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Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, February 14, 2013
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What I Did Last Summer…At Library Camp!
The Information Matrix Camp, 2007-2012 and Beyond
David D. Oberhelmand.oberhelman@okstate.eduOklahoma State University Library
History of the IM Camp
• Established in 2007 by
OLA (Career Recruitment &
Retention Committee) and Rose
State College co-sponsors
• 3-Year $100,000 IMLS grant,
Donations from libraries,
Friends groups, OLA
What Participants Learn
• Shortage of librarians • Many types of librarians with specialties
(including IT staff)• Other information professional careers• Role of libraries in lifelong learning• If they do not become librarians, they will be
great library users, Friends, advocates, or board members.
• Day in the life of a library
Camp Info & Schedule• ~30 campers for 1 week
• 12-14 Year-old campers,
• Recommended by librarian
• $50 only (to help with food)
• Counselors – librarians
(OLA and RSC), night help
• Medical forms, permissions, etc.
• Tour libraries, archives,
museums in OKC/Tulsa
• Computer activities
• Evening activities at a library, librarian talks, library fun!
Libraries, etc., Visited• Large, small, & medium public libraries• Oklahoma History Center• Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism• Oklahoma Library for the Blind• Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum• Will Rogers Memorial• Medical & law libraries• Corporate / special libraries (Devon Energy)• Academic libraries: college, medium-sized university,
large university• School libraries (help younger children w/ reading)
IM Camp Since 2007
• 2007-2009 camps based at Rose State, IMLS grant
• 2010 OLA Endowment money only; camp at University of Tulsa
• 2011-2012 camps at Rose State, 2nd IMLS grant• 2013 location TBD• New and repeat campers• Advanced camp for 15-16 year-old?
2012 Camp
IM Camp Visits OSU• March 2012 request for first visit to OSU
Library• OSU team assembled
(experience with school and
younger groups)• Challenge: How to introduce
middle-schoolers to a big academic library
and get them interested in a career (or
learn to love libraries)?
Planning and Logistics• Logistics:
– Tour schedule – ~30 minutes per area max– Keep campers entertained & informed– Moving campers from point A to point B– Parking for bus / pick-up and drop-off– Feeding them (funding from host library)
• Activities – scavenger hunt• “Why I became a librarian” talks• Goals of Tour:
– Prepare them for transition from school to college library settings– Introduce them to range of academic services and careers
ScheduleFriday, July 20
Breakfast in LobbyLeave 9:00 AM for Stillwater10:15: OSU Architecture Library10:45 Main Library(Photo scavenger hunt)11:15 Oklahoma Oral History Research Program
11:45 Box Lunches in Browsing Room
12:15 Room 206 Photos from scavenger hunt12:45 Gov Docs 1:15 Special Collections and University Archives1:45 Curriculum Materials Library2:15 Student Union2:45 Leave Stillwater for Rose State College
Architecture Library
• Special departmental / branch library
• Unique material (“pop-up
books” for architects)
• Learn about specialized
collections for different
areas of study and
careers (what kind of information does an
architect need? Design, codes, etc.)
Stress Test
• Materials Stress Test
with OSU School of
Architecture and
Civil Engineering faculty• Hands-on science activity• Learn how scientists depend
on libraries and information
(engineering handbooks, etc.) for their work and
value of STEM library collections
Photo Scavenger Hunt
Library Tour and Hunt
• Challenge: How to make tour fun
but also teach value of
libraries• Photo scavenger hunt• Combine with computer
time on using digital
images• Introduce them to a big library and university
environment (studying, etc.)
Oklahoma Oral History Research Program
• Oklahoma Oral History
Program overview
• Highlights from the O-
State Stories interviews
• What is an oral historian?
• Build upon what students
have learned in archives & museums
about the many ways to document past
Oral History Interview Transcript
Former Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon, interviewed by OSU President Burns Hargis, Nov. 2008
Special Collections & University Archives
• Introduce campers to
Special Collections
and archives (what
they do and what
they collect)
• Show the range of
materials in such a
library collection (books and much more!)
“Wow, OLD Books!”
• Incunabula and other
early books (and
MSS)
• Quick lesson in the
history of the book with visuals
and interesting facts (wormholes)
• Early print samples to show campers how
information was spread (school primer from
Colonial America, etc.)
Ephemera & “Cool Things”
• More the just books!
• Samples of the
different forms of
ephemera and how
they are cared for
• Discuss career
possibilities, including preservation and
conservation
Curriculum Materials Library
• Teaching collection
with YA books and
curriculum materials
• Learn how their
teachers learn!
• Time to look for their
favorite books or discover new authors
Final Group Shot
Future Visits
• 2013 camp plans underway• Possible repeat visit to OSU
and see other unique collections
(Veterinary Medicine Library
and teaching hospital, Agricultural
Experiment Station, Fire Protection)• Continue seeking new ways to
introduce students to libraries of all
varieties and create new library users/supporters
Recommended