Using Digital Library Collections in the Classroom

The digitization of library collections not only enhances discoverability of library resources but also suggests new uses for those resources in teaching and learning. Princeton University has a long tradition of bringing students into library and museum archives to gain first-hand experience with collections. But as collections become digitized, platforms can be developed that encourage other forms of student interaction with those materials and allow for new types of creative assignments. This presentation will highlight two recent courses supported by Princeton University\u27s McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning in which students were involved in the crowd-sourced tagging, categorizing, and annotating of digitized books from library collections