From an Archive to a Digital Map Edition: Introducing the Spatial Turn to an Undergraduate Writing Course

This article describes the process and outcomes of working with an undergraduate writing course as they created original scholarship for a digital map edition. Traditionally, library interventions in writing courses are limited to introducing students to library resources, developing better search terms, and research strategies. More recently librarians have incorporated primary source materials from special collections and archives into some classes as a way to engage student research. We worked with a faculty writing partner to introduce students to an archive but framed the experience through the lens of spatial thinking.

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Preliminary Inventory of the Arizona Instructional Media Network Inc. Records 1951-1997; MSS 2005-03831 & 2009-04275

This collection houses minutes, memoranda, audio-visual catalogs, reports, newsletters, financial statements, correspondence, and Central Arizona Film Cooperative Records documenting the Arizona Instructional Media Network’s history, audio-visual materials available for use, and the AIMN’s dissolution and transfer of assets.

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Preliminary Inventory of the Joel A. Benedict Papers 1914-1997 (bulk 1960-1997); MSS 2007-04122

This collection houses correspondence, budgets, evaluations, ephemera, lesson plans, grant proposals, research papers, and audio and visual materials documenting Joel Benedict’s career as a professor and work with the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) and the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA).

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International Visual Literacy Association Curricula in Visual Literacy Project Papers 1977-1982; MSS-101

The International Visual Literacy Association Curricula in Visual Literacy Project(IVLACVLP). Papers include correspondence, program descriptions, photographs, and reports. The collection, which runs from 1977 to 1982, is divided into the following series: Programs Appearing In “Curriculum In Visual Literacy,” Programs Reviewed By International Visual Literacy Association Task Force, Administrative Papers, and Dennis Drake Correspondence.

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