's Magna Carta part of 800th birthday party </span><a href="http://t.co/PtwTuAYOuU" target="_blank" title="http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/news/11693556.Durham_s_Magna_Carta_part_of_800th_birthday_party/?ref=twtrec"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">durhamtimes.co.uk/news/11693556.</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Durham_s_Magna_Carta_part_of_800th_birthday_party/?ref=twtrec&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">BBC News - Keeping Magna Carta safe in the United States <a href="http://t.co/EpyptNtznJ" target="_blank" title="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-27911692"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-27911692&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">BBC News - British Library to show Declaration of Independence <a href="http://t.co/y211VrRLxW" target="_blank" title="http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28126005"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28126005&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/magnacarta?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">magnacarta</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/library?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">library</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Magna Carta 800th Anniversary celebrations for 2015 - Culture24 <a href="http://t.co/74TXN7vlN7" target="_blank" title="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art487183-Magna-Carta-800th-Anniversary-celebrations-for-2015-outlined-for-Runnymede-and-beyond#.U6L64PJ1PoI.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art487183-Magna-Carta-800th-Anniversary-celebrations-for-2015-outlined-for-Runnymede-and-beyond#.U6L64PJ1PoI.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/magnacarta?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">magnacarta</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">The Man Who Owns A Magna Carta <a href="http://t.co/cYfATbUaTd" target="_blank" title="http://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2014/03/31/the-man-who-owns-a-magna-carta/"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2014/03/31/the-man-who-owns-a-magna-carta/&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Forbes?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Forbes</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rubinstein?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Rubinstein</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><br /></span>Magna Carta returning to U.S. in run-up to its 800th anniversary <a href="http://t.co/Q7fOhw15VA">http://t.co/Q7fOhw15VA</a><br />World Digital Library Reaches Milestone - EIN News <a href="http://t.co/xK7XPx8iSz">http://t.co/xK7XPx8iSz</a>&nbsp; #archives #LOC<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>9. Save Britain and Canada’s National library and archives. Save Detroit and more.<br /></b><i>While overall I see a positive upturn for cultural heritage institutions in the news, many of us are still struggling. The worldwide recession took a big toll against which we are still navigating. Many cultural heritage institutions are in a fight for their lives and must continually define and promote themselves to society at large and to their governments. Canada stands out for a large upheaval and struggle, but other stories fit neatly alongside. This is Canada’s second year in a row in our top ten as the world watches its changes. <o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Report cites Library and Archives woes, urban-rural library divide </span><a href="http://t.co/O3nFlCHZx8" target="_blank" title="http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/canadians-love-their-libraries-but-report-urges-new-chapter"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">s/canadians-love-their-libraries-but-report-urges-new-chapter&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/savelibraries?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">savelibraries</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/canada?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">canada</span></a><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Canada's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Library?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Library</span></a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Archives</span></a> and Public Memory - report <a href="http://t.co/kN2pNkcwOB" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/1yHalQU"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://buff.ly/1yHalQU&nbsp;</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canada?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Canada</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Kent looks to outsource over 90 libraries <a href="http://t.co/9agYTLs84N" target="_blank" title="http://shar.es/VwZp7"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://shar.es/VwZp7&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/savelibraries?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">savelibraries</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UK?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">UK</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Creditors Would Remove Detroit Institute of Arts’ Collection Piece by Piece <a href="http://t.co/yaTqtMorjD" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/1sPtM8f"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://buff.ly/1sPtM8f&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/savemuseums?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">savemuseums</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Merging cultural institutions would be disastrous, say former directors <a href="http://t.co/kFikZn0jJN" target="_blank" title="http://www.smh.com.au/business/federal-budget/merging-cultural-institutions-would-be-disastrous-say-former-directors-20140512-zra08.html"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.smh.com.au/business/federal-budget/merging-cultural-institutions-would-be-disastrous-say-former-directors-20140512-zra08.html&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/savelibraries?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">savelibraries</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Australia?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Australia</span></a><br /></span>The Corcoran Gallery of Art May Cede Control of Its Collection <a href="http://t.co/RLg6ZRwDQh">http://t.co/RLg6ZRwDQh</a>&nbsp; #art #culture #museum<br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">New head faces challenges at Library and Archives Canada <a href="http://t.co/ufx3FjTMmH" target="_blank" title="http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/national/head+faces+challenges+Library+Archives+Canada/9752598/story.html"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/national/head+faces+challenges+Library+Archives+Canada/9752598/story.html&nbsp;…</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Library and Archives Canada moves to outsource national catalogue <a href="http://t.co/Y8jMtBxMp0" target="_blank" title="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Library+Archives+Canada+moves+outsource+national+catalogue/9687461/story.html"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Library+Archives+Canada+moves+outsource+national+catalogue/9687461/story.html&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OCLC?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">OCLC</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canada?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Canada</span></a><br /></span>Canada: Library and Archives bureaucrat muzzled amid Senate scandal: documents <a href="http://t.co/IR613S9vjb">http://t.co/IR613S9vjb</a><br />Library cuts trigger fears of knowledge drain http://t.co/eynakKbwlX via @ottawacitizen #Canada<br />Library cuts in more than a dozen government departments trigger fears of lost knowledge <a href="http://t.co/TBEtiwOI2X">http://t.co/TBEtiwOI2X</a> &nbsp;#Canada<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>8. New and Renovated Museums, Libraries, and Archives <br /></b><i>Despite the woes, there is a marked trend toward rebuilding, building anew and redefining. Museums stand out in the news as having hit their stride for the 21<sup>st</sup>century, telling old stories in new ways and finding new stories to tell. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Work to change historic Nevada prison to </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/museum?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">museum</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> is going slow </span><a href="http://t.co/Q3esEOAPDY" target="_blank" title="http://shar.es/1HcMDs"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">shar.es/1HcMDs</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">&nbsp;</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> via </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/museum4everything?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">museum4everything</span></a><br /><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">The history of Cincinnati's police to be displayed in new </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/museum?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">museum</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> |</span><a href="http://t.co/INcqxDUvsw" target="_blank" title="http://www.wlwt.com/news/the-history-of-cincinnatis-police-to-be-displayed-in-new-museum/30447314"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">wlwt.com/news/the-histo</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ry-of-cincinnatis-police-to-be-displayed-in-new-museum/30447314&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><br /><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Prepare Yourself For a Sponge-Like Lucas </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Museum?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Museum</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="http://t.co/kDhrm6ZDLW" target="_blank" title="http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2014/10/20/prepare-yourself-for-a-spongelike-lucas-museum.php"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">chicago.curbed.com/archives/2014/</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10/20/prepare-yourself-for-a-spongelike-lucas-museum.php&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/architecture?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">architecture</span></a><br /><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">What to Expect from Smithsonian's $2B Master Plan </span><a href="http://t.co/I9aDHYzcrO" target="_blank" title="http://dc.curbed.com/archives/2014/11/what-to-expect-from-smithsonians-2b-master-plan.php"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">dc.curbed.com/archives/2014/</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">11/what-to-expect-from-smithsonians-2b-master-plan.php&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/museum?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">museum</span></a><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Stockbridge <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Library?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Library</span></a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Museum?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Museum</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Archives</span></a> renovation officially underway <a href="http://t.co/JS00VPDMhN" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/1vVOV5r"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://buff.ly/1vVOV5r&nbsp;</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MA?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">MA</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">"New museum in Prague brings relief for toilet fans" <a href="http://t.co/LuoJwCBhGr" target="_blank" title="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2014/08/10/2003597101"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2014/08/10/2003597101&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/museum?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">museum</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/museumforeverything?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">museumforeverything</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Plans unfold for huge art museum in downtown St. Petersburg <a href="http://t.co/NNUedtB7Eh" target="_blank" title="http://www.tampabay.com/features/plans-unfolding-for-huge-new-art-museum-in-downtown-st-petersburg/2186247"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.tampabay.com/features/plans-unfolding-for-huge-new-art-museum-in-downtown-st-petersburg/2186247&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/savemuseums?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">savemuseums</span></a>[things are looking up!]</span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">An Ingenious Museum Design That Turns Visitors Into Creators | Design | WIRED <a href="http://t.co/TmcJxy62hd" target="_blank" title="http://www.wired.com/2014/06/a-design-museum-that-turns-its-visitors-into-designers/"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.wired.com/2014/06/a-design-museum-that-turns-its-visitors-into-designers/&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/IArtLibraries"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">iartlibraries</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">The Force Be With You: George Lucas Picks Chicago for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Museum?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Museum</span></a><a href="http://t.co/lsCjACyIFv" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/1lpi9yl"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://buff.ly/1lpi9yl&nbsp;</span></a>via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">NBCNews</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/scifi?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">scifi</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Renderings Revealed for Proposed Frick Collection Expansion <a href="http://t.co/0KuwfXTanq" target="_blank" title="http://curbed.cc/1liYZdc"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://curbed.cc/1liYZdc&nbsp;</span></a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/CurbedNY"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">CurbedNY</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Alaska State Museum starts collections transfer to new vault <a href="http://t.co/9i3rt945re" target="_blank" title="http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/alaska-state-museum-starts-collections-transfer-to-new-vault/article_0656d400-e36a-11e3-8d26-0017a43b2370.html#.U4Uyr_67Vw8.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/alaska-state-museum-starts-collections-transfer-to-new-vault/article_0656d400-e36a-11e3-8d26-0017a43b2370.html#.U4Uyr_67Vw8.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">The Near-Impossible Challenge of Designing the 9/11 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Museum?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Museum</span></a><a href="http://t.co/CwdgTqexJf" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/1oseJlb"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://buff.ly/1oseJlb&nbsp;</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Museum renovation: Consigli to Renovate Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery <a href="http://t.co/q35YCoh4KD" target="_blank" title="http://shar.es/SfCzF"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://shar.es/SfCzF&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/museum?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">museum</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">The museum of how work sounded <a href="http://t.co/0zjUWtWvHm" target="_blank" title="http://b.globe.com/PHYAJi"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://b.globe.com/PHYAJi&nbsp;</span></a> recording the “endangered” sounds of the industrial era <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">UK: Manchester Central <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Library?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Library</span></a> re-opens after £50million transformation for all to 'get wisdom' | Mancunian Matters: <a href="http://t.co/phg2ufXBaE" target="_blank" title="http://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/220368257-pictures-manchester-central-library-re-opens-after-%C2%A350million-transformation-all#.Uy7dqWrlsiU.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/220368257-pictures-manchester-central-library-re-opens-after-%C2%A350million-transformation-all#.Uy7dqWrlsiU.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">City of Boise Looks to Fund Options for Main <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Library?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Library</span></a>Redesign <a href="http://t.co/ZzzevakqTs" target="_blank" title="http://www.boiseweekly.com/CityDesk/archives/2014/03/22/city-of-boise-looks-to-fund-options-for-main-library-redesign"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.boiseweekly.com/CityDesk/archives/2014/03/22/city-of-boise-looks-to-fund-options-for-main-library-redesign&nbsp;…</span></a><br /></span>Norman Rockwell Museum to expand with art, archives from Famous Artists School&nbsp; <a href="http://t.co/hey5xFgt4L">http://t.co/hey5xFgt4L</a>&nbsp; #archives #art<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">7. Lost Government Emails<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Uncertainty and striving for transparency is a sign of our times in the United States. Archives have played a prominent role this year in several stories about government mistrust. Our national Archivist spoke to Congress about missteps of government bodies in relation to archival standards and law. Changes in the way we handle government records are in the works. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal">Small Change To National Archivist's Powers May Keep Government Agencies From Destroying Embarrassing Documents <a href="https://t.co/3ZkKnm4HUj">https://t.co/3ZkKnm4HUj</a><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"><br />6 questions about the IRS’s missing emails, from IT experts <a href="http://t.co/OBrzC51MyA" target="_blank" title="http://wapo.st/1rhnjU2"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://wapo.st/1rhnjU2&nbsp;</span></a>via <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">washingtonpost</span></a><br /><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">National <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Archives</span></a> also wants answers for agencies' lost documents - Washington Times: <a href="http://t.co/rQ4l2IWVL8" target="_blank" title="http://wtim.es/1jLRxNU"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://wtim.es/1jLRxNU&nbsp;</span></a></span><br />GOP Senators probe lost EPA emails <a href="http://t.co/QZgzjvdyg3" target="_blank" title="http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/212596-gop-senators-probe-lost-epa-emails#.U8scgzx6GvY.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/212596-gop-senators-probe-lost-epa-emails#.U8scgzx6GvY.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/government?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">government</span></a><br />Archivist: IRS did not follow law <a href="http://t.co/ZUwqWL42db" target="_blank" title="http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/irs-lost-emails-archivist-108242.html"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/irs-lost-emails-archivist-108242.html&nbsp;…</span></a><br />Did the IRS Break the Law by Failing to Safeguard Those 'Lost' Emails? <a href="http://t.co/kDPVuEJiQi" target="_blank" title="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/16/did-the-irs-break-the-law-by-failing-to-safeguard-those-lost-emails/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=story&amp;utm_campaign=ShareButtons"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/16/did-the-irs-break-the-law-by-failing-to-safeguard-those-lost-emails/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=story&amp;utm_campaign=ShareButtons&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/recordsmanagement?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">recordsmanagement</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><br />IRS, Republicans clash over Lois Lerner emails <a href="http://t.co/2jPPcDtrMX" target="_blank" title="http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/irs-lois-lerner-email-107850.html#.U58nIrB3G2s.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/irs-lois-lerner-email-107850.html#.U58nIrB3G2s.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a>via <a href="https://twitter.com/politico"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">POLITICO</span></a> [not the way to do records management]<br /></span>Scope grows of federal records that are missing <a href="http://t.co/A7ByVadoPs">http://t.co/A7ByVadoPs</a>&nbsp; #archives #NARA (anyone have more info on this?)<br />Scope of missing federal military records grows | News Tribune: <a href="http://t.co/Ob606Xmn3W">http://t.co/Ob606Xmn3W</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>6. The Cold War<br /></b><i>Society is reviewing the documents of the mid-twentieth century as more and more are made public. The Cold War is now officially "history" as historians analyze newly available materials.<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Australian violinist of Bulgarian origin recruited to work as Soviet spy <a href="http://t.co/cabaF8x8Eo" target="_blank" title="http://www.focus-fen.net//news/2014/08/13/345427/australian-violinist-of-bulgarian-origin-recruited-to-work-as-soviet-spy.html"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.focus-fen.net//news/2014/08/13/345427/australian-violinist-of-bulgarian-origin-recruited-to-work-as-soviet-spy.html&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mitrokhin?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Mitrokhin</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/spies?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">spies</span></a><br />Soviets spied on their friends in Czechoslovakia <a href="http://t.co/wpz2DXVR9A" target="_blank" title="http://www.praguepost.com/eu-news/40920-soviets-spied-on-their-friends-in-czechoslovakia"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.praguepost.com/eu-news/40920-soviets-spied-on-their-friends-in-czechoslovakia&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mitrokhin?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Mitrokhin</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><br />LA City Archive: How LA prepped for nuclear war in the 1950s <a href="http://t.co/ElHgV5ym9W" target="_blank" title="http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2014/08/13/38865/a-peek-in-the-la-city-archive-how-the-city-prepped/"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2014/08/13/38865/a-peek-in-the-la-city-archive-how-the-city-prepped/&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ColdWar?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ColdWar</span></a><br /><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">Ukraine: Secret service publishes Stalin files <a href="http://t.co/FHluYLQSsQ" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/1uuvHzp"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://buff.ly/1uuvHzp&nbsp;</span></a></span><br /><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">Booby-trapped Russian Cold War weapons caches are likely still hidden throughout Britain, historian says <a href="http://t.co/jEMksSgPqr" target="_blank" title="http://natpo.st/1pXwf2I"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://natpo.st/1pXwf2I&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br />Soviet Defector's Trove Of KGB Secrets Made Public <a href="http://t.co/2BPwwaA8gy" target="_blank" title="http://www.rferl.org/content/soviet-kgb-cambridge-mitrokhin-files-public/25448117.html"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.rferl.org/content/soviet-kgb-cambridge-mitrokhin-files-public/25448117.html&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><br />BBC News - How Glasgow was prepared for a Cold War nuclear strike <a href="http://t.co/Ya8gqwkyzs" target="_blank" title="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-26868687"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-26868687&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coldwar?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">coldwar</span></a><br /><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">Saving the history of the Cold War, piece by piece <a href="http://t.co/UoNrZ6rQbZ" target="_blank" title="http://mktplc.org/1hYJqYk"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://mktplc.org/1hYJqYk&nbsp;</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/museum?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">museum</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">5. Copyright and Privacy still in a tangle <br /></span></b><i><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Copyright law and privacy expectations must evolve. That is made super clear with this year’s stories. Last year, I said that copyright as a news item was waiting to ripen. I think that happened in 2014. We find ourselves in a bit of a mess when we are wondering things such as “If a Monkey Take a Photo, Who Owns the Copyright?” We need to look with fresh eyes at this thing we created and come up with something new. Countries struggle to reach agreements over what copyright means to the world in a worldwide economy. We struggle with who would and should benefit and lose out from our own rules. We need to more closely examine how we spread and share information, how privacy can exist more comfortably in our times, and who owns our information when our information is everywhere and so easily accessible. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Blame copyright for WWI letters missing from UK museums this weekend </span><a href="http://t.co/qnl2m5CUKj" target="_blank" title="http://ars.to/1twEAdR"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ars.to/1twEAdR</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">&nbsp;</span></span></a><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Copyright in Flux, Pictures on the Go. role of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/copyright?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">copyright</span></a>in 21st century cultural institutions. <a href="http://t.co/Lzjrdd0PAe" target="_blank" title="http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2014/06/copyright-in-flux-pictures-on-go.html"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2014/06/copyright-in-flux-pictures-on-go.html&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/museum?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">museum</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">If A Monkey Takes A Photo, Who Owns The Copyright? <a href="http://t.co/KLbMreuQS8" target="_blank" title="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/08/07/338668652/if-a-monkey-takes-a-photo-who-owns-the-copyright"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/08/07/338668652/if-a-monkey-takes-a-photo-who-owns-the-copyright&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/selfie?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">selfie</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/copyright?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">copyright</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Libraries?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Libraries</span></a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Archives</span></a> Leave International Copyright Discussions After Countries Again Fail to Reach Agreement <a href="http://t.co/Iu8dBUInBm" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/1zOGet7"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://buff.ly/1zOGet7&nbsp;</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Librarians Concerned Digital Content Licences Overriding Exceptions, Limitations <a href="http://t.co/vUoLWkICKZ" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/1ovd0YS"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://buff.ly/1ovd0YS&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/copyright?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">copyright</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Sherlock Holmes lives in public domain, US court rules in case of the heckled brand <a href="http://t.co/gotAwOg7wh" target="_blank" title="http://gu.com/p/3q6j2/tw"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://gu.com/p/3q6j2/tw&nbsp;</span></a>via <a href="https://twitter.com/guardian"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">guardian</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Los Angeles Times: Europe’s highest court strikes a blow not for privacy but for censoring history - <a href="http://t.co/CHtSesXPuA" target="_blank" title="http://limaohio.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?avis=LI&amp;date=20140519&amp;category=news&amp;lopenr=305199996&amp;Ref=AR"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://limaohio.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?avis=LI&amp;date=20140519&amp;category=news&amp;lopenr=305199996&amp;Ref=AR&nbsp;…</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Should Irish college have kept Jackie Kennedy’s letters private? <a href="http://t.co/5rIaoGkBZU" target="_blank" title="http://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/Should-All-Hallows-College-have-kept-Jackie-Kennedys-letters-private.html"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/Should-All-Hallows-College-have-kept-Jackie-Kennedys-letters-private.html&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kennedy?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Kennedy</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Residential school survivors fear testimony could be made public despite guaranteed confidentiality <a href="http://t.co/arcBQFfRiR" target="_blank" title="http://www.cbc.ca/1.2644349"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.cbc.ca/1.2644349&nbsp;</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/native?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">native</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Photographers react to Getty copyright move | Amateur Photographer <a href="http://t.co/4RrgR3jUC7" target="_blank" title="http://po.st/x3dPlV"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://po.st/x3dPlV&nbsp;</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/copyright?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">copyright</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 4.8pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 1720px;"> <tbody><tr style="height: .2in; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 455.8pt;" valign="bottom" width="760"> <div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>4. Time Capsules <br /> </b><i>We found some amazing time capsules this past year, including one left to us by our forefathers in the United States – the oldest known capsule in my country. Admittedly, I have time capsules on the brain as my students build one for the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of our school, but I think this idea of looking back and toward the future is significant for 2015.<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Oldest Time Capsule in US Unearthed at Massachusetts State House - ABC News </span><a href="http://t.co/oige2EeHhc" target="_blank" title="http://abcn.ws/1wt6K9F"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">abcn.ws/1wt6K9F</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">&nbsp;</span></span></a><br /> <span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">New time capsule to be installed in Old State House lion statue </span><a href="http://t.co/xRhDIiyLRB" target="_blank" title="http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/13/new-time-capsule-installed-lion-head-before-statue-returns-state-house-perch/2bOmEI5RNXYPdm6tPpbjvO/story.html?event=event25"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">13/new-time-capsule-installed-lion-head-before-statue-returns-state-house-perch/2bOmEI5RNXYPdm6tPpbjvO/story.html?event=event25&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Drumroll, Please: What's Inside the Old State House Time Capsule: <a href="http://t.co/W8i8upbH8l" target="_blank" title="http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2014/10/15/contents-inside-old-state-house-time-capsule-revealed/#.VD8dlkhU2oE.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2014/10/15/contents-inside-old-state-house-time-capsule-revealed/#.VD8dlkhU2oE.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">113-Year-Old Time Capsule Opened, Keeps Slipping Into The Future <a href="http://t.co/Q56T0hSJtk" target="_blank" title="http://www.inquisitr.com/1531378/113-year-old-time-capsule-keeps-on-slipping-into-the-future/"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.inquisitr.com/1531378/113-year-old-time-capsule-keeps-on-slipping-into-the-future/&nbsp;…</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/timecapsule?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">timecapsule</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">ArtSlant - Forgotten time capsule found in Boston lion sculpture <a href="http://t.co/gdrHelG4CJ" target="_blank" title="http://www.artslant.com/la/articles/show/40898"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.artslant.com/la/articles/show/40898&nbsp;…</span></a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/ArtSlant"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">artslant</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Time Capsule Found in Statue From the Old State House to Be Opened on October 9: </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0084b4;"><a href="http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2014/10/01/old-state-house-lion-head-october-9/#.VDAX_Bcb5Uo.twitter …">http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2014/10/01/old-state-house-lion-head-october-9/#.VDAX_Bcb5Uo.twitter&nbsp;…</a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/timecapsules?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">timecapsules</span></a> in the news!</span><br /> <span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Sand, deteriorated paper found inside 137-year-old time capsule in Truro </span><a href="http://t.co/sit8CKxvLZ" target="_blank" title="http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/sand-deteriorated-paper-found-inside-137-year-old-time-capsule-in-truro-1.2024783"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">atlantic.ctvnews.ca/sand-deteriora</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ted-paper-found-inside-137-year-old-time-capsule-in-truro-1.2024783&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> [many time capsules unearthed recent weeks!]</span><br /> <span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Buried treasure? Flint City Hall time capsule has been sealed since 1958 </span><a href="http://t.co/PhPnoTaScl" target="_blank" title="http://s.mlive.com/EKGZRQH"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">s.mlive.com/EKGZRQH</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">&nbsp;</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/timecapsule?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">timecapsule</span></a><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Time capsule unveiled by MTA in Brooklyn | Brooklyn Daily Eagle <a href="http://t.co/5YdXOWWmRz" target="_blank" title="http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/10/1/time-capsule-unveiled-mta-brooklyn#.VDAXzM1kMR8.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/10/1/time-capsule-unveiled-mta-brooklyn#.VDAXzM1kMR8.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Time capsule treasures on display now at Western High School <a href="http://t.co/9P862Atc4z" target="_blank" title="http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2014/03/time_capsule_treasures_on_disp.html"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2014/03/time_capsule_treasures_on_disp.html&nbsp;…</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/timecapsule?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">timecapsule</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">3. Amazing Finds<br /> </span></b><i><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">2014 was a year of amazing finds. Beyond time capsules, we unearthed some very significant cultural artifacts. We find new things in our archives and archaeological digs every year, but it is not every year that we find a full text written by one of our best-loved authors or old film footage of a legendary event. I wonder if the times are re-awakening a curiosity about the past, if digitization projects have us combing our collections in new ways, or if we are just getting lucky to find these amazing things. Whatever the reason, this past year was a great year for new, old materials in our collections.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Shakespeare Folio Found In Small-Town French Library </span><a href="http://t.co/cXmpVYhYkq" target="_blank" title="http://disq.us/8l5t0n"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">disq.us/8l5t0n</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">&nbsp;</span></span></a><br /> <span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Disney’s first Christmas film found in Arctic archive - The Art Newspaper </span><a href="http://t.co/B5k8BYBMqr" target="_blank" title="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Disneys-first-Christmas-film-found-in-Arctic-archive/36530"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">theartnewspaper.com/articles/Disne</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ys-first-Christmas-film-found-in-Arctic-archive/36530&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MOMA?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">MOMA</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oswald?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Oswald</span></a><br /> <span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">100 Years Later, a New Black </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Film?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Film</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> Emerges </span><a href="http://t.co/uBs7pFbpII" target="_blank" title="http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/09/_100_years_later_a_new_black_film_emerges.html"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">theroot.com/articles/cultu</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">re/2014/09/_100_years_later_a_new_black_film_emerges.html&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Ninety-Year-Old World Series Footage Restored Against All Odds <a href="http://t.co/L2m2pDvJsq" target="_blank" title="http://mashable.com/2014/10/02/ninety-year-old-world-series-footage-restored/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfcHptMmYyNGdrejJsNmhxOSJ9"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://mashable.com/2014/10/02/ninety-year-old-world-series-footage-restored/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfcHptMmYyNGdrejJsNmhxOSJ9&nbsp;…</span></a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/mashable"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">mashable</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/baseball?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">baseball</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sports?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">sports</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/film?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">film</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Charles Darwin's barnacles found in Danish museum <a href="http://t.co/AMY4QmdNpx" target="_blank" title="http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/charles-darwin-s-barnacles-found-in-danish-museum-114082400361_1.html#.U_n0eVEDr9o.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/charles-darwin-s-barnacles-found-in-danish-museum-114082400361_1.html#.U_n0eVEDr9o.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/museum?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">museum</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hiddencollections?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">hiddencollections</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">450 year-old music fragment gets belated encore <a href="http://t.co/jXHN2dq5Uz" target="_blank" title="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/450-year-old-music-fragment-gets-belated-encore-1-3511640#.U-_T7PxfEYY.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/450-year-old-music-fragment-gets-belated-encore-1-3511640#.U-_T7PxfEYY.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/music?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">music</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Reformation?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Reformation</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">New Documents about Miguel de Cervantes Discovered in Spain </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0084b4;"><a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/883787-new-documents-about-miguel-de-cervantes-discovered-in-spain/%C2%A0%E2%80%A6">http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/883787-new-documents-about-miguel-de-cervantes-discovered-in-spain/&nbsp;…</a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">The amazing story of a 4,000-year-old necklace found in a dumpster <a href="http://t.co/e5K3CBjKG5" target="_blank" title="http://ow.ly/yLo9v"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://ow.ly/yLo9v&nbsp;</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hiddencollectionsrock?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">hiddencollectionsrock</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Treasure trove of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/art?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">art</span></a> found after 100 years in John Rylands Library basement <a href="http://t.co/jy0X2aKUyJ" target="_blank" title="http://bit.ly/1jYY5YG"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://bit.ly/1jYY5YG&nbsp;</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Durer?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Durer</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Origins Of Mysterious World Trade Center Ship Determined <a href="http://t.co/3yDsWBTMTc" target="_blank" title="http://po.st/R82VNO"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://po.st/R82VNO&nbsp;</span></a> [now, presumably, they move 2 PA <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a> 4 some research!]</span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Cautious Anticipation Over Potential Santa Maria Discovery <a href="http://t.co/pltG3qM6Xf" target="_blank" title="http://www.newswise.com/articles/cautious-anticipation-over-potential-santa-maria-discovery#.U3qbHRbccSc.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.newswise.com/articles/cautious-anticipation-over-potential-santa-maria-discovery#.U3qbHRbccSc.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/historicalrecord?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">historicalrecord</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Cod bones reveal 13th century origin of London international fish trade <a href="http://t.co/f2S6eLibMT" target="_blank" title="http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2014/cod-bones-reveal-13th-century-origin-of-london-international-fish-trade"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/05/2014/cod-bones-reveal-13th-century-origin-of-london-international-fish-trade&nbsp;…</span></a> [<3 articles="" cross="" disciplines="" span="" that=""><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Newly-unveiled footage from 1937 shows FDR walking <a href="http://t.co/4BmzhH8As4" target="_blank" title="http://www.examiner.com/article/newly-unveiled-footage-from-1937-shows-fdr-walking"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.examiner.com/article/newly-unveiled-footage-from-1937-shows-fdr-walking&nbsp;…</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FDR?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4;">FDR</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/history?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4;">history</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">American Revolution manuscripts found in LSU collections <a href="http://t.co/97o1x4cjzA" target="_blank" title="http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/features/9037979-171/american-resolution-manuscripts-found-in"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/features/9037979-171/american-resolution-manuscripts-found-in&nbsp;…</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Amazing Footage Surfaces of Infamous 1919 'Black Sox' World Series <a href="http://t.co/s0ytdhnBDo" target="_blank" title="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2049517-amazing-footage-surfaces-of-infamous-1919-black-sox-world-series"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2049517-amazing-footage-surfaces-of-infamous-1919-black-sox-world-series&nbsp;…</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/baseball?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">baseball</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sports?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">sports</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Lost British silent masterpiece rediscovered in Holland - <a href="http://t.co/5iPOwpToVN" target="_blank" title="http://Film-News.co.uk"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://Film-News.co.uk&nbsp;</span></a>: <a href="http://t.co/SecIvWav2W" target="_blank" title="http://www.film-news.co.uk/show-news.asp?H=Lost-British-silent-masterpiece-rediscovered-in-Holland&amp;nItemID=24602#.U0HwkdbSKt0.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.film-news.co.uk/show-news.asp?H=Lost-British-silent-masterpiece-rediscovered-in-Holland&amp;nItemID=24602#.U0HwkdbSKt0.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/film?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">film</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/diary?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">diary</span></a> of another young girl: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Holocaust?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Holocaust</span></a> journal comes to light in San Francisco <a href="http://t.co/VerF4ef9qf" target="_blank" title="http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/71083/the-diary-of-another-young-girl-holocaust-journal-comes-to-light-in-san-fra/"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/71083/the-diary-of-another-young-girl-holocaust-journal-comes-to-light-in-san-fra/&nbsp;…</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archivist?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archivist</span></a></span><br /> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Lawrence of Arabia’s saddle bag possibly ‘found’ in Bank of England vault <a href="http://t.co/squ3pGHbBA" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/1ioyk1g"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://buff.ly/1ioyk1g&nbsp;</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/museum?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">museum</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></3></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 8.0in;" valign="bottom" width="960"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">2. Digitization<br /></span></b><i><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">We have done outstanding work to get our collections online and noticed in the past few years. 2014 felt like the year when we had a much clearer vision of how this will all work. New collections and cultural heritage resources sprang up all over the Internet last year. Tools are easier to use. Directions are clear. Society, beyond the serious researcher, is starting to seek the tools that cultural heritage professionals make for online use. We’ve developed visible partnerships with major online players to make our collections and our work more visible. We are becoming clever at making our collections interactive. I see movement toward our “good information” challenging the “bad information” for the public’s attention in a digital world. Our best ideas are coming together online. We are putting our materials side by side in ways that we can’t in a physical setting, allowing society to better evaluate the usefulness of cultural heritage institutions, information in general, and their own place in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Five More Digital </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Archives?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Archives</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> and Historical Exhibits We Loved in 2014 </span><a href="http://t.co/Tr9d6SRQHO" target="_blank" title="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2014/12/30/historical_documents_online_five_digital_archives_we_loved_in_2014.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">slate.com/blogs/the_vaul</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">t/2014/12/30/historical_documents_online_five_digital_archives_we_loved_in_2014.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> via </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Slate"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">slate</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/history?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">history</span></a><br /><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Museum digitizing records of WWI Harlem Hellfighters </span><a href="http://t.co/AJGsyyBLt1" target="_blank" title="http://www.oneidadispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?avis=OD&amp;date=20141129&amp;category=NEWS&amp;lopenr=141129708&amp;Ref=AR&amp;profile=4004126"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; 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color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">pops.ci/c4RGwa</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">&nbsp;</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> via </span><a href="https://twitter.com/PopSci"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">PopSci</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Google?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Google</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33;"> aids in bringing UAE history online </span><a href="http://t.co/ik5o4iv7dY" target="_blank" title="http://gulftoday.ae/portal/75a3bb2b-6b8a-4993-8f89-2d987c005059.aspx"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">gulftoday.ae/portal/75a3bb2</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">b-6b8a-4993-8f89-2d987c005059.aspx&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><br /><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">The Internet Archive launches its arcade: Classic games in a browser: </span><a href="http://t.co/BGwPlTv4yY" target="_blank" title="http://gamasutra.com/view/news/229313/The_Internet_Archive_launches_its_arcade_Classic_games_in_a_browser.php#.VGkVGUA70Ec.twitter"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">gamasutra.com/view/news/2293</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">13/The_Internet_Archive_launches_its_arcade_Classic_games_in_a_browser.php#.VGkVGUA70Ec.twitter&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Thousands of Historic Archives from British Asylums to Go Online <a href="http://t.co/dIX5jsZ4Al" target="_blank" title="http://shar.es/10XHhp"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://shar.es/10XHhp&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mentalhealth?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">mentalhealth</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wellcomelibrary?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Wellcomelibrary</span></a></span><span lang="EN"> </span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Vatican manuscripts available online <a href="http://t.co/LpreFwlkxg" target="_blank" title="http://www.techtimes.com/articles/18491/20141023/vatican-library-manuscripts-are-now-available-online.htm"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.techtimes.com/articles/18491/20141023/vatican-library-manuscripts-are-now-available-online.htm&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Split Up by Holocaust, Top Collection of Yiddish Works Will Reunite Digitally </span><a href="http://t.co/upMLaMjEuA" target="_blank" title="http://nyti.ms/1rRcby9"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">nyti.ms/1rRcby9</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">&nbsp;</span></span></a><br /><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Getty Posts Knoedler Archives Online - ArtfixDaily News Feed </span><a href="http://t.co/K0m1HkAccl" target="_blank" title="http://www.artfixdaily.com/news_feed/2014/09/24/2409-getty-posts-knoedler-archives-online"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">artfixdaily.com/news_feed/2014</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">/09/24/2409-getty-posts-knoedler-archives-online&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> via </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ARTFIXdaily"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ARTFIXdaily</span></a><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">DHS, FBI stepping up digitization of records </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><a href="http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20140827/BLG04/308270010%C2%A0%E2%80%A6">http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20140827/BLG04/308270010&nbsp;…</a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> via <a href="https://twitter.com/FederalTimes"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">FederalTimes</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/government?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">government</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">BBC News - Millions of historic images posted to Flickr <a href="http://t.co/e27wa3bdUY" target="_blank" title="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28976849"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28976849&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/photo?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">photo</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/copyrightfree?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">copyrightfree</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Experts Launch Project to Digitize Neglected Bosnian Heritage </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0084b4;"><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-experts-launch-project-to-digitize-neglected-bosnian-heritage/2422715.html%C2%A0%E2%80%A6">http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-experts-launch-project-to-digitize-neglected-bosnian-heritage/2422715.html&nbsp;…</a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/preservation?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">preservation</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanrights?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">humanrights</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bosnia?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Bosnia</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">How To Scan 50 Miles of Historical Documents Into an Online Archive <a href="http://t.co/VJeVc82d1A" target="_blank" title="http://gizmodo.com/how-to-scan-50-miles-of-historical-documents-into-an-on-1609143001/+kushkush"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://gizmodo.com/how-to-scan-50-miles-of-historical-documents-into-an-on-1609143001/+kushkush&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Venice?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Venice</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Canadiana: Putting Canadian history online <a href="http://t.co/5pLt1jZZwL" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/1k0Fx5Q"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://buff.ly/1k0Fx5Q&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/digitization?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">digitization</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Nebraska homestead files have been digitized <a href="http://t.co/Jb36rKLEcK" target="_blank" title="http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/c25c28f37b2e4e27810d006a6a81514f/NE--Homesteading-Files-Nebraska"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/c25c28f37b2e4e27810d006a6a81514f/NE--Homesteading-Files-Nebraska&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/digitization?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">digitization</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">1,000-year-old Exeter manuscript to go digital | Exeter Express and Echo <a href="http://t.co/ITcHCcTzD8" target="_blank" title="http://po.st/71WkHS"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://po.st/71WkHS&nbsp;</span></a>[what a super-cool document!] <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">U.S. National Archives to Upload its Collection to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wikipedia?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Wikipedia</span></a>- Techlicious <a href="http://t.co/oSE64UYRsE" target="_blank" title="http://www.techlicious.com/blog/us-national-archive-wikipedia-upload/#.U7N4gicvSjc.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.techlicious.com/blog/us-national-archive-wikipedia-upload/#.U7N4gicvSjc.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NARA?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">NARA</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">The Library of Congress Uploads Earliest Film Footage to YouTube, And It's Amazing <a href="http://t.co/Ojvwpb8xEa" target="_blank" title="http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2014/06/27/the-library-of-congress-uploaded-earliest-film-footage-to-youtube-and-its-amazing"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.boiseweekly.com/Cobweb/archives/2014/06/27/the-library-of-congress-uploaded-earliest-film-footage-to-youtube-and-its-amazing&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/film?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">film</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LOC?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">LOC</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">USC Digital Repository shapes the future of archiving <a href="http://t.co/cAf77hcgNk" target="_blank" title="http://news.usc.edu/63015/usc-digital-repository-shapes-the-future-of-archiving/"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://news.usc.edu/63015/usc-digital-repository-shapes-the-future-of-archiving/&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/digitization?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">digitization</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">More than 400,000 pieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art are available for download online <a href="http://t.co/O9Ag0AhX1T" target="_blank" title="http://wapo.st/1m5204D"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://wapo.st/1m5204D&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OASC?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">OASC</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/art?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">art</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/digital?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">digital</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Texas history projects working to archive, digitize old home movies <a href="http://t.co/4lqGbwZE3H" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/1mKdjmq"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://buff.ly/1mKdjmq&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Astounding <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/photos?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">photos</span></a> from the Museum of Natural History’s newly digitized archives <a href="http://t.co/R0YPmWykcZ" target="_blank" title="http://wapo.st/1kxvaZt"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://wapo.st/1kxvaZt&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/digitization?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">digitization</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Museum of Natural History digitizes massive photo archive, makes it available to public: <a href="http://t.co/aC89FQoRnJ" target="_blank" title="http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2014/04/30/museum-of-natural-history-digitizes-photo-archives-makes-it-available-to-pu"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2014/04/30/museum-of-natural-history-digitizes-photo-archives-makes-it-available-to-pu&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/museum?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">museum</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/science?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">science</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">National Library expands online archive with 10,000 images <a href="http://t.co/MWMVtrgagd" target="_blank" title="http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/national-library-expands-online-archive-with-10-000-images-1.1772721#.U17jK2KVoiU.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/national-library-expands-online-archive-with-10-000-images-1.1772721#.U17jK2KVoiU.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a>via <a href="https://twitter.com/IrishTimes"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">IrishTimes</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">New Hampshire to digitize historic records, photos | Concord Monitor <a href="http://t.co/sOpllOUYCq" target="_blank" title="http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/11461145-95/new-hampshire-to-digitize-historic-records-photos#.U0rFd4mU6RU.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/11461145-95/new-hampshire-to-digitize-historic-records-photos#.U0rFd4mU6RU.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NH?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">NH</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Labour of love to share Bard’s book with world - Yorkshire Evening Post: <a href="http://t.co/74XjqvRXKH" target="_blank" title="http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/labour-of-love-to-share-bard-s-book-with-world-1-6574002#.U1qeZL7TT_s.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/labour-of-love-to-share-bard-s-book-with-world-1-6574002#.U1qeZL7TT_s.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Partnership digitises old medical books - Research Information <a href="http://t.co/ajKbhKsHbO" target="_blank" title="http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1554"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1554&nbsp;…</span></a>via <a href="https://twitter.com/researchinfo"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">researchinfo</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Digital Repository of Ireland brings history to life online <a href="http://t.co/l7pJBQtVyY" target="_blank" title="http://bit.ly/OkkYaG"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://bit.ly/OkkYaG&nbsp;</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ireland?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archivist?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archivist</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">NEDCC helps the New Hampshire Historical Society digitize Civil War daguerreotypes. Nice collection!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/preservation?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">preservation</span></a><a href="http://t.co/tFmnkcG6TR" target="_blank" title="http://bit.ly/1hMLnJX"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://bit.ly/1hMLnJX&nbsp;</span></a><br /></span>Boy Scouts digitized by BYU Library <a href="http://t.co/8lGw3ATTBk">http://t.co/8lGw3ATTBk</a> &nbsp;#archives<br />Alan Lomax Archives available online <a href="http://t.co/4UAbBA2RsH">http://t.co/4UAbBA2RsH</a>&nbsp; #archives #digital<br />Canada's Online #Archives Expand with Digitization Project, NFB Content Deal <a href="http://t.co/3yew3AqJwo">http://t.co/3yew3AqJwo</a><br />Canadian Nature Museum digitizing 3 million specimens: #Museum part of&nbsp; international movement 2 put #archives online <a href="http://t.co/IkSRpXcDkY">http://t.co/IkSRpXcDkY</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>1. World War I Anniversary - </b><br /><i>Much as the U.S. Civil War sesquicentennial made our list in 2010, World War I commemoration has our attention this year. Unlike the Civil War, the start of “the war to end all wars” impacted us globally and is reflected in collections in every country of the world. World War I takes the top spot because it has shown up everywhere: &nbsp;in digitization projects, new finds, time capsules and more. As society struggles with a new identity in a new age, our historic milestones allow us great opportunities for reflection on who we are, how much we’ve changed and how we remain the same. <o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">First World War sketches a mystery </span><a href="http://t.co/ywQdg3raCO" target="_blank" title="http://www.saanichnews.com/news/278305001.html"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt;">http://www.</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt;">saanichnews.com/news/278305001</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt;">.html&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt;">…</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/diary?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">diary</span></a><br /><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">War distilled in soldier's letters </span><a href="http://t.co/BVfvZ3eUnz" target="_blank" title="http://shar.es/1aNQ9E"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">shar.es/1aNQ9E</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">&nbsp;</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NZ?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">NZ</span></a><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">UV is looking to ID soldier behind WWI sketchbooks <a href="http://t.co/YORmnKUL56" target="_blank" title="http://metronews.ca/news/victoria/1170356/uvic-searching-for-identity-of-mystery-soldier-behind-great-war-sketchbooks/"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://metronews.ca/news/victoria/1170356/uvic-searching-for-identity-of-mystery-soldier-behind-great-war-sketchbooks/&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orphansketchbook?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">orphansketchbook</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Draycott diaries are brought to life <a href="http://t.co/rZLuHc2az6" target="_blank" title="http://shar.es/1aMkA9"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://shar.es/1aMkA9&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/anniversary?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">anniversary</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Mystery of Gore Park time capsule is revealed <a href="http://t.co/fjtdL050gl" target="_blank" title="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/mystery-of-gore-park-time-capsule-is-revealed-1.2763511"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/mystery-of-gore-park-time-capsule-is-revealed-1.2763511&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canada?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Canada</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/timecapsule?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">timecapsule</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Red Cross </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #66b5d2;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/melissa/Documents/Archives/twitter%202014.txt#WWI">#WWI</a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"> prisoner files offer online trove <a href="http://t.co/ESKD0uxFY8" target="_blank" title="http://shar.es/11E1iy"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://shar.es/11E1iy&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;">First World War dead commemorated in new online archive blog </span><a href="http://t.co/trbKy5D8JQ" target="_blank" title="http://www.heritagedaily.com/2014/09/first-world-war-dead-commemorated-new-online-archive-blog/105096"><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">heritagedaily.com/2014/09/first-</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">world-war-dead-commemorated-new-online-archive-blog/105096&nbsp;</span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">…</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #292f33; letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="background: white; color: #66b5d2; letter-spacing: .15pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="background: white; color: #0084b4; letter-spacing: .1pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Portree archive centre to research impact of World War I </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #0084b4;"><a href="http://www.whfp.com/2014/08/29/portree-archive-centre-to-research-impact-of-world-war-i/#.VAN2Un5tyjc.twitter …">http://www.whfp.com/2014/08/29/portree-archive-centre-to-research-impact-of-world-war-i/#.VAN2Un5tyjc.twitter&nbsp;…</a></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/localhistory?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">localhistory</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">First World War researcher tracks Sudbury soldiers' records <a href="http://t.co/gSpQQTVgXL" target="_blank" title="http://www.cbc.ca/1.2737488"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.cbc.ca/1.2737488&nbsp;</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canada?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Canada</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Archives NZ opens the files on World War 1 <a href="http://t.co/6jGUoQKEak" target="_blank" title="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1408/S00015/archives-nz-opens-the-files-on-world-war-1.htm"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1408/S00015/archives-nz-opens-the-files-on-world-war-1.htm&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">BBC News - World War One autograph book donated to Cambridge hospital <a href="http://t.co/wmuTartcOJ" target="_blank" title="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-28419718"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-28419718&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">World War One: Historical records reveal terrible toll of the war to end all wars... | Nottingham Post <a href="http://t.co/NfNPMfTQVe" target="_blank" title="http://po.st/3qktng"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://po.st/3qktng&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">To honour the memory of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WW1?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WW1</span></a>, we're highlighting some unique photographs: <a href="http://t.co/OngKyWDiTX" target="_blank" title="http://www.pinterest.com/europeana/the-army-lives-of-ww1/"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.pinterest.com/europeana/the-army-lives-of-ww1/&nbsp;…</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Kaiser Wilhem's early drawings shed new light on childhood | via <a href="https://twitter.com/Telegraph"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Telegraph</span></a><a href="http://t.co/dkNzInHtAM" target="_blank" title="http://fw.to/aVEFqfm"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://fw.to/aVEFqfm&nbsp;</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">War memorial records digitised for centenary - Londonderry Sentinel: <a href="http://t.co/cwTUZTFBHv" target="_blank" title="http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/local-news/war-memorial-records-digitised-for-centenary-1-6121261#.U58niYwC6As.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/local-news/war-memorial-records-digitised-for-centenary-1-6121261#.U58niYwC6As.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; 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Commemorating War. new ArchivesInfo blog post <a href="http://t.co/XOZefECcc8" target="_blank" title="http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2014/05/celebrating-anniversaries-commemorating.html"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2014/05/celebrating-anniversaries-commemorating.html&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/anniversaries?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">anniversaries</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/history?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">history</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Royals to mark war centenary events <a href="http://t.co/nFDsf6lIqM" target="_blank" title="http://www.motherwelltimes.co.uk/news/royals-to-mark-war-centenary-events-1-3401504#.U3i6z8vr9VY.twitter"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.motherwelltimes.co.uk/news/royals-to-mark-war-centenary-events-1-3401504#.U3i6z8vr9VY.twitter&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/anniversary?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">anniversary</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">National Archives to digitize World War I diaries to reveal life in the trenches. <a href="http://t.co/R1OcU5nzpY" target="_blank" title="http://foxs.pt/1iEn7Yd"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://foxs.pt/1iEn7Yd&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/history?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">history</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWICentenary?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWICentenary</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWIcentenary?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWIcentenary</span></a>for interesting information about upcoming events to commemorate the war and its historical resources. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">BBC News - War poets' comrade rare <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/photos?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">photos</span></a> found <a href="http://t.co/xi9Nj2oBqb" target="_blank" title="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-27443963"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-27443963&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWIcentenary?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWIcentenary</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Postcards from the frontline <a href="http://t.co/k0T9zUKpBs" target="_blank" title="http://www.expressandstar.com/picture-galleries/news-pictures/2014/05/18/postcards-from-the-frontline/"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.expressandstar.com/picture-galleries/news-pictures/2014/05/18/postcards-from-the-frontline/&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/correspondence?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">correspondence</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ephemera?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ephemera</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Artwork from the Front Line - Artist inspired by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/diary?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">diary</span></a> <a href="http://t.co/XWeJ7m2BX5" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/1fX182A"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://buff.ly/1fX182A&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/IArtLibraries"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">IArtLibraries</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">Manitoba: Letters from the war front <a href="http://t.co/puGjwe85rp" target="_blank" title="http://shar.es/TV8Uh"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://shar.es/TV8Uh&nbsp;</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wwI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">wwI</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">National Archives U.K. marks the centenary of World War I <a href="http://t.co/4roK0D7zr1" target="_blank" title="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/first-world-war/"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/first-world-war/&nbsp;…</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">A publisher before wartime. Oxford Un. Press and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a> Centenary <a href="http://t.co/C8g5Xzf4mO" target="_blank" title="http://shar.es/Tg05J"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://shar.es/Tg05J&nbsp;</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33;">WWI capsule offers a mystery - do you know what's in it? <a href="http://t.co/BrLeLSrJ9n" target="_blank" title="http://buff.ly/NjTKjV"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://buff.ly/NjTKjV&nbsp;</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/timecapsule?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">timecapsule</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/history?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">history</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WWI</span></a></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Nearly 4,000 first world war diaries made available online <a href="http://t.co/leT9Ns55ZQ" target="_blank" title="http://gu.com/p/3nfb9/tw"><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://gu.com/p/3nfb9/tw&nbsp;</span></a>via <a href="https://twitter.com/guardian"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">@</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">guardian</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archives?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">archives</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/worldwarI?src=hash"><span style="color: #66b5d2; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">worldwarI</span></a></span><br />World War I Family Stories Uncovered <a href="http://t.co/eSsqNKj9a0">http://t.co/eSsqNKj9a0</a>&nbsp; #archives #genealogy<br />Records of&nbsp; 49,000 Irish WWI dead in new digital archive <a href="http://t.co/stztZ2kdVD">http://t.co/stztZ2kdVD</a> &nbsp;via @IrishTimes #Ireland #genealogy<o:p></o:p></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 4.8pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 1508px;"> <tbody><tr style="height: .2in; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td nowrap="" style="height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 281.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="468"></td> <td nowrap="" style="height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 624.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="1040"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br />http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2015/01/top-ten-cultural-heritage-stories-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589678736004297790.post-7288777103860646892Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:39:00 +00002014-12-30T11:40:36.715-05:00memoirRobert Frostteachingvalue of archivesWithout a MapThe PathI am on a memoir reading kick right now. This happens every so often; this need to get into another person's head. It allows me to see my own journey through life linked to the journeys of my fellow human beings. We all walk this path of life together, straying from the group at different turns, but ultimately winding up in the same place.<br /><br />I have strayed again.<br /><br />I recently went out for a run with my daughter. The air was crisp and springlike despite the December calendar date. Frost glistened on the grass that should be covered with snow this time of year. The sky was a deep blue and the white birches that can be seen all over my neighborhood stood out against the setting. "They remind me of Robert Frost's farm in Derry," I told my girl. "I used to take you there when you were a baby." They remind of of my favorite frost poem, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both..."<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WIEmQxOHQoY/VKLU2gQJcgI/AAAAAAAADxs/3dZDl89PPLU/s1600/2014-12-21%2B15.36.58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WIEmQxOHQoY/VKLU2gQJcgI/AAAAAAAADxs/3dZDl89PPLU/s1600/2014-12-21%2B15.36.58.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finding her own path</td></tr></tbody></table>I have chosen my path and have decided to follow it to the end. I don't know what that end might be for me, but I have strayed far enough from the last path to know that I am committed.<br /><br />In the aptly named memoir that I just completed, "<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/325484.Without_a_Map">Without a Map,</a>" Meredith Hall discuss how life takes us to unexpected places. Along the way we find joy and pain. We are wrapped into the lives of others - a fine weaving of stories with many different ways to be told. This has always been my fascination with archives and with history. How can one person take in all those stories, to better understand herself, to define herself to others, to make all those stories part of her own.<br /><br />I have been asked why I am interested. Why are all those stories -- your stories -- important to me? It connects me and grounds me and provides me with a meaning I crave. I internalize the stories and then have a further longing to share them - To find folks like you who understand the importance of this connection and to find happiness in it.<br /><br />I am an archivist and a librarian, but outwardly the librarian part is singing more loudly right now. This is the path I am taking. We never fully leave any of the paths we've chosen behind. Meredith Hall has expressed that so well. I know this. It was nice to read about it from the perspective of another. Yet, despite volunteering at my local historical society and starting a school archives, I know that many friends and colleagues see the label "librarian" on my forehead with that other label "archivist" perhaps tucked neatly in a front pocket.<br /><br />I like to think that these high school students of mine find something useful in my archivist's perspective. The idea that we are connected on a journey by stories is something that I carry with me always.<br /><br />I have taken a large step. I have transformed fully in the last two-and-a-half years from Melissa to Ms. Mannon. Working with teens makes a middle aged women feel older and maybe a little wiser. I have saved many stories in the archives I have tended over the years. I have more than enough to share in almost any situation I find myself. I am surprised to find that I understand each of their stories, feel compassion for each of their places in the world. I want to help others find the tools within and outside of themselves to make their own mark, for now I am also a teacher. This is my path. This is what I follow.<br /><br />This is what ArchivesInfo has become. &nbsp; &nbsp; http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-path.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (melissa mannon)0
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