Kelly Smith, Visual Resources Librarian, Lafayette College, Easton, PAVRA Annual Conference – Providence, Rhode Island

April 5, 2013

IMAGE SEEKING & USE PRACTICES BY GRADUATE

HISTORY STUDENTSAvenues to Incorporating Visual Literacy

Session #13: Pedagogical Studies in Visual Literacy

What roles do visual resources play?

What are the methods and motives for image retrieval?

What are the opportunities for outreach?

Pictorial Turn

…mute witnesses and it is difficult to translate their testimony into words”

(Burke, P. 2001).

Years in Program ABD

Previous M.A.(s) from Other Institutions

Fields of Study

5 Yes 3 in History Early Modern European and History of Art

5* Completed None Modern European History

3 Yes 1 in History Early Modern European and Intellectual History

2 No 1 in History Russian/Eastern European Cultural History and East Asian History

5 Yes None United States Women’s and Gender History and African American History

8 Yes None United States African American History

*Participant 2 recently completed a dissertation before the interview.

Course Work

Teaching

Research

Use of Images

Use – Course Work

Standard Three:The visually literate student interprets and analyzes the meanings of images and visual media.

Standard Four:The visually literate student evaluates images and their sources.

Standard Five:The visually literate student uses images and visual media effectively.

Use – Teaching

Children in Classroom in Keene New Hampshire. Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County, http://www.flickr.com/photos/keenepubliclibrary/5445795535/

Use – Research

Faculty Use

Discovery as Method

Standard Two:The visually literate student finds and accesses needed images and visual media effectively and efficiently.

Interactions with Information Institutions and Professionals

Outreach and Instruction

Outreach Preferences

Handout available in print, online, or both.

Image guides hosted on the library’s webpage.

Visit classes and Teaching Assistant training.

Dog Riding a Tricycle. National Media Museum, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/3084876560/

smithka@lafayette.edu

(2011, October 27). "ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education”. American Library Association.Retrieved from:http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/visualliteracy

Burke, P. (2001). Eyewitnessing: The use of images as historical evidence. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Stafford, B.M. (1996). Good Looking: essays on the virtue of images. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/s_papers/id/1540