UNDERGRADUATE AS CREATOR, UNDERGRADUATE AS CURATOR

Exploring the Role of the Instruction Librarian in the Digital Humanities

#DHinfolit

DH @ THE REF DESK Kayt Ahnberg, Ryan RandallThe Collective, February 2015

IT’S STILL REFERENCE AS WE’VE KNOWN IT

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DH + the Desk

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NEW RESOURCES

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DH redefines “author, text and reader…creating new critical and literary forms of scholarly

communication.”

MLA Guidelines for Evaluating Work in Digital Humanities and Digital Media

DH + the Desk

EMPOWER PATRONS

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guide

DH + the Desk

NOVEL ENGAGEMENT

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DH + the Desk

PROMOTE YOUR PROJECT

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• Desk as a discovery tool and promotion of resource embeddedness in coursework

• Reach new audiences • Up use statistics

DH + The Desk

NEW CAMPUS PARTNERSHIPS

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• Desk as a hub for new collaborations

• Incentives for student involvement

DH + The Desk

DH INOCULATION: DIGITAL HUMANITIES & THE LIBRARY

INSTRUCTION ONE-SHOT

Megan Browndorf Research & Instruction Librarian, Towson UniversityThe Collective, February 2015

JUST ONE SHOT…

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DO WE HAVE TIME? Students Internet

Primary sources

Creativity

Critical thinking

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MISSION CRITICAL THINKING

Authority

Scholarly Communication

Metadata & Keywords

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HOW?

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Teaching to find Teaching to use

TEACHING TO FIND

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TEACHING TO USE

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CLASSROOM STRATEGY

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INTEGRATING DH ELEMENTS INTO AN FRESHMAN UNDERGRADUATE

COURSE

Cindy FisherUniversity of Texas at AustinLibrary Collective, February 19

DON’T CALL IT BY ITS NAME

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Ryan Cordell,How Not To Teach Digital Humanities Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship, Nov 2014

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AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE THE LOOP

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But not without some convincing

LEAD WITH LEARNING OUTCOMES

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Prove the usefulness of the tool

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NEW ACRL FRAMEWORK

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An (im)perfect opportunity

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Pieter J SmitsNoun Project

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION

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A Lot of Firsts

STEAL/BORROW/SHARE THIS IDEA I did!

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PART 2 – FLASHSHOPS!

Practicum: an exploration of tools

Pedagogy: an exploration of teaching

PART 3: BRING IT TOGETHER

QUESTIONS?

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