Name: SESSION 603 - Get Their Hands on It: Teaching with Objects in Archives and Special Collections
Start: 2015-08-22T08:30:00-0400
End: 2015-08-22T09:45:00-0400

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SESSION 603 - Get Their Hands on It: Teaching with Objects in Archives and Special Collections

In response to a growing interest in foregrounding the material object in their collections, archivists and librarians are changing their collecting missions and outreach methodologies. The panelists see themselves as interpreters, not just custodians, who provide labs for interaction with historical objects for “digital native” students hungry for whole brain pedagogical tools and experiences. This session includes time for audience members to respond and speak of their own experiences with object interpretation.

Speakers

Sarah Keen

University Archivist, and Head of Special Collections & University Archives, Colgate University

Sarah Keen is the University Archivist, and Head of Special Collections & University Archives and Associate Professor in the Colgate University Libraries. Previously she worked at the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Cornell University and at the Sophia Smith Collection... Read More →

Mott Linn

Head of Collections Management, Clark University

Mott Linn is currently the Head of Collection Management at Clark University. Previously, he was an archivist and rare book librarian in both corporate and academic settings. He is a Certified Archivist. He has earned his doctorate in Library Administration and Management from Simmons... Read More →

Anne Cuyler Salsich

Associate Archivist, Oberlin College Archives

Anne Cuyler Salsich, Associate Archivist at Oberlin College, is chairing the session on teaching with objects in archives and special collections. She has held professional positions in publishing, museums and archives for over 25 years. In addition to her MLIS, her master's degree... Read More →

Kathelene McCarty Smith

Interim Head, Special Collections and University Archives, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Kathelene McCarty Smith is currently Photograph, Artifact, and Textile Archivist at The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). She has a master’s degree in Art History from Louisiana State University... Read More →