Most of the Education liaison librarians went to MB on Tuesday afternoon for a meeting with Erin and Jeff.We talked about some of the different subjects that education and health science staff/students are researching and the linkages that could be made with the MB Archives. Jeff’s knowledge of the collection was invaluable. The knowledge of the collections meant that he could identify useful material that probably would have escaped me. It stunned me that we have so many different collections within the archives. I need to remember that staff and postgrad students can meet with Jeff to discuss what areas of the collection could be of potential use to them for research. We wondered about getting discrete packages of information together for academics who set repeating undergraduate assignments. Margaret had a great idea that we could use some of the archival material (photgraphs, school books, etc) for displays in the Education Library. This would be an opportunity to showcase some of the resources. Erin showed us the online access via the Community Archive. We then had a quick look at the physical collection in the Warehouse. All in all, a great meeting. There is much potential for us to explore.
Kathryn
I agree completely; it was a great visit, highly recommended. Caroline
Thanks, great to hear.It was very valuable for us. We can now identify a few key academics to promote the collections to, as well as planning ways to imbed these collections into UG teaching.
Other Liaison Libs can contact me to set up a meeting time.
Erin