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Mainstreaming Archives: Changing Perceptions and Embedding Usage in Research and Teaching
Barry HoulihanArchivist, James Hardiman Library, NUI Galway
Changing Perceptions of What Archives Are:
Changing Perceptions of what Archival Research Can Offer . . .
Primary Research Skills
Critical & Independent Analysis
Sills
Transferable Graduate Attributes
Interdisciplinary / Digitally Engaged
Cycle of Engagement
Teaching and
Research
Archives(Digital/Material)
Reading-Room based
ExperientialLearning
Increasing Ongoing
Usage/Publication
Learning Through Outreach and Engagement:- New Plans and Methods
• Conferences• Exhibitions• Modules• Research• Publication• Partnerships
• Actively Creating and Managing Engagement
Teaching the Archive:New UG History Module
Assessment and Learning
Assignment 1Collection Assessment and Reflection 1,500 words - 40%
Assignment 2Essay – 8 Set TopicsBased on lecture topics and collection strengths2,500 words – 60%
Teaching the (Digital) Archive
• Meeting changing user expectations – exploring the point where ‘Hardiman Library’ meets ‘Digital Library’
• Archive literacy, digital literacy and pedagogical development
• Balance the focus between the material format and the digital content of the archive
• New opportunities to increase usage and integrate wider digital and non-digital collections into research
School Institute Name to go here
Managing the Digital Archive - What is Changing?
Archiv(es)/ists
Types of RecordsPlace of AccessMethods of PreservationMeans of ConservationEthics in AccessInterdisciplinary Research Collaborative Data Sharing
Users
ExpectationsInstant AccessSecureTotality of material (?)Commercially exploitableDigitally malleableMethods of Dissemination
James Hardiman Library
Archives Supporting Research
James Hardiman Library
Learning Through Encountering- Digital and Material Together
• Integration of mixed media sources
• Aware of varying levels of experience of each user group
• Material and digital together can enhance learning
• Developing the digital learner as well as the digital material
Archivist as Teacher:How to use, approach & understand archives
Archives Reading Room as continuation of the learning/research cycle:Lecture Room - > Assignments -> Reading Room/Archivist
1st question is always “What do you have ….”
Active role in teaching users HOW to research
James Hardiman Library
Being Visible in Research- Aiding Citations/User Friendly Usage
Exhibition: Yeats and The West June - Dec 2015
Digital and Material Exhibition
• Exhibition• Tours (Culture Night /
Summer Tourists)• Tours – Timetabled class
groups• Symposium• Publication
Conference: Performing the Archive22-24 July 2015
• Debating the Archive• Audience of
Archivists/Librarians/ Academics/Students/Artists
• Artistic Engagement• Growing networks &
meeting international peers
A Partner in Research“1916 – A Nation Rises”
Artistic Engagement – Arts (& Archives) in Action
Ritchie-Pickow Photographic Archive
- Annual ‘Ritchie’ Lecture
GMIT Graphic Design MA Student – Artistic Usage of the archive
Further Plans – Future Transitions
• Increase focus of embedded archives in teaching and developing ‘Academic Skills’ for Archives
• Increase UG module to other disciplines (English, Geography)• Develop PG Research version of Archives Module• Target Secondary School groups – future users – pre-empt the
transition• Training in digital archive literacy and discovery methodologies
– ‘smart searching’ and metadata managemet.
Thank You & Stay in Touch!
@Nuigarchives
http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/archives/