Friday, September 27, 2013

ARSL 2013 Journal Day 3


Friday

Another full day of speakers and workshops at ARSL 2013.  The morning started with author Joe Starita -- Pike Professor of journalism at the University of Nebraska College of Journalism and Mass Communications and author of “I Am A Man” – Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice -- providing a gripping insight into the power of humanity.  How a father's devotion to his son reached across cultures to impact a moment in history.  Chief Standing Bear unwittingly ended up in the cross-hairs of a historic legal decision - one establishing for the first time in the nation's 103-year history that an Indian was "a person" with many of the "same Constitutional privileges as the more fortunate white race."

From there I tripped into Sarah Uthof's Genealogy Basics and came away with a lot of resources for Idaho Commission for Libraries' upcoming genealogy LibGuide [will be at guides.lili.org].  Check out the resources at http://arsl.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Sarah-Uthoff-Handout-1.pdf.

Lunch brought award winning author of the Longmire series, now a popular series on A&E, Craig Johnson.  Craig was engaging the ballroom full of librarians as he guided us through the back story and development of this storyline.  Certainly peaked my interest!

After lunch, two more workshops .... Mind Mapping and Small Libraries Oral History Projects.   Mind mapping isn't so difficult and should be a good way to help in that brain health activity of memory.  Can't wait to use it!  Wait .. I have already started!

Final workshop of the day focused on how Kinsley Public Library in Kansas turned oral history into a community engagement project.  Being a history buff, I found this an intriguing opportunity for libraries of all sizes, especially small libraries in small, rural communities to build community and add valued library services.

Handouts for all workshops can be found at http://arsl.info/category/handouts/

Gaming night tonight after dinner with Jez and Josh from Portneuf

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