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VOICES of September 11th

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PROUDLY ANNOUNCE

PARTIAL ($1,000) TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS for the course ILS 599 Methods for Creating Digital Archives using Open Source Software
 
VOICES of September 11th is pleased to announce its 2010-2011 partial-tuition scholarship awards, funded through a U.S. Department of Education/FIPSE grant in support of the 9/11 Living Memorial digital archive to commemorate the lives and stories of September 11, 2001 and the February 26, 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

The scholarships and awards provide support to graduate students and professionals in library science, history, social work, and other appropriate fields who want to build skills: 1) to develop memorials and archives which preserve the heritage of groups and events through, Websites, CD-ROM, and other digital products; and 2) to gather information and artifacts, organize, preserve, and make accessible the collections.
 
Up to twenty thousand-dollar scholarship awards will be available for enrolling in Methods for Creating Digital Archives using Open Source Software, developed and taught by Nancy Florio. The course is offered through the Department of Information and Library Science, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. 
 
The primary criteria for these scholarships and awards are:  
 
1) the applicant's desire to have working knowledge and experience of how to develop and maintain a digital memorial or cultural archives, and  
2) the scholarship committee's desire to have the widest diversity of participants.
 
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A VOICES TUITION SCHOLARSHIP AWARD, COMPLETE AND MAIL THE APPLICATION TO:
 
VOICES Scholarship Committee @ ILS
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street, Buley 401T
New Haven, CT 06515
 
THE DEADLINE for full consideration for Fall semester is September 15, 2010.
 

 

ILS 599 Methods for Creating Digital Archives using Open Source Software

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is a combination of theoretical and hands-on approaches to the creation of cultural digital archives of memorial sites using OMEKA open source software. Using a combination lab and discussion format, students will gain direct experience creating digital archives. Working with the VOICES of September 11th 9/11 Living Memorial Project primary source material contributed by family members, students will help add to the digital collection that will memorialize the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Information on 9/11 Memorials, corporations, community response to the attacks, and stories of the survivors and rescue workers will be added to the archive. In the process of adding this material to the 9/11 Living Memorial Project, students will apply theoretical knowledge gained through readings and discussions.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Create a workflow plan for a digitization project
  • Use digital archiving tools
  • Create collections using OMEKA software
  • Create museum exhibits within the OMEKA collection
  • Understand and adapt Dublin Core Elements

MEETING SCHEDULE: on campus (in the ILS computer lab, BU 406T), from 9 am - 5 pm Saturdays from October 16-November 20.

NOTE: The first class meeting will be held at the VOICES' New Canaan office (reachable from New Haven and New York on the Metro North rail line; then walk a few blocks to VOICES). 

VOICES of September 11th
161 Cherry St.
New Canaan, CT 06840