Joining The Campus Conversation

Connecting Your Archives to Community Events

JOINING THE CAMPUS CONVERSATION

Heather J. Stecklein Archivist

UW-Stout Archives/Area Research Center

Creating an identity at a new institution

A NEW WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES

July 2012

THE BIG MOVE FROM CHICAGO TO MENOMONIE

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY

SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS including Apparel Design, P last ics Engineering, Game Design, and Vocat ional Rehabi l i tat ion

UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES col lect ions date back to the 1890s

ABOUT STOUT

THE AREA RESEARCH CENTER

RECORDS MANAGEMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY

Expand our campus user base

THE CHALLENGE

HOW DO WE OPEN THE DIALOG WITH CAMPUS?

PROMOTIONAL POSTERS

COMMUNICATING HISTORY AT CAMPUS

EVENTS

Shooting the fish when they’re in the barrel

The Backyard Bash

DIRECT OUTREACH AT CAMPUS EVENTS

REDISCOVERED ANGKLUNGS

The l ine for tex tbook renta l

ENGAGING A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE

HOMECOMING FLOAT SHOWCASE

HOMECOMING FLOAT SLIDESHOW

Foundation Annual Meeting

Retired Employee Breakfast

ADDITIONAL SLIDESHOWS

Using Social Media to connect to current events

BEING PART OF THE NOW

TWITTER AND FACEBOOK

Social Media

OLYMPIC SPORTS AT STOUT

SOCIAL MEDIA REGULAR BLOG POSTS WITH COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS AND EVENTS

A “Welcome Back” Surprise

Digital copies of their yearbook Link to blog avai lable in their welcome packet

REUNION CLASSES

DIALOG

The 80/20 Rule

Campus exhibits

MAKING THE COLLECTIONS VISIBLE

ADOPT NEGLECTED SPACES

COMMANDEER EXHIBIT CASES

SEARCHABLE RECIPES

GET THE ARCHIVES IN THE ROTATION

COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS

Promote the spaces your collections represent

CONNECT TO THE LARGER HISTORICAL

DIALOG

Pepin County Cour thouse Caddie Woodlawn Histor ica l Park Laura Ingal ls Wi lder b i r thplace P ioneer V i l lage Museum Evergreen Cemeter y Mabel Ta inter Theater

DRIVING TOUR OF OUR AREA RESEARCH CENTER COUNTIES

FOR MORE INFORMATION

HEATHER J. STECKLEIN [email protected]

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