Eileen M. Bentsen & Jennifer Borderud
Baylor University Libraries
Opportunity #1
• Live Oak
Classical School
•29 students,
grades 9 - 11
• Mss to print
culture focus
• Extensive
planning
2
Opportunity #2
•Texas Christian
Academy
• Materials in
support of Latin
classes
•25 students,
grades 7 – 10
•Very impromptu
preparation (<24
hours)
3
Content
• actively engage
•Relevant to class
content
• What’s “rare”
• Experience rules
of a rare books
library
•Scriptorium”
experience (Live
Oak)
•Digital impact4
Challenges
• actively engaging
• large group –
small room;
divided groups
•“scriptorium”
content
•Students’ age
range
• short lead time
for TCA
5
• asked what
students wanted to
see
• asked that classes
view “Mr. Bean Goes
to the Library” on
YouTube
• asked instructor to
explain rare book
room use rules to
class
Live Oak - Prep
6
Scriptorium
• What makes for “rare”
discussion
• Viewed section of B. J.
Muir’s “Making of a
Medieval Manuscript”
(Evellum, 2008)
• Practice in uncial
script
(www.learncalligraphy.
co.uk/uncial.html)
• Held in seminar room7
•Chosen because
already digitized
•Discussed similarities
with mss
• Latin terminology for
mss & incunabula
• Translation
• Held in Fine Arts
Library Seminar Room
Latin Text
8
Asked students to
see what they could
make of this
sentence of the book.
Translation
9
Pleasant Surprises
• pride/respect
towards materials
• interest in topic
• bring cataloging
into the classroom
• applications of
languages beyond
their classroom
• Latin knowledge
increased interest
10
Three questions:What did you like bestName something you learned from the visitWhat was the least interesting part of the visit
Sent almost 2 months after visit Muir’s video was least liked item for the Live
Oak students; translating portion for the TCA students
Both favored the display of the mss and facsimiles
Liked and/or asked for interactive work11
12
Recommended