History Day @ your library

A Metronet, MELSA, Minnesota History Day Collaboration

AASL 2011

Metronet• Facilitate cooperation & collaboration among all types of libraries• 7 county metro area• Board is committed to Information Literacy

MELSA

History Day @ your library

A “hullabaloo” for teachers and librarians

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Goal 1

Introduce teachers, media specialists, and public, academic, and special librarians who work with students participating in History Day to the wide array of resources in Twin Cities and other libraries

Goal 2

Help teachers teach the research process and reliable resources to History Day students

Help librarians understand History Day

Organization

• All day event• Keynotes• Choice of breakout sessions

Keynotes

• History Players• George Caitlin

Keynotes

• History Day 101• Expansion of current HD

Theme

Breakout Sessions

• Research• Reliable

Resources• Responsible Use

Encourage Customization

• Sessions focus on the current History Day theme• Libraries with collections that support the theme are

encouraged to present

Research Session Topics

• Introduce & expand on teaching the research process

• Internet resources & search skills

• Google search & Google tools

• Research Project Calculator

Reliable Resources

• Emphasize resources available to all Minnesotans through ELM

• Highlight collections--GovDocs, labor archives, Mn Digital Library

• Annotated bibliography

Responsible Use

• Copyright basics• Creative Commons• Resources for finding

copyright-friendly images• Tools to manage research

Costs

• Aims to be self-supporting• Registration pays for

parking and lunch and materials

• Collaboration with History Center gives great space with no cost

• MELSA/Metronet pays keynote & any other expenses

Why It Works for Librarians

• Nothing quite like it in Minnesota to connect HD teachers & library resources

• All types of libraries & librarians are involved either as presenters or attendees

• Learn more about HD operations

Why It Works for Teachers

• For beginners as well as experienced teachers

• Wide variety of topics in the sessions

• Offered 2 for one—as long a media specialist was part of the two

• CEUs for teachers/LMS

Harriet Bishop, St. Paul's first public school teacher

Quantity & quality of resources really eye-opening for many participants

Outcomes

• Improved connections between libraries/librarians & History Day students

• Greater knowledge of library resources available to all Minnesotans

• More visibility for libraries, especially special libraries & collections

Frederick McKinley Jones

Improvements

• Shortened the day• Repeated sessions• Legacy Scholarships for

some attendees• Thinking about an every-

other-year schedule

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Contact

Ann Walker SmalleyMetronetMetrolibraries.net

1619 Dayton Ave.St. Paul MN 55104651.646.0475ann@metronet.lib.mn.us

Unless noted, images courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society & Metronet.