Dear American Memory Fellows,

It has been good to see news of your dissemination activities related to
American Memory. Sounds like it has been a busy year for us all! Here are
most of the dissemination activities of American Memory Fellows Peter
Milbury and Brett Silva:

Presentations and Conferences:

June and August 1997: Presentation: American Memory Resources, to The 1997
California History-Social Science Technology Academy, Chico, CA.
(Curriculum Resource Developers for the SCORE History-Social Science
Website).

October 1997: Primary Sources Online: Using High Quality Learning Resources
On the Internet In Your Classroom, Two-part Workshop for Chico Unified School
District teachers and librarians.

November 1997. North State History Social Science Conference in November,
Redding, CA. Presentation to the Secondary participants.

November 1997: The News On Parade: Finding and Using Free On-Line Daily News
on the Internet (included a section on American Memory), a conference session
for California School Library Association annual conference, Pasadena, CA.

Fall, 1997. Presentations to Pleasant Valley High School Social Science
Department (Chico, CA) two different times.

Publications & Articles:

In the California School Library Association (CSLA) Newsletter:

September, 1997 Article in CSLA Newsletter:
        Pathways to the American Memory:
        Using Online Collections At The Library Of Congress
        (Describe/recommend use of American Memory collections; general
        article with overview of American Memory.)

February, 1998 Article in CSLA Newsletter:
        Pathways to Black History:
        Celebrating National Black History Month
        (Describe/recommend 5 American Memory collections
        focusing on African Americans)

April, 1998 Article in CSLA Newsletter:
        Pathways to Foreign Lands:
        Websites for the Foreign Language Curriculum
        Describe/focus on Library of Congress: Country Studies/Area Handbook

May, 1998 Article in CSLA Newsletter:
        American Memory Treasure Pathways:
        Online Collections From The Library Of Congress
        (Describe/focus on six collections.)


Other Publications:

Sept./Oct. The Book Report (Linworth Publishing) Issue Theme:
        Teaching Research Skills Electronically)
        Article: "Effective searching buys time to reflect, ponder
        and analyze. (American Memory is mentioned, "...or primary
        sources from the Library of Congress American Memory Web
        site....")


Listserv Mentions: Posted numerous messages regarding American Memory to
LM_NET, the discussion group for school library media professionals (over
9,000 members world-wide.)


Articles In press:

June, 1998 Article for CSLA Newsletter:
        Favorite Pathways
        American Memory From the Library of Congress cited and described
       as one of my favorites for using with teachers and students.


Conferences & Workshops Planned to Mention/Teach American Memory:

July, 1998. San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. School Of Library &
Information Science Summer One Week Intensive: Review of new and essential
online resources for school library media teachers.

November, 1998. Pre-conference workshop on effective use of new and
helpful online resources for school library media teachers. Annual
Conference of the California School Library Association, Oakland, CA.


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Peter Milbury [log in to unmask]

Librarian-Mentor Teacher http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~pmilbury
American Memory Fellow: Library Of Congress - National Digital Library
Chico High School, Chico, CA 95926 http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us
A National Blue Ribbon and California Distinguished School 530-891-3036
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