digital project… what next?
by Prof. Hangen - February 13th, 2009
Everyone: thanks for a terrific field trip! I thought it went really well and I want to thank everyone for their cooperation. I hope you enjoyed the trip and the experience of doing primary source research and I hope you have the chance to get back there on your own for research or to see the rest of the museum.
The librarian, Robyn Christensen, has a list of your names and Worcester State College email addresses, and which envelope you worked on. Over the weekend she & her volunteers will scan the cards in your envelope and email them to you as image (jpg) files. (It may be in several emails).
If you took your packet home, you should check to make sure she has emailed you all the fronts & backs of the cards in your envelope. If something is missing, crooked, etc, then reply to HER (not to me) by email and let her know. If it’s complete, also let HER know with a short email, like: “Got everything, it all looked good, thanks.”
If I have your packet, then you can do that on Wednesday in class.
If you wanted her to copy something else in the envelope – a personal letter, a newspaper clipping, a photograph, etc – you also need to let her know with a polite and clear request saying exactly which envelope and which items. The default is, only the cards will be scanned and not the other materials. Scanning the extra materials might take longer – you might not have it by next week, which is okay, just be patient. We made a lot of work for them all in one day and they are being VERY gracious about doing all the scanning and copying for us!
I have uploaded the Word document on which you were taking notes at the museum. It is posted under “Assignments” and is also found by clicking here. Open the Word document, and input the information as a typed transcript. You will make a typed version of the envelope contents. You should save it to your own computer but in such a way that you can open it on Wednesday from a computer in Sullivan. It should be on a flash drive, or emailed to yourself, or saved to your Zspace, or whatever works for you. It will help if you save the document with your last name in the file name.
Any questions? Email me before Wednesday 2/18 and I’ll try to clear up anything muddy, and we will work on this together in class on Wednesday. See you then!
And: if you missed the field trip, you need to come see me in person so we can talk about how to schedule a makeup visit. My office hours are posted on my door (Sullivan 327B) or email me for an appointment ASAP.
