The following is a list of what the participants have already expressed as their interests for this class and where they come from.
| Student |
Works |
Wants from class |
| Christine |
K-12 curriculum library that
serves the students and faculty in the teacher preparation programs |
- experience using archives and special collections of textual information.
- How archives are set up or catalogued
- Where significant collections are housed
- How I gain access to them.
- Tracking down historical information by knowing where and how to look for it.
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| Linda |
English professor, Mass. Bay |
- theories behind researching with primary sources
- ideas on extending the work I've done
- Will bring examples of her own curriculum packets
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| Martha |
Bibliographic Instruction/Interlibrary Loan Librarian at Gordon College |
- get ideas on how to use and promote our rare book collection, so that faculty will be able to incorporate items into their assignments
- 2nd Church, Dorchester, volunteers assisting students in a research setting
|
| Barbara |
reference librarian at BU |
- learn more about locating primary sources. I
- would like to develop more effective research techniques for locating these materials in other institutions
|
| Melinda |
Library Teacher at Upper Cape Cod Tech (9-12) |
- Geneaology
- Helping teachers prep students for upcoming History MCAS
|
| Kathy |
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| Meagan |
librarian at the Commonwealth School |
- obtain more information about resources that the students and/or myself can utilize when they are conducting research.
- learn about finding and utilizing archival information as well as obtain information that I can provide to teachers about resources they can utilize to use primary source material in the classroom.
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| Bob |
content editor at NewsBank Inc |
- learn more about navigating the vast array of original sources
- process of research
- understanding how a researcher may approach documents
- what kind of materials are available, how we can build better research products through use of more original sources
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