Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) » Training session

DOVE catalog’s new look with Viewshare from the Library of Congress

Sonia Yaco — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:06:59 +0000

Thanks to Greta Kuriger of George Mason University Library, the DOVE catalog made the leap from a flat file to a multifaceted graphic display. Last May, Greta participated in DOVE’s survey training in Northern Virginia and also went to a Library of Congress workshop about Viewshare, “a free platform for generating and customizing views, (interactive maps, timelines, facets, tag clouds) that allow users to experience your digital collections.” Greta saw that Viewshare had great potential for DOVE. She experimented with some of DOVE data and showed it to Sonia Yaco at ODU. Sonia began working with the Library of Congress to import all of the DOVE catalog data. The folks at LoC were impressed DOVE and asked for Sonia to write about the project’s use of Viewshare. The article is published it on Viewshare’s “User Stories” page.

A full roll out of Viewshare and more publicity for DOVE is expected early next year.

Training Session: How to Conduct a Records Survey, Virginia Tech, May 27, 2011

Sonia Yaco — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:04:54 +0000

On Friday, May 27th, a training session will be held at Virginia Tech libraries. To RSVP, contact DOVE regional chair Aaron Purcell: adp@vt.edu

Training Session: How to Conduct a Records Survey, Virginia State University, May 25, 2011

Sonia Yaco — Tue, 24 May 2011 12:58:38 +0000

Virginia State University
Johnston Memorial Library, Room 232
May 25, 2011
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

There is free parking behind the library. Individuals are responsible for own lunch. For those who want to, lunch orders will be taken for Ettrick Deli before the session begins.
All are welcome. Please RSVP to Francine Archer no later than Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 804-524-1023 or farcher@vsu.edu .

Training session, Friday, May 27, 10 AM–4 PM, Arlington Central Library Auditorium

Sonia Yaco — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:44:57 +0000

This is to invite you to participate in a project to document Virginia history. The Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) project seeks to preserve the records and memories of the participants in the integration of schools in Virginia from the 1940s to the 1980s. The children affected by the decisions made by the various authorities are now in their 50s, 60s and 70s. It is imperative to interview these people before their memories have faded completely. The physical records of these events, both public and private, may also be endangered and need to be cataloged and protected for current and future researchers.

The DOVE project team includes faculty and staff from many Virginia universities and colleges, as well as from the National Archives and Records Administration. We are inviting history, education, sociology and other humanities professors from all corners of the state to participate in this project by actively serving on a regional team; surveying records from local repositories and individuals, including but not limited to those found in school boards, local archives and historical societies; and/or overseeing oral history projects. We feel as though the DOVE project would fit many college and university programs by offering the chance of students to conduct interviews and undertake original research into the racial inequalities of Virginia public education prior to 1986, as well as understand the importance of the preservation of historical documentary records.

A training session will be held in Arlington, Friday, May 27, 10 am – 4 pm in the Arlington Central Library Auditorium at 1015 North Quincy Street, Arlington (703-228-5990). Lunch will be on your own, but there are a number of restaurant options in the area. There is free parking on site, and the library is a short walk from the Ballston and Virginia Square Metro stations.
The workshop is sponsored by the Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) Project and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commission.

Please RSVP to:
DOVE Northern Virginia Chair:
Robert Vay, George Mason University
rvay@gmu.edu