1. History Day @ your library
A Metronet, MELSA, Minnesota History Day
Collaboration
AASL 2011

2. Metronet
• Facilitate cooperation &
collaboration among all
types of libraries
• 7 county metro area
• Board is committed to
Information Literacy

3. MELSA

4. History Day @ your
library
A “hullabaloo” for teachers and
librarians
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8867046@N07/2754788861

5. Goal 1
Introduce teachers, media specialists, and
public, academic, and special librarians who
work with students participating in History
Day to the wide array of resources in Twin
Cities and other libraries

6. Goal 2
Help teachers teach the research process and
reliable resources to History Day students
Help librarians understand History Day

7. Organization
• All day event
• Keynotes
• Choice of breakout sessions

8. Keynotes
• History Players
• George Caitlin

9. Keynotes
• History Day 101
• Expansion of current HD
Theme

10. Breakout Sessions
• Research
• Reliable
Resources
• Responsible Use

11. Encourage Customization
• Sessions focus on the current History Day theme
• Libraries with collections that support the theme are
encouraged to present

12. Research Session Topics
• Introduce & expand on
teaching the research
process
• Internet resources &
search skills
• Google search & Google
tools
• Research Project
Calculator

13. Reliable Resources
• Emphasize resources
available to all
Minnesotans through ELM
• Highlight collections--
GovDocs, labor
archives, Mn Digital
Library
• Annotated bibliography

14. Responsible Use
• Copyright basics
• Creative Commons
• Resources for finding
copyright-friendly images
• Tools to manage research

15. Costs
• Aims to be self-supporting
• Registration pays for
parking and lunch and
materials
• Collaboration with History
Center gives great space
with no cost
• MELSA/Metronet pays
keynote & any other
expenses

16. Why It Works for Librarians
• Nothing quite like it in
Minnesota to connect HD
teachers & library
resources
• All types of libraries &
librarians are involved
either as presenters or
attendees
• Learn more about HD
operations

17. Why It Works for Teachers
• For beginners as well as
experienced teachers
• Wide variety of topics in
the sessions
• Offered 2 for one—as long
a media specialist was part
of the two
• CEUs for teachers/LMS
Harriet Bishop, St. Paul's first public school teacher

18. Quantity & quality of
resources really
eye-opening for
many participants

19. Outcomes
• Improved connections
between libraries/librarians
& History Day students
• Greater knowledge of
library resources available
to all Minnesotans
• More visibility for libraries,
especially special libraries
& collections
Frederick McKinley Jones

20. Improvements
• Shortened the day
• Repeated sessions
• Legacy Scholarships for
some attendees
• Thinking about an every-
other-year schedule
Image: 'Minneapolis Public Library'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33384108@N00/2468134078

21. Contact
Ann Walker Smalley
Metronet
Metrolibraries.net
1619 Dayton Ave.
St. Paul MN 55104
651.646.0475
ann@metronet.lib.mn.us
Unless noted, images courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society & Metronet.