VRA 2013 Pedagogical Studies in Visual Literacy, Smith
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Kelly Smith, Visual Resources Librarian, Lafayette College, Easton, PA VRA Annual Conference – Providence, Rhode Island April 5, 2013 IMAGE SEEKING & USE PRACTICES BY GRADUATE HISTORY STUDENTS nues to Incorporating Visual Liter Session #13: Pedagogical Studies in Visual L
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Presented by Kelly Smith at the Annual Conference of the Visual Resources Association, April 3rd - April 6th, 2013, in Providence, Rhode Island. Session #13: Pedagogical Studies in Visual Literacy ORGANIZER/MODERATOR: Mark Pompelia, Rhode Island School of Design PRESENTERS: Diana Carns, University of Massachusetss Dartmouth "Constructing Meaning: Integrating Text, Images, and Critical Questioning" Ellen Petraits, Rhode Island School of Design "Visual Literacy for Visual Learners: Relating Research Skills to Haptic Skills" Kelly Smith, Lafayette College "Image Seeking and Use by Graduate History Students: Avenues to Incorporating Visual Literacy" Sarah Vornholt, University of Hawai'i at Manoa "Visualizing the Article: An Exploratory Study of Undergraduates' Educational Reactions to Images in Scholarly Articles" Following the popular Visual Literacy Case Studies session that premiered at the 2012 annual conference, this session follows that same purpose while expanding the definition of what it can mean while meeting in Providence, Rhode Island—the Creative Capital, a city that serves as a factory for and of non-traditional learners. As background: A term first coined in 1969, visual literacy, according to the Association of College and Research Libraries “Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education,” “is a set of abilities that enables an individual to effectively find, interpret, evaluate, use, and create images and visual media. Visual literacy skills equip a learner to understand and analyze the contextual, cultural, ethical, aesthetic, intellectual, and technical components involved in the production and use of visual materials. A visually literate individual is both a critical consumer of visual media and a competent contributor to a body of shared knowledge and culture.”
Transcript of VRA 2013 Pedagogical Studies in Visual Literacy, Smith
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/
(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
