I think I’ll be able to swim? I have noticed more and more that when you are a graduate student your supervisors, professors, and bosses tend to like the method of throwing you in the deep end and knowing that
The Exhibit Planning Process
This week the TLAM summer engagement course made huge progress of creating a draft project plan for the traveling exhibit. The plan will be shared with a group from the Wisconsin Historical Society, CGLCK Advisory Board, and eventually the whole
Wrapping our Minds around Traveling Exhibitions
Happy summer! We just reached the halfway point of our summer TLAM field course — where oh where has the time gone? Looking out over the boats on Lake Mendota from the Bunge Room at SLIS, the six of us have embarked
Community and Audience: Finding our Foundation
During the summer, we were lucky to have four amazing students take part in the course––Carmella Hatch, Claire Parrish, Sam Link, and Sammy Jackson. Carmella and Sam are TLAM alums, both were in the spring class and have attended Convening
Weaving Together TLAM: A New Class for Summer
At each of our professional development gatherings, we’ve incorporated culture. Whether it’s etching designs on winter birch bark or playing kasu, they’re central to Convening Culture Keepers and Convening Great Lakes Culture Keepers. The cultural exchanges that take place during
Convening Great Lakes Culture Keepers Again…This Time to Create!
What if education could do more? And what if continuing education could be more? The world is full of seemingly intractable challenges––but also incredible opportunities to work together, build community, and solve problems. So how can we rethink LIS education
Presenting on Education Act 31 at WEMTA
This past March, Jenny, Omar, and I presented at the Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association conference in the Wisconsin Dells. Our session, called “Supporting Education Act 31 in Your Library and School”, had two objectives. One objective was to
Coming Together at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post
In April, SLIS and the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post in Onamia, Minnesota, hosted the second Convening Great Lakes Culture Keepers Regional Institute. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the gathering brought together tribal librarians, archivists,
A Grand Opening for Ginanda Gikendaasomin
Little did we know going into our first trip to Red Cliff in February that the next time we were all gathered there, it would be for Ginanda Gikendaasomin’s grand opening, an event seven years in the making. With that
Indigenous Knowledge Centres: An International Inspiration
In our study of tribal cultural institutions this semester, we have focused primarily on issues involving American Indians. In last week’s class, we delved into various international Indigenous issues. I could write a whole series of blog posts about the