LIS 60618: Instruction Session Lesson Plan Gillian Hayward

Audience: Senior adult public library patrons in the state of Delaware

Topic: An introduction to the Delaware Heritage Collection digital repository

database; how to search it for historic Delaware documents, images,
newspaper articles, etc., and determine how the resources may be
used (rights management).
Frame(s): ACRL:
Searching as Strategic Exploration
Information Has Value
Learning After completion of the session, students will understand what the
Outcome(s): Delaware Heritage Collection is, be able to strategically and
successfully search for Delaware-related materials in it, and determine
how they may be used.

Teaching Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction model, which

Methods/Learning incorporates humanist, behaviorist, and cognitive/constructionist
Theories: theories.

Learning Ask the audience what interested them about the Delaware Heritage
Activities: Collection and what they’d like to find.
Demonstrate searches to audience, with pre-selected search terms.
Ask participants for suggestions of search terms.
Have participants practice on their own devices/computers and assist
them as needed.

Script:

1. Introduction
a. [Slide 1]Introduce myself
b. [Slide 2]This drawing by Madeline author and illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans, photo of a
mural by artist NC Wyeth, postcard of the Apollo Space Suit, photo of Delaware’s first
African-American State senator receiving an honorary degree, and letter from an
astronaut to a fan inquiring about Apollo waste systems are representative of some of
the items that can be found in the Delaware Heritage Collection. You may not be aware
that some of them have a connection to Delaware.
c. [Slide 3]Goals: We will learn what the Delaware Heritage Collection is, learn how to
search it, and learn how we can use the materials that we find.
d. [Slide 4]The Delaware Heritage Collection is a website that is a digital repository or
database that brings together collections from over 20 Delaware institutions and allows
searching across all of those collections with one search (almost 50,000 items). There
are items in all of the different formats listed on the slide. It can be a great tool to learn
more about Delaware history and culture.
e. [Slide 5] The web address for the Delaware Heritage Collection is listed here, but it
might be easier to just Google it. You can see the home page here, which is showing a
couple of the museums that contribute collections with descriptions of the types of
resources that are in their collections.
f. Question: What interests you about the Delaware Heritage Collection? Are there
particular types of materials you would like to find? (type answer in the chat box)
g. Let’s go to the website and do a search. Show the list of museums again. Demonstrate
Howard Pyle search in keyword box.
i. Show how many results. Show that most are from Delaware Art Museum
ii. Show that we have searched all collections but could have chosen not to using
filter
iii. Show how to narrow search. Choose 1898.
1. Hover over Interior of Howard Pyle's Franklin Street studio, c. 1898 to
show snapshot.
2. Click on title. Show photo display tools. Point out the description.
3. Read the Rights Management, but point out download and print
buttons (explain that if they need help with downloading or printing to
see me after).
4. Show how to get back to results (top right)
5. Show postcard from Delaware Public Libraries.
6. Show Description (creator = Howard Pyle). Clicking any blue hyperlinks
takes to new search.
7. Show Rights Management.
8. Show how to get back to main page by clicking Home button.
h. Demonstrate Blue AND Hen search in advanced search (use description field) – Boolean
search.
i. Show that Blue Hen was not in the title for #4 Caley Postcard collection, but
was for #1. (importance of searching multiple ways).
i. Demonstrate LEWES in TITLE field search (Lewes is a town in Delaware).
i. Click on #2 in list: 2007 Nonpoint Source Program Annual Report
ii. Show that under Rights Management it is listed as Public – because it is a
government document.
j. Ask participants for suggested search (in chat). Demonstrate suggested search. If no
suggested search use Bemelmans.
k. [Slide 6]Ask if anyone has any questions.
l. Encourage everyone to stay for a few minutes to try their own searches, help anyone
that needs it.
m. [Slide 7] Thank you.