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Item Assimilating AV into Archival Processing(Northeast Document Conservation Center, 2014-10-21) Hagan, SiobhanThis presentation teaches basic audiovisual format identification, methods of care and handling, and description for audiovisual collections. Collections with audiovisual materials have often been handled separately from traditional archival processing; unusual formats and sometimes unrecognizable content were too unwieldy for traditional catalogue records or finding aids. But with training and time running out on magnetic tape longevity, it's time to embrace those AV formats and roll them into workflows along with typical paper collections.Item Content and Context in a Single Image: Multi-format Analysis of Lewis Hine Photographs at UMBC(Association of College & Research Libraries, 2023) Loeper, Lindsey; Graham, SusanItem Content and Context in a Single Image: Multi-format analysis of Lewis Hine photographs in Special Collections(2023-04-21) Graham, Susan; Loeper, Lindsey; LibraryWe will present a lesson plan developed by Special Collections faculty leading archival and visual literacy sessions. During the hands-on exercise, students analyze an original photography print, a digital surrogate, and a publication that includes the same photograph within the text. The worksheet directs their analysis and a class discussion includes both structured and unstructured, open reflection on the photograph and their research experience. Our goals are to introduce visual literacy concepts for historical research; encourage use of historical visual items when developing research questions; demonstrate the research process using multiple format types for comparison; and familiarize students with working in a special collections department. This case study is the focus of a book chapter, “Content and Context in a Single Image: Multi-format analysis of Lewis Hine photographs at UMBC,” in the forthcoming book, Unframing the Visual: Visual Literacy Pedagogy in Academic Libraries and Information Spaces.Item Creative Engagement with Archival Collections: The Hughes Remix Project(2015-06-05) Graham, SusanThe Hughes Remix project was a collaboration between UMBC's Special Collections and Visual Arts Department to foster creative engagement with archival materials in conjunction with the 2014 Society for Photographic Education annual conference. Images from the Hughes Company Glass Negatives collection were offered for artists to reinvent, reinterpret, and reimagine.Item Eyewitness to History: Documenting a Divided City(University of Baltimore, 2015-09-14) Hagan, SiobhanThis PowerPoint presentation was given during the course lecture for University of Baltimore's "Divided Baltimore: How Did We Get Here? Where Do We Go?" class on September 14, 2015. The presentation introduces the unique documents of Baltimore's history of segregation in the Special Collections Department of the University of Baltimore's Langsdale Library, focusing on the WMAR-TV and WJZ-TV Collections by showcasing selected audiovisual clips.Item Making "Digital Cruikshank": A Special Collections Collaboration(2023-04-21) Graham, Susan; DiCuirci, Lindsay; Library & EnglishIn Fall 2022, students in Lindsay DiCuirci's combined undergraduate and graduate English seminar participated in a semester-long collaboration with UMBC Special Collections. This course was supported by a Hrabowski Innovation Grant which allowed Susan Graham and her team to digitize a collection of donated materials related to George Cruikshank. Cruikshank was nineteenth-century England’s most prolific caricaturist and illustrator; the Merkle family's donation included unbound manuscript materials and over 120 printed works. Working in teams to build a digital resource based on these materials, students produced "Digital Cruikshank: Etching & Sketching in Nineteenth-Century England" (https://library-dev.umbc.edu/wp/specialcollections/cruikshank/) The resource features over 130 sketches gathered into collections with accompanying explanatory content. This presentation will share elements of the project management workflow and student-created guides and templates. We will also highlight the interdisciplinary affordances of collaborative, archival work as well as the significant pedagogical benefits of a project-based class in the Humanities.