BCCC Room: Learning Studio – Library 211
MCCC Room:
Remote Sites: Manheim Township SD, Montgomery County Community College, Binghamton University
Track: Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
Description:
Thomas Jefferson's interests in the fields of philosophy, science, foreign languages, and the arts and humanities determined the Library's collection policies and have produced a national library that is the custodian of America's institutional and cultural memory. Today, the Library holds millions of multimedia primary materials online, with countless more in analog form, in over 460 languages. To make these materials accessible to the public, Library staff engage in a wide range of activities, from hosting seminars, concerts, speaker series, and special events to developing resources and programs for higher education, K12 education, researchers, and the public.
In this session, you will visit the Library and speak with staff who will introduce you to the Library's holdings, demonstrate how they might be used to engage students, and describe opportunities available via video conference, such as the recent event for community colleges hosted by Kay Ryan during her tenure as Poet Laureate of the United States.
About the Presenters
Peter Armenti: Peter Armenti is a reference librarian for the Digital Reference Section of the Library of Congress in Washington DC. He is an administrator of the Library’s Ask a Librarian reference service, and co-hosts monthly web conferences introducing the Library’s online resources to various audiences, including teachers, librarians, and the public. A research specialist in poetry, he works closely with the Library's Poetry and Literature Center to develop online content and programs that reflect the Library's poetry-related collections and services. See his Library of Congress Poetry Resources page on the Digital Reference Section website.
Julie Miller: Dr. Julie Miller is the specialist in early American history at the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress in Washington DC. Before she came to the Library she taught American history at Hunter College, City University of New York. She has also been an archivist at the New York Public Library and the Jewish Theological Seminary. Her book, Abandoned: Foundlings in Nineteenth-Century New York City, was published by New York University Press in 2008. At the Library of Congress she has been working with teachers at all levels who are interested in using primary source documents from early America in the classroom. See her Resources for Teachers page on the Manuscripts Division website.
Jurretta Jordan Heckscher: Jurretta Jordan Heckscher is a Research Specialist in the Digital Reference Section, Library of Congress, where she assists a global community of researchers in the use of the Library's vast online resources. A graduate of Harvard University, she received her M.Litt. from Oxford University and her Ph.D. in American Studies from The George Washington University. The author of numerous articles on American cultural history, she edited the online historical collection "The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920" for the Library of Congress Web site, and has recently received a grant from the Library to pursue a demonstration project on the use of markup languages as tools for scholarly analysis of historical texts.Resources:
- Juretta Hecksher's Presentation (PPT)
- Julie Miller's Presentation (PPT)
- Julie Miller's Presentation Bibliography
- Library of Congress Poetry Resources page on the Digital Reference Section website
- Resources for Teachers page on the Manuscripts Division website
- Library of Congress website
- Library of Congress Digital Collections and Services
- Library of Congress Digital Reference Section
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