VOICES of September 11th
and
Southern Connecticut State University
PROUDLY ANNOUNCE
PARTIAL ($1,000) TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS for the course ILS 652 01 Development of Digital Memorials and Cultural Archives
VOICES of September 11th is pleased to announce its 2012
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 ten thousand-dollar scholarship awards will be available for enrolling in Development of Digital Memorials and Cultural Archives,
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 Summer term is April 11, 2012.
Registration for Summer 2012 begins Monday, March 26. [Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Summer 2012 Course Schedule available to view on the Web.]
ILS 652 01 Development of Digital Memorials and Cultural Archives
Instructor: Nancy Florio
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Introduction to the theoretical and practical issues confronting digital public historians, digital archivists, and digital curators of memorials and memory sites.
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 1 - 4 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 25-July 29, 2012 (Session B).
NOTE: One class meeting (date to be announced) 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
