Past, Present, and Future

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and e-Learning

• Past, Present, and Future

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American Memory e-Learning

• In the Beginning
• At Present
• New Directions for the Future

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In the Beginning . . .

• Focus group on primary source uses
• Research on curricula and technology readiness
• American Memory collection evaluations
• Prototype lessons and workshops

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Early Outreach Initiatives

• Collaborations
• Conferences
• Articles
• Education Web site
• American Memory Fellows Program

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Education Web Site

• Research-based
• Audience
• Key components
• Functions

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American MemoryFellows Program

• Blended learning
• Product-based
• Year-long
• Collaborate as pairs
• Collaborate with us
• Sustained support

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American Memory Fellows Program

• Online Orientation
• In-town Institute
• Private Web site
• Small-group listservs
• Amfellows listserv

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American Memory Fellows Program
Fellowship Year
Resources

• Welcome
• Orientation
• Institute I or II
• Lessons
• Leadership Opportunities
• Sustaining the Community

• Gallery of Fellows
• Leadership Resources
• Lesson Development
• Milestone Calendar
• U. of Virginia Course Credit

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Six Years Later . . .

• AMFP Workshops online, in-house, via video
  conference
• Fellows online lessons and outreach
• Amfellows listserv
• Web site growth

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At Present . . .

• Training via video conference and WWW
• In-house training
• Community Center
• And much in development . . .

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Our Mission
To support collection-centered online learning
environments for multi-generational audiences
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e-Learning Technologies

• Allow
• Taking instruction to the user
• Development of a variety of programs
• Combining technologies to complement our
  collections and staff expertise

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New Directions

• Exploring chat
• Web casting
• Expanding discussion forum use
• Expanding video conference programming
• Creating self-help Web tutorials

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. . . For the Future

• Seminars with/for library professionals
• Seminars/workshops for universities
• Collaboration with museums
• Workshops for expanded audiences
• Sharing expertise with other LC programs
• Continued support for teachers students

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To Continue our Work

• Providing primary resource materials in our role
  as a research institution
• Extending libraries traditional interpretive
  function
• Creating a climate that allows curatorial
  creativity to flourish

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Latest e-Learning Initiatives

• Journeys
• Webcasts, Web site, discussion forum
• The Spy Map General Washington
• Videoconferencing, Web site, document camera
• 9/11 Exhibit Panel
• Videoconferencing (multi-site), Web site,
  document camera

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• Webcasts showcasing specialists items in their
  care
• Presentation Web page integrating specialists
  knowledge with resources on Web site
• Web-based discussion a symposium without limits

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The Spy Map Gen. Washington

• Synergy between Library divisions
• Combination of technologies
• Audience range

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9/11 Exhibit Panel

• Nichols School Buffalo, NY.
• Eleanor Roosevelt High School Greenbelt, MD.
• Library staff

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9/11 Panel Staff

• Cassy Ammen, Minerva
• Harry Katz, PP
• Jim Flatness, GM
• Mark Sweeney Georgia Higley, Serials
• Jurretta Heckscher, Judy Graves, Mary Mohr, Laura
  Gottesman

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9/11 Panel in Progress
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A Question from Maryland
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Visit us at
Library of Congress http//www.loc.gov/
American Memory http//memory.loc.gov/
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• Judith K. GravesDigital Project Coordinator,
  LS/PSCLibrary of Congress101 Independence Ave,
  S.E.Washington, D.C. 20540-4604U.S.A.
• jgrav_at_loc.gov