https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYIBToQrPdotpNQEAAAEa Reviewed by Elizabeth Kobert, The Frick Collection [PDF Full Text] Hacks, a comedy-drama series released on HBO Max in May 2021, tells the story of two comedians who are forced to work together. Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), a has-been stand-up comic modeled on Joan Rivers, needs to update her act to avoid losing her … Continue reading “It’s All Material, Honey”: Archives as Source of Creative Inspiration in Hacks
Off the Record
Curated by Ashley James. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City.April 2 to September 27, 2021. Reviewed by James Lowry, Queens College, City University of New York [PDF Full Text] Records manifest and manufacture power, project authority, and lay claim to evidentiality: a new exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum surfaces how constructed and … Continue reading Off the Record
LibWizard Tutorials
https://www.springshare.com/libwizard/ Reviewed by Kayla Harris, Marian Library, University of Dayton [PDF Full Text] LibWizard is a multipurpose tool by SpringShare that includes four components: forms, surveys, quizzes, and tutorials/assessments. Although each of these features presents an opportunity to be used in primary source instruction, this review will focus specifically on the tutorials and the ways … Continue reading LibWizard Tutorials
Women and the Temperance Movement Primary Source Set
dp.la/primary-source-sets/women-and-the-temperance-movement Reviewed by John Henry Adams, University of Missouri Libraries [PDF Full Text] One of the challenges of primary source instruction is identifying a set of compelling and varied primary sources around a single theme. In this review, I will discuss the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) as a general resource for primary source … Continue reading Women and the Temperance Movement Primary Source Set
The Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Collective
https://tpscollective.org/ Reviewed by Beth South, Indiana University East [PDF Full Text] The Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Collective “is an online hub that brings together resources, professional development and support for those who teach with primary sources, including librarians, archivists, teachers, cultural heritage professionals, and anyone who has an interest in using primary sources in … Continue reading The Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Collective
Zoom for Oral History Projects
https://zoom.us/ Reviewed by Lauren Kata, CA, New York University Abu Dhabi Library [PDF Full Text] Zoom Wordmark, from https://zoom.us/brandguidelines Many of us do not need headlines such as “Why Zoom Rose to the Top during the Coronavirus Pandemic,”[1] or “Zooming Ahead: The Explosive Growth of Zoom during the Pandemic,”[2] to understand the video conferencing software’s … Continue reading Zoom for Oral History Projects
Who Will Write Our History
https://whowillwriteourhistory.com Reviewed by Sister Grace Marie Del Priore, Felician Sisters of North America Provincial Archive [PDF Full Text] The 2018 documentary Who Will Write Our History tells the story of Oyneg Shabes, the secret archives of the Warsaw Ghetto. Directed by Roberta Grossman and distributed by Abramorama, it is a moving and thought-provoking documentary and … Continue reading Who Will Write Our History
Collective Responsibility Labor Advocacy Toolkit
https://toolkit.dobetterlabor.com/ Reviewed by Erin Passehl-Stoddart, University of Oregon [PDF Full Text] One of the most pressing issues raised within libraries, archives, and museums (LAM) in the last few years is ethical labor practices for contingent workers, including term-limited, grant-funded, and unpaid positions. One website that weaves together materials that explore issues and outcomes on LAM’s … Continue reading Collective Responsibility Labor Advocacy Toolkit
Syrian Archive
https://syrianarchive.org Reviewed by Laila Hussein Moustafa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [PDF Full Text] In 2011, a group of Syrian citizens took to the streets calling on the Syrian government for democratic reforms. This was the beginning of a civil war that has lasted for almost ten years. Originally a regional war, today it is an … Continue reading Syrian Archive
Memory Lab Network Resources
https://memorylabnetwork.github.io/resources.html Reviewed by Annie Tummino, Tomasz Gubernat, and Jeanie Pai, Queens College, City University of New York [PDF Full Text] Launched by the DC Public Library (DCPL) in 2017, the Memory Lab Network (MLN) is a digital preservation program designed to establish do-it-yourself digitization stations in public libraries nationwide. Each year, the MLN selects seven … Continue reading Memory Lab Network Resources
