Special Collections for Class Projects
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The document outlines the role of special collections in academic research, highlighting unique and distinctive materials available at the UCC library. It emphasizes the importance of hands-on experiences in utilizing these resources effectively for projects in various disciplines, including music and history. Key learning outcomes include ethical use of sources, engagement, and the significance of drafts and fact-checking in the research process.
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- 2. Contact Details Elaine Harrington, Special Collections Librarian | UCC Library [email protected] | 021 4903484 | @walkerabroad The Riverside: @theriversideUCC http://blogs.ucc.ie/wordpress/theriverside/ http://libguides.ucc.ie/specialcollections
- 3. Special Collections What is it? “Unique and distinctive” collections of rare books, and many other media, including born-digital and digitised documents (Cullingford) “Elements of distinction that serve to differentiate an academic or research library from its peers” (Dooley & Luce) Formats: • Early Printed Books • Books from Presses • Collections from individuals • Newspapers • Maps • Pamphlets • Literary Manuscripts • Digital Files
- 4. Special Collections as a ‘Lab for the Humanities’ Special Collections shapes research & results. At the beginning of a project: • Imagining benefits & challenges • How to manage challenges • Knowledge, skills and further projects that emerge. What we learn that we (and others) can take for the future?
- 5. Randy Bass Which learning outcome is the one thing that students would retain from this module after leaving? Could I honestly say that I spent the most amount of time in the module teaching to the goal I valued most? Understanding how Special Collections could work for their project without compromising the integrity of material in Special Collections. Bass, Randy. “The Scholarship of Teaching: What’s the Problem?” Creative Thinking About Learning & Teaching Feb. 1999 1.1.
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- 7. Community of Learners Shawn Day Melanie Marshall Helen Bradley John Hough Jillian Rogers Malgorzata Krasnodebska - D'Aughton
- 8. Case Studies Music • MU1003: Studying Music at University • MU6031: Sound Studies & Musicology History – MA in Medieval History • HI 6091: Skills for Medieval Historians Events • Lecture: Shakespeare’s Sources and the Boole Library's Resources (English) • Conference: Paper Manuscript (Modern Irish) • Exhibitions • A variety of promotional activity.
- 9. Using Primary Sources: Hands-on Instructional Exercises. Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, An imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]. MU1003: Studying Music at University
- 10. MU1003: Studying Music at University Henebry O’Neill Wax Cylinder Collection: http://epu.ucc.ie/henebry/
- 11. MU1003: Studying Music at University UCC Music History https://youtu.be/QpMaNfmKi5U https://twitter.com/uccmusichistory
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- 21. Slide Credit: https://youtu.be/nxL-UNlqRdE HI6091: Skills for Medieval Historians
- 22. HI6091: Skills for Medieval Historians http://blogs.ucc.ie/wordpress/theriverside/tag/student-exhibition/
- 23. Lessons Learned Range of projects possible even in a narrow time frame due to wide range of sources. How to use sources ethically and meaningfully. Importance of drafts. Importance of fact checking. Importance of public engagement. Slide credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/4961717384/in/album-72157620363366377/
- 24. For full account: Semple, Edel. “Culture Night: Shakespeare’s Sources & the Boole Library’s Resources.” http://blogs.ucc.ie/wordpress/theriverside/2016/10/05/culture-night-shakespeares-sources-boole-librarys-resources/ Lecture: English
- 25. Paper Manuscript Conference: https://www.ucc.ie/en/media/academic/modernirish/documents/2017-The-Paper-Manuscript- programme.pdf Conference: Modern Irish
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- 29. Contact Details Elaine Harrington, Special Collections Librarian | UCC Library [email protected] | 021 4903484 | @walkerabroad The Riverside: @theriversideUCC http://blogs.ucc.ie/wordpress/theriverside/ http://libguides.ucc.ie/specialcollections