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- Archives MonthFralin, Scott; Dietz, Kira A.; Wright de Hernandez, Anthony; Fitzsimmons, Rebecca (Virginia Tech, 2018-10-02)Glass case display containing artifacts and manuscripts from the archive collections. 2018/10/02 - 2018/11/02
- “Dallying with the Black Bottle:” Typing, Talking, Tippling, and Cocktail History OutreachDietz, Kira A. (2016-08-05)Presentation description: Archivist Kira A. Dietz will talk about using historical cocktail tastings as creative outreach to educate the library and campus community about Virginia Tech Special Collections' History of the American Cocktail Collection. She will also share advice for archivists looking to try creative approaches to culinary history outreach. This was part of a larger panel with the following description: Food production, cooking, and eating are social activities that go beyond the kitchen, engaging a variety of disciplines and making culinary collections a natural tool for archival outreach. The speakers talk about developing food collection outreach and reference opportunities. Whether it's tasting events, historic recipes in the classroom, blogging the cooking process, or digitizing collections, panelists share what they've learned and how their advice can be adapted to other outreach endeavors.
- "Full of Jersey Lightning:" Spirituous Histories, Cocktail Tastings, and Creative OutreachDietz, Kira A. (2017-04)Beginning in 2012, Virginia Tech Special Collections started acquiring materials related to cocktail culture in America. The “History of the American Cocktail Collection” includes cocktail manuals and bartenders guides, books on social activities and entertaining, and a variety of items documenting the history of cocktail ingredients, creation, and consumption, as well as resources on individual spirits, the medicinal and alcoholic history of bitters, temperance/Prohibition, and advertising. Since late 2015, and most recently in the spring of 2016, archivist Kira A. Dietz has organized and hosted two outreach events on campus—a pilot and an invited program—that consisted of both a presentation and an historical cocktail tasting, designed to spread word of the collection to the campus community. This poster will share a bit about the collection, the programs, future goals, and some lessons learned/advice for developing creative outreach whether you’re incorporating food or not!
- "How to Cook a Husband:" Household Management in the Culinary History CollectionDietz, Kira A. (2011-02)Presentation given for the Peacock Harper Culinary Friends Group, February 2011.
- Opening Up the “Closed” Stacks: What Archives & Special Collections Can Do for You & Your Patrons!Dietz, Kira A. (2015-10-22)Sharing current practices and collaborations from Virginia Tech Special Collections’ experience, this presentation talks about what academic special collections and archives do, why other types of libraries should know about them (for staff and patrons!), and how and why libraries might want to team up with archives on a project or program.
- Picked, Prepared, Canned, and Eaten: Culinary History at Virginia TechDietz, Kira A. (2011-05)Currently contains more than 3,700 volumes. 2,400+ of these are housed in Special Collections. Also contains two dozen manuscript collections: Handwritten receipt (recipe) and home remedy books, household account ledgers, faculty papers, and product pamphlets/publications.
- Preserving the Culinary History of Virginia: An Archivist's PerspectiveDietz, Kira A. (2011-02)Presentation for the Southern Humanities Council, February 2011
- Women in Appalachia: Food, Drink, and Community in the Twentieth CenturyHarless, Kaitlynn; Dietz, Kira A. (Virginia Tech, 2024-03-07)This exhibit was part of Virginia Tech’s Women’s History Month 2024 activities. It showcases a small part of the history of women in the Appalachian region, with focuses on food history, crafting, and activism.
- Women's History MonthFralin, Scott; Dietz, Kira A.; Brodsky, Marc; Feerrar, Julia; Nardine, Jennifer T.; Winn, Samantha R.; Wright de Hernandez, Anthony (Virginia Tech, 2017-03-01)Exhibit featuring the contributions of women throughout history. The theme for Women's Month 2017 is Empowerment & Unity: Collective Voices in Action. We are inspired by the solidarity, community, and power created when our collective voices are in action toward creating a more just and equitable world through acknowledging the historic and current contributions of women in our community and beyond. 2017/03/01 - 2017/03/30
- World Digital Preservation Day 2020 Lightning TalksMenzies, Luke; Coleman, R. Shane; Dietz, Kira A.; Guimont, Corinne; Saverot, Maureen; Ng, Wen Nie; Ogle, J. Todd; Tuttle, James; Kinnaman, Alex (2020-11-05)World Digital Preservation Day is an annual celebration of digital preservation hosted by the Digital Preservation Coalition. This is a series of short lightning talks by Virginia Tech University Libraries personnel on various digital preservation topics and Library projects. For more info, please visit the WDPD LibGuide: https://guides.lib.vt.edu/digipres/wdpd Presenters: Shane Coleman, Data Curator: "Teaching Students the Value of Historical Maps" Kira Dietz, Assistant Director, Special Collections and University Archives: "The History of Women at Virginia Tech: A Digital Tale of Access (and Preservation!)" Corinne Guimont, Digital Scholarship Coordinator: "Redlining Virginia Preservation Project" Alex Kinnaman, Digital Preservation Coordinator: "CoreTrustSeal Repository Certification" Luke Menzies, Digital Preservation Technologist: "Digital Preservation & Social Justice" Wen Ng, Digital Collections Librarian: "Southwest Virginia Digital Archive" Todd Ogle, Executive Director, ARIES: "Immersive Archaeology" Maureen Saverot, 3D Imaging Specialist: "Photogrammetry & 3D Insects" James Tuttle, Associate Director, Digital Libraries: "Digital Libraries Platform Preservation Strategy