Papers Panel 10: Special Collections and Credit Courses: Opportunities and Challenges

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Academic special collections librarians often design and instruct semester-long credit courses, using critical thinking and learning by doing as instructional cornerstones. This panel explores courses that privileged intensive work with special collections, and its challenges and outcomes.

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Moderator: Lois Fischer Black, Lehigh University; “Tales from Under Grounds: Introducing U.Va. First Years to Primary Sources,” Petrina Jackson, University of Virginia; “Teaching the Past, Present, and Future of the Book: A Laboratory Approach to Special Collections Instruction,” Anne Bahde, Oregon State University; “Beyond the Riot: A Professor, A Librarian, and An Archivist Creating Zine Scenes Together,” Leslie Fields, Mount Holyoke College

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2015 RBMS Preconference, Short Papers

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