CLIR Events 2022

Presentation 1
 
The Art of Documents: The Digitization of Black Mountain College Ephemeral Materials as Exhibition and Interpretation Inspiration in an Art Museum Setting
Hilary Schroeder, Lydia See, Whitney Richardson, Corey Loftus
Asheville Art Museum, United States of America
 
Grounded in the Asheville Art Museum’s digitization of documents collected by Black Mountain College cofounder Theodore Dreier, this paper explores recent projects centering ephemera alongside artworks. Case studies underscore the value of these materials and set in motion their continued use as interpretive tools in myriad settings physically and digitally.
 
 
Presentation 2
 
The Afterlife of BiblioPhilly
Lois Black(1), Dot Porter(2)
1: Lehigh University, United States of America; 2: University of Pennsylvania, United States of America
 
In their talk, BiblioPhilly PI Lois Black and co-PI Dot Porter will discuss the afterlife of BiblioPhilly. What happens once the manuscripts are digitized and available? What new findings and new projects has this important work supported? What will we do next?
 
 
Presentation 3
 
Charting the Course for the Western Water Archives
Lisa Crane
The Claremont Colleges Library, United States of America
 
Lisa Crane, Project Director, will share lessons learned from the #CLIR Water project; explore learning outcomes experienced by students and staff working on the project; and highlight teaching opportunities as she “charts the course” for the Western Water Archives over the course of the grant period and into the future.