Special Collections & Archives offers various services to faculty looking to integrate rare and archival sources into their courses.
What we offer
- Host class visits to the reading room to view pre-selected materials
- Provide drop-in orientation sessions in your classroom in preparation for a class assignment
- Identify and digitize resources to support your lectures or reading assignments
- Assistance in designing class exercises using rare materials
- Select and provide students access to “course reserves”
- Suggest collections related to course topic that are appropriate for independent student research
- Create an online resource guide highlighting archival resources related to your course
Examples of assignments we support
- Paleography and documentary editing: students transcribe handwritten materials and provide contextual information
- Course reserves: selected primary source material is set aside for students to examine independently outside of class
- Comparing editions: students compare early editions of works to the modern editions assigned in their class
- Creating digital exhibits: using the Omeka platform, students create digital exhibits through the curation, description, and design processes
- Responding to primary sources: students examine archival material and respond to written prompts.