" To enhance undergraduate learning in the liberal arts by promoting use of library special collections"

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EYES IN CONNECTICUT: DEVELOPING 21st CENTURY VISUAL LITERACY TO FOCUS ON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

The Teagle Special Collections Project / Workshop Two

Yale University
March 3, 2006
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Workshop Evaluation

Your replies to this brief questionnaire will help us to assess the workshop's utility for you and to plan future events.

1. How did you hear about the workshop?

• I work for Yale Universtiy Library
• Teagle Grant Steering Committee
• Mike Roy, Wesleyan University
• Teagle Grant Steering Committee
• Librarian at Connecticut College
• Through a colleague
• E-mail from instructor from Fairfield University
• Suzy Taraba
• Yulib
• E-mail
• Library Director, Fairfield University
• Teagle project e-mail

2. Please tell us what particular need you have that the workshop fulfills( for example, courses you are teaching or planning, projects you have):

• I teach freshman/sophomore level History and Political Science Courses
• Work with many faculty using visual materials in Special Collections
• I teach a course in which I use visual literacy (images as evidence) and it was interesting to see what other faculty do. Helped me to clarify and levels of analysis in using images.
• I teach American Literature-specifically Modernism- and I wrote a curriculum for the Yale University Art Gallery using their collection to highlight readings done in the classroom. My projects & field trips all use multiple texts. I also got a grant for sketching materials & all 70 of my English student have their own drawing pad and pencils to sketch all work on display.
• I teach elementary school (grades 2-3) so I need to think about introducing many of these ideas to lay the foundation.
• I want to learn how to best present visual information to students, how to enhance their visits to special collections (in person or online)
• Perfect timing, as I am working with a faculty member to develop a digital collection of performance history images from Yale’s Special Collections. The workshop will help us to clarify our goals. Lots of food for thought!
• If I had a better idea of how Yale Faculty use special collections in the classroom, it puts me in a better position to support our faculty and make suggestions on how they might use our collections, and other resources (like Google Earth).
• I’m teaching a course called “Inspiring Curiosity in the Classroom: Information Literacy through Imaging.” One of my students also attended today. It’s relevant to my class, how I teach my class, how the students will teach their classes, plus I’m a librarian.

3. What would you have liked to change about the workshop (for example, scheduling, speakers, subject matter, location, and anything else important to you):

• More that librarians can do-how to go about creating digital image collections
• Nothing, really. I thought it was wonderful.
• Nope.
• I can’t think of anything—it seemed very well thought out.
• More emphasis on special collections and their relationship to faculty and technology-maybe a little less about technology plain and simple.
• Chairs.
• I thought it was quite successful as is.
• A lecture on image databases that we can use.
• Room is not very comfortable. 10 AM start would be better for those coming from further away.
• Everything was superb although I’d like to know more about special collections at Yale which might be available to community college faculty. I also thought that the demonstration-type presentations overlapped a bit too much.

4. The Teagle Foundation seeks to enhance liberal arts education. This Teagle grant is specifically aimed at “Enhancing undergraduate liberal arts learning through the use of library special collections.” What other workshop topics would help you to accomplish this goal on your campus?

• I understand that a workshop is being planned about using special collections in local historical societies. That might be broadened to include special collections at museums and the possession of other institutions and organizations.
• A workshop using videos and films? Thanks, a great workshop.
• We’ve covered oral and visual. How about auditory-music as a learning tool?
• Have you had a workshop when you’re actually visited special collections to have a hands-on experience?
• Something on the technologies available to make special collections available via the web-which seems to be a popular way to of incorporating special collections material in teaching.
• 1) Inquiry-based learning and special collections; 2) How to acquire the technical skills to work with images-(ex. Google Earth, podcasts…); 3) Audio archives and teaching.
• What projects are within reach of smaller institutions with less resources?