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Incorporate active learning with archival materials into your students' classroom experience.

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https://lib.lsu.edu/special#specialcollectionsinstruction

Are you interested in incorporating active learning with archival materials into your students' classroom experience? We are here to help! The Special Collections house books and manuscripts relating to every discipline and course topic. Special Collections librarians welcome opportunities to give customized presentations on primary source research, the history of books and printing, and the material culture of books, among many other topics. We are also happy to offer advice on materials to include in your own presentations and to assist in developing course-based activities involving rare books and manuscripts.

To schedule an instruction session in Special Collections please fill out this form. If you have any questions, concerns, or would simply like more information, please contact John Miles, Curator of Books, directly at: johnmiles@lsu.edu.

The instruction calendar fills up quickly and we advise that you schedule class visits as early in the semester as possible. We prefer a minimum of two weeks of advance notice but will work our best to accommodate any requests."

The library's McIlhenny Room is our primary instruction space, with seating for roughly fifty students, a large-screen monitor, lectern, and a white board, as well as display tables with ample space for library materials. An adjacent seminar space is also available for smaller classes. Larger groups of up to one hundred can be accommodated in the building's lecture hall.

To learn more about the instructional services we offer and view sample activities and assignments, please see our guide to Teaching with Special Collections.

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John Miles

Curator of Books and Head of Instruction

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225-578-6547

johnmiles@lsu.edu

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Educators can place an LSU Library item on reserve at the checkout desk for their students.

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The checkout desk houses material instructors require their students to read during a regular semester. This can include such materials as library books, tapes, and the professor's personal books on Reserve for their students.

This form is intended for instructors who would like to place items on reserve so that their students may access them at the checkout desk.

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