This past Friday, March 7, at 9:30 am, the Vermont Digital Newspaper Project gave a workshop for librarians on how to use Chronicling America at the Midstate Regional Library in Berlin, VT.
Continue reading Recap: ‘Chronicling America for Librarians’ workshop at Midstate Regional Library
We’re excited to be leading a workshop at the annual Vermont K-12 Edtech Conference at Champlain College in Burlington on May 21st and 22nd! This year’s theme is Dynamic Landscapes: Do, Make, and Create! The two-day conference is sponsored by VITA-Learn, the VSLA (Vermont State Library Association) and the VT AOE (Agency of Education), and is open to Vermont teachers, librarians, administrators, and tech specialists in K-12 schools.
We’ll be speaking on how to use historic newspaper content from Chronicling America in the classroom on Thursday, May 21st at 11 am (D1 Thursday Session 2A). To learn more about our talk and sign-up for our session (if you’re already registered), visit the session website.
For information on the conference and how to register, visit the Dynamic Landscapes website. Hope to see you there!
Visit our For Educators page to download lessons, view tutorials and more!
We are pleased to announce that we will be offering a webinar and workshop for librarians on Chronicling America through the Vermont Department of Libraries (VTLIB) this winter and spring!
Both are free and open to librarians. As an extra bonus: attending each program provides credits toward VTLIB certification!
Below, a quick description of the webinar and workshop, as well as a link for signing up for each. Many thanks to VTLIB for this opportunity.
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Friday, March 6, 2015, 10:00-11:00 am: Chronicling America Webinar with the Vermont Digital Newspaper Project (VTDNP)
If you haven’t heard about Chronicling America before or you want to know more about it, now’s your chance! Chronicling America is an online, searchable database of historic American newspapers from 1836-1922 on the Library of Congress website. It provides free access to over 8.4 million newspaper pages from across the country, including 250,000 pages and 59 titles from Vermont! Learn about how Chronicling America works, gather ideas on how you and your patrons can use it effectively, and find out how VTDNP can help you and your library community utilize this invaluable primary source tool.
Link to sign up: Register for this Webinar!
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Friday, April 17, 2015, 9:30-11:30 am: Chronicling America Workshop with the Vermont Digital Newspaper Project (VDTNP)
In this hands-on workshop explore the opportunities that Chronicling America holds for you and your library patrons. Chronicling America is an online, searchable database of historic American newspapers from 1836-1922 on the Library of Congress website. It provides free access to over 8.4 million newspaper pages from across the country, including 250,000 pages and 59 titles from Vermont! We’ll learn about how Chronicling America works, practice search strategies on Vermont topics, explore online resource guides, and learn about ways to re-purpose and reuse content.
Link to sign up: Register for this Workshop!
