Appalachian Collections

and Outreach….Not Always What You Think It Means

Marc BrodskyGene HydeSAA Annual Meeting, Chicago, ILAugust 24, 2011

“More nonsense has been written about the Southern Mountains than any comparable area in the United States”

-Robert F. Munn 1966

Appalachian State University

East Tennessee State University

Marshall University

Radford University

UNC – Asheville

Berea College

University of Kentucky

Ferrum College

Virginia Tech

Emory & Henry College

Mars Hill College

Western Carolina University

West Virginia University

Appalachian Collections in this study

Berea College, Berea, KY

• Sometimes Outreach looks just like you think it should

• Curricular Engagement

• General Studies course: Identity and Diversity in the United States

Sometimes Outreach might not look like what you imagined

• Take a Sabbatical

• Shorten your hours

• Go to lunch . . .

• Think of Outreach as driven by what the community wants, not just what you can show

• Don’t pass up opportunities

• And, lastly . . .

ISOLATION is DEATH

Marc Brodskymarc9 @ vt.edu

Gene Hydewehyde @ radford.edu

ISOLATION is DEATH