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Opening Minds through Art … and intergenerational interactions

art, Opening Minds Through Art, service learning May 27, 2019 Frances Yates, outreach, Programs mdilwort

Happy Times #4, Margaret A. May is a good time to celebrate Spring (no matter how delayed or sporadic!) and also to celebrate Older Americans. The 2019 theme for Older Americans Month is “Connect, Create, Contribute” and it encourages older adults and their communities to: Connect with friends, family, and services that support participation. Create by engaging in activities that promote learning, health, and personal enrichment. Contribute time, talent, and life experience to benefit others. Happy Birthday to Me, Esther W. For five years, IU East has been involved in the spirit of Connect, Create, Contribute, through our partnership with Friends Fellowship Community (FFC) for the Opening Minds through Art (OMA) program. We are pleased to announce that throughout June … Continued

The Persistence of Memory

archives, bicentennial, news sources, oral history, primary sources May 20, 2019 Library Resources, Matt Dilworth mdilwort

“Do you want to take a picture?” “Oh, I’m sure we’ll remember it.” Have you ever heard an exchange like that? We have a tendency to take memory for granted; to assume that what we want of our past will be accessible later on. That is true whether the memories are personal – the first words of a new baby, perhaps – or societal, such as memory of a major cultural shift or shared triumph or tragedy. Memories (whether personal or recounted for us in books, museums, and memorials) preserve learning and heritage and culture. Lives are defined by it. Even blockbuster popular entertainment like the television show Game of Thrones have recently paused the action long enough to contemplate … Continued

Archives Update: New Projects, New Faces

archives, bicentennial, Elizabeth South, lgbtqs, reference databases May 13, 2019 Library Resources, Student Workers mdilwort

To celebrate the IU Bicentennial we wanted to share some exciting updates about both on-going and new IU East Archives projects! Media Collections Online First, all the audio-visual material that was housed in the archives and sent to Bloomington for the Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative (MDPI Project) are now back and they have been digitized. We are working on moving them into IU’s Media Collection Online (MCO), which is the campus wide platform for all of IU’s digitized AV material. We are building collections and pushing them from Dark Avalon, which is a read-only, restricted access site to MCO. If you know we have something in the archives, such as a Starr Gennett recording or an oral history interview … Continued

Poetry from Community Christian Schools

KT Lowe, poetry May 6, 2019 Programs mdilwort

For National Poetry Month, IU East Campus Library collaborated with Community Christian School for the entire month of April, to help students write their own original poetry. On May 2nd those students, in 5th through 8th grades, delivered their poetry on campus, with rousing success. KT Lowe, who leads the program, has worked with CCS students for the past three years. “It’s always fascinating to see what directions the students take. Some of the work is based on video games and sports, which is pretty interesting. There’s always poetry with a lot of humor as well. But some of the work is also really serious, quite mature for their age,” she remarks. “It’s always a delight to see what they … Continued

Red Wolves Write!

english, KT Lowe, lgbtqs, red wolves write, student writing, writing April 29, 2019 Programs mdilwort

To celebrate student writing in all its forms across the curriculum, IU East hosted its second annual Student Writing Day, on April 10, 2019. With posters, presentations, infographics and more, students from English, criminal justice, nursing and other fields presented the best of their written work. Coordinated by English Assistant Professor and Writing Program Director Travis Rountree, Student Writing Day also included activities and advice. The Writing Center was staffed and ready with schedules and knowledgeable students. The IU East Campus Library staff offered literary games, which included ekphrastic poetry exercises and a narrative drawing game involving prompts and ingenuity. A total of 12 poems and 21 drawings were produced, with insights on cats, books, bubbles and butterflies. Students from … Continued