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The Double-Edged Lens: Digital Cameras in Collections-Based Instruction
Robin M. Katz 27 June 2015 | ALA Annual | San Francisco, CA
Introduction
I connect people to primary sources in meaningful ways
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Introduction
Brooklyn Historical Society
TeachArchives.org
The University of Vermont
Cleveland Museum of Art
Beinecke (Yale)
Kent State University
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
challenge the dichotomy
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
analog + digital
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
originals + surrogates
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
challenge the dichotomy
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
nearly ubiquitous
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
the seminal report:
Miller, Lisa, Steven K. Galbraith, et al. 2010. “Capture and Release”: Digital Cameras in the Reading Room.
Report produced by OCLC Research.
http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2010/2010-05.pdf
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“The benefits to researchers, repositories, and collection materials are undeniable.”
Capture and Release, page 4
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+ easier on collections, staff
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
(even if loss of income stream)
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
+ users with limited time
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
+ higher quality cameras, more storage at a lower price
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
from a user’s perspective:
Trowbridge, Mark. 2007. “Digital Photography in the Archives.” VRA Bulletin 34, no. 2 (2007) : 18 – 33.
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
- crutch (time management)
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
- crutch (time management)
how should we engage with this problem in public services?
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
- file management
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room
practical user discussion:
Royles, Dan. 18 November 2013. “Digital Workflows for the Archives.” ProfHacker blog post.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/digital-workflows-for-the-archives/53505
Digital Cameras in the Reading Room other user discussions:
Landrum, Shane. 19 February 2010. “Camera, laptop, and what else?:
Hacking better tools for the short archival research trip.”
http://cliotropic.org/blog/talks/camera-laptop-and-what-else/
Doherty, Jack. 3 April 2014. “Mentoring Session: Research Strategies for Historians in the Digital Age.”
http://commons.trincoll.edu/jackdougherty/2014/04/03/research-strategies/
VanBuren, Emily. 9 November 2014. “6 Tools to
Make Archival Research More Efficient.”
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/ 6-tools-make-archival-research-more-efficient
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similar recommendations:
“Archival Research.” Zotero: Advanced. Harvard Library LibGuide.
http://guides.library.harvard.edu/zotero/advanced/archival_research
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- file management
many of us tend to think of this as the user’s problem.
Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
our job is to teach students the skills of archival researchers
Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
+ limited time + easier on collections, staff
Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
analog original source +
digital research photograph
Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
Julie Golia and Robin M. Katz, “Using Cameras and Tablets in the Archives,” TeachArchives.org, accessed 23 June 2015.
http://wwww.teacharchives.org/articles/cameras-and-tablets/.
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2011 – 2013 $750,000 US Dept of Ed
100+ class visits
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document analysis
small group work
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pulled at item-level
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encouraged use of cell phones / tablets
Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
distracting?
Digital Cameras in the Archives Class Visit
- time management - file management
as educators, can we really just think
of these as the user’s problem?
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modeled copyright
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citations
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copyright assessment
TeachArchives.org Citation
Group 1: Viewbooks
Album, Green Wood Cemetery, 1884, v1986.39.1.1-‐22; Green-‐Wood Cemetery viewbooks, ARC.237; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Photographs of this item may be posted online if accompanied by the above cita6on.
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Group 5: Maps
The Green-‐Wood Cemetery. Green-‐Wood Historic Fund, circa 2010. Flat Maps B A-‐[2010?]a.Fl
Photographs of this item may be used for personal research purposes only. They cannot be published online.
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“publishing” vs. “research use”
More Advanced Skills
camera skills
More Advanced Skills
archival etiquette
More Advanced Skills
common policies
More Advanced Skills
file formats
More Advanced Skills
file formats PDF v. JPG
More Advanced Skills
applications / file formats Turboscan, Evernote, OCR
More Advanced Skills
file-naming conventions
More Advanced Skills
in-camera notes
More Advanced Skills
corresponding inventory
More Advanced Skills
citation management tools
More Advanced Skills
citation management tools Zotero
Other Issues Raised
research Qs note-taking
citations
Other Issues Raised
collaborate with reference + instruction librarians
Conclusion
digital cameras
Conclusion
very helpful tool
Conclusion
slight challenge
Conclusion
teaching goals + learning objectives
Further Research Needed
to test the effectiveness of a teaching method
ASSESSMENT!
