Existing Multimedia Use
• Website (soon to be redesigned)
– Embedding of YouTube videos
– Indirectly allows access to external site with close to 80 digital collections
– Online store with SCL merchandise
– PayPal set up for donations
• Facebook page
Overview of Project Goal
• Launch an online educational resource
– Use across grade levels
– Centered on library collections
Goals of the Broader Project
• Increase accessibility of the library’s resources
• Use multimedia to lower the learning curve and the level of intimidation that accompanies academic research
• Optimize project to maximize levels of customization for individual teachers
• Establish the library as a trusted educational resource that is more versatile in its applications
Specific Objective
• Create a website about blacklisted teachers during the McCarthy era
• Incorporate primary documents from the library’s archive
• Provide graphics, timelines, biographies, and background information
Model
• http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
• http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/haymarket/haymarket.html
Differences from Model
• Less text heavy, more friendly for those not accustomed to academic research
• Greater emphasis on primary documents• Scan in documents instead of typing copies to preserve the
feeling of a primary source• Video showcasing archive system
• Inclusion of audio files of interviews• Incorporation of films from the era• Videos of interviews with USC professors
providing expert opinion and analysis
Challenges
• Scope of the project
• Limited time
• On-the-fly training
• Completing the interviews
• Presenting a neutral website
Work Plan/Timeline
Completed:
• Preliminary Project Discussion Feb 25th
• Initial Research completed and began scanning on Feb 26th
Phase 1 - March
• Present website plan and continue scanning on March 3rd
• Finalize website plan and complete scanning on March 10th
• Develop website prototype over Spring
• Film at library and present website on March 22nd
• Revised prototype of website and edited video complete on March 24th
• Finalize prototype of website on March 25th
Phase 2 – April
• Begin marketing website to schools and through teacher unions
• Add extra content to website prototype such as revised backgrounds, more polished graphics, videos of interviews, cassette-converted mp3s, VHS-converted video files, etc.