Archives and Public History Institute

Archives and Public History Institute

Friday, September 11, 9:30am – 5:30pm

Please read beforehand:

Bush, Vannevar. 1945. As we may think. The Atlantic Monthly 176. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194507/bush

Levy, David. 2007. No time to think: Reflections on information technology and contemplative scholarship. Ethics and Information Technology 9, no. 4 (December 15): 237-249. doi:10.1007/s10676-007-9142-6. http://bit.ly/14HLqG or http://tinyurl.com/lxupd2 (Note: to read this article you will need to have an NYU login or else be using a computer on the NYU campus network.)

Rosenzweig, Roy. 2005. Should Historical Scholarship Be Free? AHA Perspectives. http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2005/0504/0504vic1.cfm


9:30-10:00, Bobst Library, Reference Conference Room
Introductions, coffee and pastries
Peter J. Wosh, Director of the Archives and Public History program

10:00-12:30, Bobst Library, PC Lab 1
Introduction to NYU History Research (with research exercises)
Andrew Lee, Librarian for History, Politics, Iberian Studies, and European Studies

12:30-1:30
Lunch (on your own)

1:30-3:00, Bobst Library, PC Lab 1
Using bibliographic software and keeping up with technology
Amanda French, Digital Curriculum Specialist

3:30-5:30, National Archives, 201 Varick St. #1275      

New York City archival repositories
Janet Bunde, Assistant Research Scholar, New York University Archives

New York City public history milieu
Dr. Marci Reaven, Managing Director, City Lore/Place Matters

The Margaret Sanger Papers
Dr. Esther Katz and Dr. Cathy Hajo, Editors, Margaret Sanger Papers

Tour of National Archives branch
Nancy Shader, Regional Facility Director of the National Archives-Northeast Region New York office

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