working together on students and faculty in the archives and teacharchives.org
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Working Together on Students and Faculty in the Archives
and TeachArchives.org
Robin M. Katz 20 Aug 2015 | SAA Annual Meeting | Cleveland, OH
Seven Levels of Collaboration
Robin M. Katz 20 Aug 2015 | SAA Annual Meeting | Cleveland, OH
Introduction
I connect people to primary sources in meaningful ways
@robinmkatz
Introduction
formerly of
Brooklyn Historical Society
Students and Faculty in the Archives
Students and Faculty in the Archives
Co-Director
Collaboration #1: archivist + historian
Students and Faculty in the Archives
award-winning grant project at Brooklyn Historical Society
Students and Faculty in the Archives
$750,000 FIPSE US Dept. of Education
Students and Faculty in the Archives
3 years (2011 – 2013) 4 teaching semesters (F11 – S13)
Students and Faculty in the Archives
3 schools
Collaboration #2: museum + campuses
Students and Faculty in the Archives
3 schools
St. Francis, City Tech, LIU Brooklyn
Students and Faculty in the Archives
3 schools
no archives on campus
Students and Faculty in the Archives
3 schools
student population
Students and Faculty in the Archives
18 faculty
Collaboration #3: staff + faculty
Students and Faculty in the Archives
18 faculty
all ranks
Students and Faculty in the Archives
18 faculty
disciplines
Students and Faculty in the Archives
18 faculty
types of courses
Students and Faculty in the Archives
professional development
Students and Faculty in the Archives
national partners
(Collaboration #4)
Students and Faculty in the Archives
intellectual / professional community
Isn’t that the goal of collaboration?
Students and Faculty in the Archives
1,100 students 65 courses
100+ visits to BHS
Students and Faculty in the Archives
centered around visits to the archives
Collaboration #5: “us” + students
Students and Faculty in the Archives
also: summer research fellowships
deeper collaboration directly with students
Students and Faculty in the Archives
also: summer research fellowships
deeper collaboration directly with students
Findings
Findings
independent evaluators
Collaboration #6
Findings
quantitative + qualitative
Findings
Pre- and Post- Skills
observation and summarization
Findings
Targeted Analysis: Retention
higher at all 3 campuses
Findings
Targeted Analysis: Performance
clear positive relationship
Findings
8 Best Practices
more professor buy-in à better student outcomes
Findings
8 Best Practices
all faculty increased use of best practices
Takeaway!
Takeaway!
Move FROM just…
“I just want to get them in there”
“Let them know we’re a resource”
“My goal is student engagement”
Takeaway!
and TOWARDS
clear, measurable objectives
show impact
Takeaway!
Then, share your findings.
TeachArchives.org
TeachArchives.org
for a global audience of librarians, archivists, museum educators, faculty, and teachers
TeachArchives.org
applicable to students in middle à graduate school
TeachArchives.org
section 1
The Project
TeachArchives.org
section 2
Exercises
TeachArchives.org
Introduction Objectives
Context Visit Agenda End Products
TeachArchives.org
section 3
Articles
TeachArchives.org
“How to Create Meaningful Faculty-Staff Collaboration”
TeachArchives.org
“How to Make Logistical Decisions”
TeachArchives.org
“Why Less is More in the Archives”
by Athena Devlin
TeachArchives.org
“The Single Visit Model: Fitting the Archives into a Survey Course”
by Peter Catapano
TeachArchives.org
“The Single Visit Model: Fitting the Archives into a Survey Course”
by Peter Catapano
TeachArchives.org
“Our Teaching Philosophy”
TeachArchives.org
“Our Findings”
TeachArchives.org
Collaboration #7:
YOU!
