#COVIDStories: Creating Primary Sources for the Future
History
Speaking & Listening
Visual Arts
Where do primary sources come from? This activity will have students document an aspect of their COVID-19 experience in the form of a social media post, donate it to their community archive, and then think about how that resource will inform people of the future.
The lesson packet above includes activities, examples, and worksheet.
Maine Contemporary Archives Collaborative
2021
A Day in the Life of Quarantine
Part of Bangor Public Library's <a href="https://bangorpubliclibrary.omeka.net/exhibits/show/pandemicpostcardproject">Pandemic Postcard Project</a>.
Grant, Kailee
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;"><a href="https://bangorpubliclibrary.omeka.net/items/show/50">https://bangorpubliclibrary.omeka.net/items/show/50</a></p>
2020
Bangor Public Library
A Dog Walk in Early Afternoon
During quarantine, dog walks had gotten a little more animated in the early afternoons as more kids were out playing in the streets. More neighbors without dogs have been walking the neighborhood and it feels as if every third house has a new basketball hoop.
Raminta M.
<a href="https://portlandlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/62">https://portlandlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/62</a>
2020-05-16
Portland Public Library
A Hands-on Workshop, Covid Style
Biddeford Historical Society hosted a cemetery stone cleaning and repair workshop, and here are the attendees learning and listening in a physically distant manner, with masks. Maine is doing a great job staying safe!
DesRoberts, Renee
<a href="https://biddefordc19.omeka.net/items/show/26">https://biddefordc19.omeka.net/items/show/26</a>
2020-08-21
<a href="https://biddefordc19.omeka.net/">Biddeford COVID-19 Community Archive</a>
A Scratch on the Record
Poem depicting how Covid-19 has interrupted our lives.
Smith, Brenda E.
<a href="https://belfastfreelibrary.omeka.net/items/show/4">https://belfastfreelibrary.omeka.net/items/show/4</a>
2020-04-04
Belfast Free Library
A Social Distancing Sign of the Times
People wait outside Trader Joe's in Portland.
Annika B.
<a href="https://portlandlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/76">https://portlandlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/76</a>
2020-12-12
Portland Public Library
All in This Together: Preserving Maine's COVID-19 Memories
The Maine Community Archives Collaborative invited the public to a statewide Zoom event on Thursday, August 13, 2020 to share information about our libraries’ COVID-19 collecting projects.
Presenters include:
Renée DesRoberts, McArthur Public Library
Anna Faherty, USM Franco-American Collection
Candis Joyce, Bangor Public Library
Janet McKenney, Maine State Library
Betsy Paradis, Bangor Public Library
Jill Piekut Roy, Patten Free Library
Matthew Revitt, University of Maine
Kaja Roan, Ogunquit Memorial Library
Abraham Schechter, Portland Public Library
Greta Schroeder, Thompson Free Library
Hannah Stevens, College of the Atlantic
Libby Bischof, University of Southern Maine
Maine Contemporary Archives
<p><a href="https://my.nicheacademy.com/mslstaff/course/18392?wvideo=nq4ymxvei4"><img src="https://d24fhjdx0edbmp.cloudfront.net/progsvc--b59279ec-fd09-4ebb-83d0-f3f840cdd093.png" width="400" height="200" alt="progsvc--b59279ec-fd09-4ebb-83d0-f3f840cdd093.png" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://my.nicheacademy.com/mslstaff/course/18392?wvideo=nq4ymxvei4">All in This Together: Preserving Maine's COVID-19 Memories</a></p>
Maine State Library
2020-08-13
English
Archives Covid-19
Jaeger, Sandy
<a href="https://howsyourweek.omeka.net/items/show/16">https://howsyourweek.omeka.net/items/show/16</a>
2020-05-08
Patten Free Library (Bath)
Archives Tech Lightning Talks
Learn about tools for digital preservation, content management and display with your colleagues from around Maine. Get the basics on ArchiveIT, Archivematica, ArchivesSpace, Past Perfect, Digital Commons and Omeka and answers to these questions: What can you use them for? What do they cost? How easy are they to use?
Presenters: Joey Collard (University of Maine), Meagan Doyle (Bowdoin College), Cipperly Good (Penobscot Marine Museum), Paul Fuller (University of Southern Maine), Elizabeth Russell (University of Maine), Hannah Stevens (College of the Atlantic). Host/Emcee: Matthew Revitt (University of Maine).
Maine Contemporary Archives
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Maine Contemporary Archives
2022-11-03
Revitt, Matthew
Russell, Elizabeth
Stevens, Hannah
Fuller, Paul
Good, Cipperly
Doyle, Meagan
Collard, Joey
video
English
Archives Tech Lightning Talks Handout
Digital handout for the virtual professional development event Archives Tech Lightning Talks.
Maine Contemporary Archives
2022-11-03
Roy, Jill Piekut
English
Art Critique by Zoom
Painting of a computer screen showing a Zoom meeting. The artist now takes part in an art critique group with Dustan Knight twice a week on Zoom.
Eimon, Marilyn
<a href="https://ogunquitlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/19">https://ogunquitlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/19</a>
2020-04-27
Ogunquit Memorial Library
Audio Kit Activity Ideas
Maine Contemporary Archives Collaborative
Audio Kit Metadata Template
Audio Kit Metadata Template with Explanations
Audio Kit Release Agreement - Interview