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Milwaukee Civil Rights, Archives, and Digital History

Milwaukee Civil Rights, Archives, and Digital History. a conversation with Jack Dougherty Cities, Suburbs, and Schools Project Trinity College, Hartford CT at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee February 1, 2010. Q1: Digital Archives Q2: Dynamic eBooks Q3: Born-digital eBooks

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Milwaukee Civil Rights, Archives, and Digital History

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  1. Milwaukee Civil Rights, Archives, and Digital History a conversation with Jack Dougherty Cities, Suburbs, and Schools Project Trinity College, Hartford CT at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee February 1, 2010

  2. Q1: Digital Archives Q2: Dynamic eBooks Q3: Born-digital eBooks Q4: Digital Publishing Models

  3. Q1: Digital Archives How have archivists and scholars cooperated to improve access to civil rights history via the Internet over time?

  4. Q1: Digital Archives How have archivists and scholars cooperated to improve access to civil rights history via the Internet over time? UW-M archives opened web access to archival finding aids, mid-1990s will launch web-based “March on Milwaukee” collection - documents and images - oral history interviews donated by author Author’s companion website on UNC Press website

  5. Q2: Dynamic eBooks What will the new generation of dynamic eBooks look like, and will they meaningfully enhance reader interactivity?

  6. Q2: Dynamic eBooks What will the new generation of dynamic eBooks look like, and will they meaningfully enhance reader interactivity? Current eBooks: simply “glorified PDFs” with limited value-added features; retro-fit of existing book for the Internet

  7. Q2: Dynamic eBooks What will the new generation of dynamic eBooks look like, and will they meaningfully enhance reader interactivity? Dynamic eBooks: UNC Press to launch “Long Civil Rights Movement” digital pilot featuring multi-layered features: author-generated source links and sidebar comments reader-generated comments at paragraph level community conversations connected to other books

  8. What will dynamic eBooks look like? (My best guess. . . .) Show comments

  9. What will dynamic eBooks look like? (My best guess. . . .) Hide comments Link to oral history interview segment with Juanita Adams • Comments: • Reader1 wrote: • I’m struck by the gendered dynamics of this photo and am looking for other studies of women’s leadership roles in civil rights organizing. • Reader2 wrote: • Have you seen this new book about Septima Clark? Link to biblio citation via library or Zotero LCRM group

  10. Q2: Dynamic eBooks What will the new generation of dynamic eBooks look like, and will they meaningfully enhance reader interactivity? Working examples of new eBook features elsewhere: Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Planned Obsolescenceusing CommentPress peer review tool Zotero bibliography tool and LCRM group citations

  11. Q3: Born-digital eBooks How will digital publishing opportunities inspire authors and readers to communicate in ways not previously feasible?

  12. Q3: Born-digital eBooks How will digital publishing opportunities inspire authors and readers to communicate in ways not previously feasible? My current book project:

  13. Q: What kinds of lines have shaped metropolitan life in US 20th century? Municipal boundaries

  14. Q: What kinds of lines have shaped metropolitan life in US 20th century? Municipal boundaries School districts

  15. Q: What kinds of lines have shaped metropolitan life in US 20th century? Municipal boundaries School districts School attendance zones

  16. Q: What kinds of lines have shaped metropolitan life in US 20th century? Municipal boundaries School districts School attendance zones Mortgage redlining

  17. Q: What kinds of lines have shaped metropolitan life in US 20th century? Municipal boundaries School districts School attendance zones Mortgage redlining Residential zoning

  18. Q: What kinds of lines have shaped metropolitan life in US 20th century? Municipal boundaries School districts School attendance zones Mortgage redlining Residential zoning The Color Line

  19. A metropolitan story of Hartford, CT & three divergent suburbs

  20. In West Hartford, real estate firms marketed selected private home sales with access to more desirable public schools 1951 Hartford Courant, May 1, 1960

  21. In Avon, school leaders collaborated with real estate firms to transform rural town into an elite suburban district 1951

  22. In Bloomfield, rapid decline was driven by real estate firms engaged in racial steering and block-busting through schools 1951

  23. Telling this story requires tools to help readers visualize historical change in spatial inequality and civil rights strategies see interactive historical mapping demo Elizabeth Horton Sheff, Hartford civil rights activist Not only a “long” civil rights movement, but also a spatially “widening” struggle over time

  24. Q4: Digital Publishing Models How can authors & publishers identify new models that maximize access and quality, with fiscal sustainability? Crucial for civil rights and public historians to push for broadest access possible to everyday peoples’ history

  25. Q4: Digital Publishing Models How can authors & publishers identify new models that maximize access and quality, with fiscal sustainability? Open Access Fiscally sustainable

  26. Q4: Digital Publishing Models How can authors & publishers identify new models that maximize access and quality, with fiscal sustainability? Open Access - author self-publishes text & digital features on web - publisher sells library subscriptions to ebooks - publisher sells conventional book Fiscally sustainable

  27. Q4: Digital Publishing Models How can authors & publishers identify new models that maximize access and quality, with fiscal sustainability? Open Access - author self-publishes text & digital features on web - publisher sells dynamic ebooks (text & digital) via library subscription & direct to e-readers - publisher sells library subscriptions to ebooks - publisher sells conventional book Fiscally sustainable

  28. Q4: Digital Publishing Models How can authors & publishers identify new models that maximize access and quality, with fiscal sustainability? Open Access - author self-publishes text & digital features on web - can author make a deal with publisher to donate free access to dynamic ebook content to public & school libraries in the location of the case study? - publisher sells dynamic ebooks (text & digital) via library subscription & direct to e-readers - publisher sells library subscriptions to ebooks - publisher sells conventional book Fiscally sustainable

  29. Q1: Digital Archives Q2: Dynamic eBooks Q3: Born-digital eBooks Q4: Digital Publishing Models Your comments and questions. . .

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