Our research collaborative has come to an end, but other initiatives, gatherings, and articles about STEM archives and teaching with primary sources (TPS) are out there! We’ll try to check back in from time to time and add posts about these efforts.
Summer 2018
Workshops/Conferences
The Second Workshop on Science Archives
Hosted by the Committee on the Contemporary Archies of Science and Technology
Location: Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P Street Northwest, Washington, DC
Dates: August 13-14, 2018
Contact: Bethany Anderson, bgandrsn@illinois.edu (Bethany presented at Humanities for STEM!)
TPS Unconference
The Teaching with Primary Sources Unconference is hosted by the Society of American Archivists TPS Committee
Location: James Madison Building, Library of Congress, Independence Ave., Washington, DC.
Date: August 14, 2018
Contact: Lindsay Anderberg, landerberg@nyu.edu (Co-Chair of Programming Committee)
Recent articles about STEM + archives
Particle Accelerator Reveals Hidden Faces Damaged in 19th Century Daguerreotype Portraits
Smithsonian.com
July 10, 2018
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-used-particle-accelerator-unearth-tarnished-19th-century-daguerreotype-portraits-180969585/
36-Year Climate Change Record Found in Cycle Racing Footage
NationalGeographic.com
July 10, 2018
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/07/climate-change-cycling-bike-race/