Outreach Initiatives by Graduate Student Workers at IU-B

Outreach Initiatives by Graduate

Student Workers at IU-B Archives

and Special Collections

Sarah McAfoose, Brianna Marshall, Taylor Greene, Valerie Lazalier, Indiana University Bloomington

Archives of Traditional Music

Record Sale

Major Fundraiser for ATM (has no budget)

Includes 33 1/3 rpm, 45 rpm, and 78 rpm

discs, Books, etc.

Interact with Bloomington Community

Radio, Television, Newspaper Advertisement

Interact with IU-B Students

Fliers, Listserv Posting, Word of Mouth

Outcome

Stats from 2010 Sale

Definition A

Definition B

Stats from 2012 Sale

Definition

Tips for effective use of Twitter

Identify your audience and purpose

Tips for effective use of Twitter

Identify your audience and purpose

Person responsible for tweeting should be

informed and passionate

Tips for effective use of Twitter

Identify your audience and purpose

Person responsible for tweeting should be

informed and passionate

Maintain your Twitter presence

Archives Displays at the Kinsey Institute

Library Display Cabinet

Library Display Cabinet Continued

Dr. Kinsey’s

Microscope

Letters from

Dr. Kinsey “Dear Dr. Kinsey”

letters John Money

letter

John Money

Donation

Alice Field data

Master’s and

Johnson

object

Thomas Painter

Collection

Louise

Lawrence

Scrapbook

Christine

Jorgenson –

Vertical File

Reception Area Display Case

Letter from

Sigmund

Freud

Letter from

George

Platt Lynes

to Dr.

Kinsey

Items from

the 2004

film Kinsey

IU Art Museum “Archive”

Over 43,000

Art Objects

Paper Records

Digital Records

Object Folders

Dealer/Donor Files

Exhibition Archive

IUAM Tour

Part of SAA-SC conference

at IU-B

Toured in previous years

This year with the museum's

registrar

Not only IU-B students

Raised awareness of

museum archives in general

Kinsey Institute Tour

Society of Art Librarianship

Students at IU-B

Tour led by the Curator of

Art, Artifacts, and

Photographs

Included library and art

gallery

Promoted as a resource for

student research and a

potential internship site

From which of the following IU-B Archives have

you used archival resources?

From which sources have you learned about the

existence of an IU-B archive?

Which of the following prompted you to

physically go to an archive on the IU-B campus?

Which of the following dissuaded you from

visiting an archive?

Would you “like” an archive on Facebook?

Would you follow an archive on Twitter?

Questions/Discussions

Archival Outreach

Ideas?

Comments?

Questions?