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Thinking Outside the Archive Walls:

Join Jan Zauha at the Pacific Northwest Library Association Annual Conference to explore how archives can enhance book groups and foster engaging discussions. Discover different types of archives and their digital resources, and share your own ideas and experiences. Collaboration and information sharing encouraged!

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Thinking Outside the Archive Walls:

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  1. Thinking Outside the Archive Walls: Enriching Community Book Discussions Pacific Northwest Library Association Annual Conference Kalispell, Montana August 3, 2018 Jan Zauha, Humanities & Outreach Librarian Special Collections & Archival Informatics Montana State University Library Bozeman, MT

  2. We’ll talk about... • Book groups generally • Why archives? • What kind of archives? • Where are they? • How might they be used? • What are YOUR ideas/experiences?

  3. Who am I? • Outreach & Humanities Librarian at Montana State University in Bozeman • Since 1995 at MSU; • Since 2018 located in Special Collections & Archival Informatics • NOT an archivist! • Project co-lead on The Ivan Doig Archive: Voices and Vistas exhibit at the Big Sky Country State Fair, summer 2017 • Leader of 3 community book groups in Bozeman • Masters in literature and library science

  4. The Book Group Low-Down

  5. Friends of MSU Library Book Group: 2000- • Democratic selection • Focused discussion • Your book? You lead! • No wine  (ok, sometimes) • No authors invited! • But supplemental materials encouraged

  6. Archives + Reading Group: The Doig Experiment

  7. What kinds of books/book groups might benefit from archival materials? Great books groups History-focused (fiction or non-fiction) Place-based Disengaged or floundering groups: wine + archives = insight? Diversity/social justice-focused Single author-focused Other?

  8. Author archives with significant digital content • Jack London -- http://huntington.org/jacklondon/ • Ursula K. Le Guin -- http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html • Richard Brautigan --http://www.brautigan.net/index.html • Owen Wister -- https://tsl.access.preservica.com/tda/prints-and-photo-collections/owen-wister-photograph-collection/ • Willa Cather -- https://cather.unl.edu/ • Tony Hillerman– http://ehillerman.unm.edu/ • Mark Twain -- http://www.marktwainproject.org/ • Ivan Doig – http://ivandoig.montana.edu

  9. History and Place-based Archives • Alaska’s Digital Archives http://vilda.alaska.edu/ • Alberta on Record https://albertaonrecord.ca/ • MemoryBChttps://www.memorybc.ca/ • Idaho State Historical Society Digital Collections http://idahohistory.cdmhost.com/ • Montana Memory Project http://montanamemory.org/ • Washington State Library Digital Collections & Resources https://www.sos.wa.gov/library/digcolls.asp

  10. Drifter, sheep wagon and band, winter camp. 1907. Huffman, L. A. (Laton Alton), 1854-1931. Montana Memory Project

  11. National & Regional Archives • Archives Canada http://www.archivescanada.ca/ • Library of Congress Digital Collections https://www.loc.gov/collections/ • National Archives (US) https://www.archives.gov/ • Archives West http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ • Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) https://dp.la/

  12. Archives Canada – search on “sled dogs”

  13. Diversity Archives • GLBT Historical Society Archiveshttp://www.glbthistory.org/archives/ • BC Gay and Lesbian Archives Photography Collection http://cdm15935.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15935coll99 • Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives https://clga.ca/ • Black Past Digital Archives http://www.blackpast.org/digital-archives • American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/ • Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains http://arc.lib.montana.edu/indian-great-plains/ • Latino Cultural Heritage Digital Archives http://digital-library.csun.edu/LatArch/

  14. ACT UP Die-In to protest the number of AIDS-related deaths due to lack of education and funding. 1990s. BC Gay and Lesbian Archives Photography Collection

  15. Specialty Archives • The Soundscapes of Ivan Doig http://ivandoig.montana.edu/projects/sounds/ • National Public Radio Archive https://www.npr.org/search • Weather Underground Historical Weather https://www.wunderground.com/history/ • Western Soundscape Archive https://westernsoundscape.org/ • The Culture of Cooking https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/more-topics/bon-appetit-cooking/Pages/culture-cooking.aspx • Western Slang, Lingo, & Phrases: A Writer’s Guide to the Old West https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-slang/

  16. Thank you! Would you like to… • Collaborate? • Talk to me about ideas? • Share information? Contact me at jzauha@montana.edu

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