Presentation at the Minnesota Archives Symposium, 2012 by Heather J. Stecklein of the UW-Stout Archives demonstrating ways to promote archival resources on a university campus.

1. JOINING THE CAMPUS Connecting
Your Archives
to Community
CONVERSATION Events
Heather J. Stecklein
Archivist
UW-Stout Archives/Area Research Center

2. A NEW WORLD OF Creating
an identity
at a new
OPPORTUNITIES institution

3. THE BIG
MOVE
FROM
CHICAGO TO
MENOMONIE
July
2012

4. ABOUT STOUT
POLY TECHNIC
UNIVERSIT Y
SPECIALIZED
PROGRAMS
i n c lud i ng A p p a re l
D e s ign , P l a st ic s
E n g inee rin g, G a m e
D e s ign , a n d Vo c a t i onal
Re h a b ilit at ion
UNIVERSIT Y
ARCHIVES
c o l lec t ions d a te b a c k
to t h e 1 8 9 0 s

5. THE AREA RESEARCH CENTER

6. RECORDS MANAGEMENT FOR THE
UNIVERSIT Y

7. Expand our
THE CHALLENGE campus
user base

8. HOW DO WE OPEN THE DIALOG WITH
CAMPUS?

9. PROMOTIONAL POSTERS

10. COMMUNICATING Shooting
the fish
HISTORY AT CAMPUS when
they’re in
EVENTS the barrel

11. DIRECT
OUTREACH
AT CAMPUS
EVENTS
T h e B a c k ya r d
Bash

12. REDISCOVERED ANGKLUNGS

13. ENGAGING
A CAPTIVE
AUDIENCE
The line for
te x t b o o k r e n t a l

14. HOMECOMING FLOAT SHOWCASE

15. HOMECOMING FLOAT SLIDESHOW

16. ADDITIONAL SLIDESHOWS
Foundation Annual Meeting Retired Employee Breakfast

17. Using
BEING PART OF THE Social
Media to
connect to
NOW current
events

18. Social Media
TWITTER AND FACEBOOK

19. OLYMPIC SPORTS AT STOUT

20. SOCIAL
MEDIA
REGULAR
BLOG POSTS
WITH
COLLECTION
HIGHLIGHTS
AND EVENTS

21. A “Welcome Back” Surprise
REUNION
CLASSES
Digital
copies of
their
yearbook
Link to blog
available in
their
welcome
packet

22. DIALOG
The
80/20
Rule

23. MAKING THE Campus
exhibits
COLLECTIONS VISIBLE

24. ADOPT NEGLECTED SPACES

25. COMMANDEER EXHIBIT CASES

26. SEARCHABLE RECIPES

27. GET THE ARCHIVES IN THE ROTATION

28. COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS

29. CONNECT TO THE Promote
the spaces
LARGER HISTORICAL your
collections
DIALOG represent

30. DRIVING
TOUR OF
OUR AREA
RESEARCH
CENTER
COUNTIES
Pe p i n C o u n t y
Courthouse
C a d d i e Wo o d l aw n
H i s to r ic a l P a r k
Laura Ingalls
W i l d e r b i r t h p la c e
Pioneer Village
Museum
Evergreen
C e m e te r y
M a b e l Ta i n te r
T h e a te r

31. FOR MORE INFORMATION
HEATHER J. STECKLEIN
steckleinh@uwstout.edu
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