Open AccessTo the Benefit of Both: Academic Librarians Connect with Middle School Teachers through a Digitized History Resources Workshop
Author(s) -
Nancy P. Shires
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
information technology and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5226
pISSN - 0730-9295
DOI - 10.6017/ital.v24i3.3375
Subject(s) - curriculum , work (physics) , library science , digital library , south carolina , face (sociological concept) , open educational resources , sociology , school teachers , educational resources , computer science , medical education , mathematics education , pedagogy , political science , psychology , engineering , medicine , literature , poetry , public administration , mechanical engineering , art , social science
A workshop sponsored by the North Carolina Collection at East Carolina University to familiarize middle school teachers with the Eastern Carolina Digital History Exhibits and provide lesson plans for the site revealed (1) the need for teachers and librarians to work more closely together in the design and use of new digital history resources and (2) the benefits of cooperative efforts. Although the K–12 community generally welcomes digital resources, teachers face important challenges, such as redesigning the curriculum. What the teachers had to say, as well as a few other unexpected findings, proved beneficial to the librarians in creating sites. Small workshops were shown to be useful to both teachers and librarians