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Site Report #2b – Laurin Moseley
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Mohamad Hassan Site Report #2A
Site Report #2a – Laurin Moseley
Click Here for Site Report #2 – Brooklyn Collection and NYPL Map Division.
NYPL Map Division visit this Thursday, March 14
In class we learned about qualitative and quantitative research methods, including observation, interviewing, and surveying, from Prof. Maura Smale of the library. Slides from her talk will be posted soon are here. We reviewed the midterm presentation guidelines. Midterms are individual presentations of 7-10 minutes that take place in class on March 26 and March 28.
This Thursday is our class visit to the Map Division and Local History Division of the New York Public Library, 476 Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street. We will meet at 3pm in front of the Map Room, room 117. Please come prepared to study, sketch, document, and take notes about historical maps and other documents with pencils/sketchbooks, your charged cellphone, and a printed copy of the site report #2 template. Consider the research questions you recorded on your site report #1 and we revised and discussed in class Tuesday.
The Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library is located in midtown Manhattan, at 476 Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street. Take the B, D, F, M or 7 trains to the Bryant Park station, the 4, 5, or 6 trains to Grand Central, or the 1, 2, 3, Q, N, or R to Times Square.
Tuesday, March 12 and Thursday, March 14
On Tuesday we will begin with a guest lecture on social science research methods from Prof. Maura Smale, Chief Librarian and Library department chairperson at City Tech. We will also discuss the themes and topics that are emerging from your site reports and site and archive visits; these will help guide your midterm presentations. Before Tuesday’s class, please read the overviews of survey research and interview research and view a short video comparing empirical studies using qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Thursday is our class visit to the Map Division of the New York Public Library, 476 Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street. We will meet at 3pm in front of the Map Room, room 117. Please come prepared to study, sketch, document, and take notes about historical maps with pencils/sketchbooks, your charged cellphone, and a printed copy of the site report #2 template. Patience and Fortitude are the lions who have flanked the entrance to the Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library since 1911. Their names are good attributes to bring with you when embarking on research in special collections and archives.
Fortitude, guarding the NYPL entrance. By User:PFHLai – Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, Link
