engaging undergraduates, advancing archives: innovative approaches for a 'forgotten' user...
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Katz, Robin M. “Engaging Undergraduates, Advancing Archives: Innovative Approaches for a ‘Forgotten’ User Group.” Society of American Archivists (SAA) Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. August 6 – 11, 2012. Panelist.TRANSCRIPT
Robin M. Katz@robinmkatz #safabhs
SAA Annual Mee:ng 2012
Students & Faculty in the Archives
Students & Faculty in the Archives
primary sources
first-‐year undergrads
grant-‐funded
grant-‐fundedJan 2011 -‐ Dec 2013
grant-‐fundedUS Dept of Ed -‐ FIPSE
3 schools
3 schoolsLIU Brooklyn, City Tech, St. Francis
18 faculty
wide range of disciplines
class visits to archives
Our Teaching Philosophy
Our Teaching PhilosophyLearning Objec:ves
Our Teaching PhilosophyWhat we do NOT do
Our Teaching PhilosophyLess is more!
Our Teaching PhilosophyDocument Analysis
Our Teaching PhilosophyDifferent Kind of Research
How Do We Do It?
How Do We Do It?Before the Semester
How Do We Do It?-‐ 3 weeks: Online Call Slips
How Do We Do It?-‐ 3 weeks: Agenda
How Do We Do It?Pulling Procedures
How Do We Do It?-‐ 1 week: Cita:on List
How Do We Do It?Before Visit
Class Visits
Class VisitsIntroduc:on
Class VisitsContext
Class VisitsSmall Group Work
Class VisitsSpecific Handouts
Class VisitsSome Findings
Class VisitsWrap Ups
Class VisitsComing Back
Small Changes
Small Changescan make a BIG impact
• 15 courses• 41 visits• 287 unique students• 696 students thru the door• 409 items requested• 62 students returned
Fall 2011
• 14 courses• 19 visits• 201 unique students• 338 students thru the door• 207 items requested• 53 students returned
Spring 2011
Community
CommunitySummer Ins:tute
CommunityNa:onal Partners
Goals
Goals Establish a collabora:ve network
GoalsProvide faculty development
GoalsEngage students
GoalsImprove student learning and performance
GoalsImprove student reten:on
Assessment
AssessmentPre and post document analysis
PRE POST
Students noting a single feature or giving
a vague response72% 49%
Students noting multiple physical
features28% 51%
Q: Why might this document be worth preserving in an archive?
Sample PRE responses Sample POST responses
This is a photo from the past.To show how society valued
entertainment.
Because it showed what was going on at that moment.
[It] shows how technology was progressing in the US.
It gives insight... to what life was like during the 1960s.
It shows how people were sending postal cards through the
telegrams and how it was different... than... today.
Q: Why might this document be worth preserving in an archive?
AssessmentCompare SAFA + non-‐SAFA students
SAFA NON-SAFA
ENG 16CFreshman Seminar 3 sections (N=59)
ENG 16CFreshman Seminar2 sections (N=43)
Completion Rate 96.9% 76.7%
Passing Rate 91.9% 48%
Grade of B or Better 60.7% 30.3%
Just one class at LIU Brooklyn
AssessmentStudent Blogs and Interviews
Evalua:on Reporthjp://safa.brooklynhistory.org/docs/Eval-‐Report-‐2012.pdf
Fellowship
Fellowship SymposiumWed, Aug 22, 2012 -‐ 6:00 pm -‐ Brooklyn, NY
Looking Ahead
Looking AheadExpansion? Sustainability?
Looking AheadDissemina:on
Looking Aheadsafa.brooklynhistory.org
