December 2011
6 posts
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.”
– Winston Churchill (via colormyskies)
Simply History.: Can you Define Public History? →
solastyear:
Is it a(n) ideology? methodology? movement? approach?
These two articles show the problems that have arisen when people have tried to define ‘public history’. It isn’t easy to define, but maybe thats what makes it so great.
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Libraries and Museums Become Hands-On Learning... →
realcleverscience:
infoneer-pulse:
Earlier this month, we covered the Fayetteville Free Library‘s new Fab Lab, the public library’s plans to build a “makerspace” where library patrons could gain hands-on experience using 3D printers and other tools and could take programming and “shop” classes.
It’s part of a larger movement to rethink and re-imagine what a public library will look like and...
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An article sent by my mother on creating a Social... →
A debate on Archives and Archival Education
awesomearchives:
You Ought to be Ashamed is a blog dedicated to archival students and the market we will be dealing with. They just came out with a series of posts on the value of an MLIS.
How to become an archivist in ten short years: take one.
In defense of the MLS (Sort of)
I suggest the whole blog, though it is a little depressing.