How can we use digital repositories to locate history sources?<\/p>\n
For many researchers, local history work is that which is done in the community \u2013 at their local libraries and in their attics and basements. Local history is a way to engage community members with collections, strengthen ties between your institution and the community, and meet community members where they are most passionate\u2013their local\/family stories. However, to answer research questions about local history requires you to turn your attention to the collections of state and national repositories which can supplement or extend the material available locally.<\/p>\n
For this program, you will have participants complete a digital scavenger hunt to find the following four items:<\/p>\n
See the Activity Resource Sheet for suggestions of digital repositories to search.<\/p>\n
If your library does not have the technology to support digital research, consider modifying this activity to be a physical scavenger hunt within your space, teaching patrons how to use finding aids and catalogs to locate primary sources within your own collection.<\/p>\n
Activity resource sheet: Digital Local History (docx)<\/a>; Digital Local History (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n How do you determine whether the material you find online is under copyright or is in the public domain and is free to use?<\/p>\n In this activity you will assess whether three online sources are under copyright or in the public domain and freely available for use. In order to determine whether the content is in the public domain, use the following questions and the flow chart on the Activity Resource Sheet to guide your assessment:<\/p>\n Finally, answer the question: Can this material be used freely without permission or attribution?<\/p>\n You may pick any three items from your library\u2019s digital collection. If you have questions about copyright, an excellent resource from Cornell University is “Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States<\/a>.” There are also a number of helpful charts and tools from Stanford University Libraries<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How can we use digital repositories to locate history sources? For many researchers, local history work is that which is done in the community \u2013 at their local libraries and in their attics and basements. Local history is a way to engage community members with collections, strengthen ties between your institution and the community, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":3280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/locallinkages.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/locallinkages.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/locallinkages.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locallinkages.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locallinkages.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3292"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/locallinkages.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3328,"href":"https:\/\/locallinkages.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3292\/revisions\/3328"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locallinkages.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/locallinkages.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Identifying Online Material You Can Use<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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