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Special Collections Faculty Guide: Home

Guide for faculty with information about active learning instruction sessions in Special Collections.

About this Guide

This guide offers information to faculty who are seeking to schedule a class visit to Special Collections.

  1. How to Book a Class Visit
  2. Why Visit? Sample Activities and Sessions
  3. How to Prepare for Your Class Visit
  4. Asynchronous Resources (coming soon)

About Special Collections

Special Collections is located on the 6th floor of Glickman Family Library on USM's Portland Campus.

Part of the University Libraries, Special Collections collects and preserves rare materials, including books, manuscripts, photographs, and artifacts. Special Collections supports the academic mission of the University by inviting classes to use its collections in hands-on exercises where students learn research skills.  

Special Collections is made up of seven metacollections:

What is a Primary Source?

A primary source can be an article, document, diary, manuscript, object or information written or created at the time an event actually took place. Primary sources serve as an original source of information.

Learn more from the Library of Congress.

Special Collections Librarian & Food Studies Liaison

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Jill Piekut Roy
Contact:
207-780-5492
Subjects: Food Studies