Engaging the public with digital primary sources: A tri–state online history database and learning center
Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: This collaborative database project, involving five universities and historical societies in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, has sought to encourage online researchers to think more deeply about the digitized primary sources featured. The project intended to serve as a model for other institutions that wanted to share collections and stimulate public interest in and use of those collections. This essay focuses on how we incorporated pedagogical elements into the design of the database, and how we have encouraged K–12 teachers and college students to use it. Project
Source: First Monday
Authors: Laurie Mercier, Leslie Wykoff
Language: English
Subfield: Conservation
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2082020025