I am discovering digital scholarship.
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This summer, I became the first Digital Scholarship Librarian at a small, public, liberal arts college. Now, I need to define my role, navigate college faculty, and integrate myself into student’s workflow.
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Post 5: Writing for the Reader
I’ve been writing for the college student and faculty audience for about 10 years now. There is a lot of idea crafting, analyzing minute details, and drawing conclusions from multiple sources and research. Writing in this style is almost the opposite of what World History Commons requires. WHC was built to be freely accessed by…
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Blog 4: Strengths and Weaknesses
Recently while writing for World History Commons (WHC), I have been striving toward a larger goal: a teaching packet source collection. So far, I have been reviewing sites that offer primary sources and teaching materials for use by primarily K-12 educators. While each review is a one-off project, it’s easy to see similar themes within…
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Blog 3: Skills
Before taking this internship, I had no experience writing for the educator, especially not K-12. My clients are mainly college students and their professors, so teasing out what information would be important to elementary, middle, and high school teachers was daunting. I don’t think I’ve necessarily developed any new “skills” to do this work effectively.…
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