Richter Library started a new innovative program “Library Research Scholars” this academic year, which offers UM’s undergraduate students a unique, librarian faculty-mentored learning experience involving a deep and active engagement with the University of Miami Libraries’ research collections and service programs.
Library Research Scholars Program
2015-16 Library Research Scholars
Although none of the seven scholars picked university history as their research subject, we have been able to assist four of them with our collections and expertise. For the two research scholars who researched on the Orange Bowl, the best resource is available at the Special Collections. However, the Office of the President Records can provide unique materials about early history and UM’s involvement in the legendary bowl game. We do not have computer skills to help the scholar who has been developing a campus walking tour app, but she also needed historical content, such as UM buildings and landmarks as well as images for the program. The fourth scholar did not need UM’s historical resources, but I was asked to assist him with my knowledge of Japanese history and art as well as Richter’s collection on Japanese subjects. We are also offering exhibition assistance for the the scholars who will curate exhibitions later this summer.
Through this engaging program, we hope more faculty and students of the University will discover that historical resources of the University of Miami can be excellent research and teaching material on subjects, such as local history, architecture, diversity, social movements, Cuban exiles and their experience in the U.S., and origin of cultural institutions in Miami.
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