Walking the Literary Landscape: Using Mobile Apps to Connect Literature to Your Community
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Colorado Convention Center, Room 201/203/205/207
Move out of the library and into the literary world! By employing mobile mapping technology to develop literary walking tours, public librarians will connect the community with their local authors and literary heritage. Walking tours can spark conversation and enhance the community’s collective literary imagination. This program will provide librarians with effective project management tips, recommendations on open source mapping apps, content management templates, and suggestions on how to create visually appealing and engaging tours.
At the end of this session, participants will:
1: Acquire the expertise to create a low cost/high impact walking tour that documents your local literary community. 2: Gain the knowledge and skills to implement a work plan, adopt a content management template, and evaluate open source mapping applications. 3: Gain a number of effective strategies to connect your community to its authors, publications, and local history.
The session organizer(s) identified this session as appropriate for:
Level 1: People with no previous knowledge of the topic.
This session will have: Medium interaction: single speaker/panel with questions or audience participation throughout
Track: Invent
Tags: Spaces and Places, Civic Engagement, Collaboration, Local History, Mobile Technology, Outreach Services
Presenters
Keith Gorman, Department Head, Special Collections and University Archives
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Keith Gorman is the Head of Special Collections and University Archives at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Trained as a historian, Gorman received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After a ten year teaching career, he decided to pursue a career in archives that brought together his love of research and his interest in democratizing the writing of history. He received his MLS at Simmons College.
Kathelene Smith, Public Services Archivist
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Kathelene McCarty Smith has held the position of Public Service Archivist at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) since 2010. She has a master's degree in Art History from Louisiana State University and a master's degree in Library and Information Studies from UNCG. Smith primarily works with University textiles, artifacts, and historic photographs as well as with public outreach and various digital projects.
Tom Cole, Librarian, Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room
Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library, Charlotte, NC
Thomas Cole has been a librarian with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library since 2004 and in the Carolina Room, a special collection for local history and genealogy, since 2008. Tom provides information service, speaks on local history topics, and organizes web exhibits based on the library's collections. He hopes in all these endeavors is to serve the public by making the past more accessible, vivid, and real.