Multimedia Collections

Mershon Center for International Security Studies

This Knowledge Bank collection contains streaming audio and video of past events at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies as well as all collateral materials related to those events such as Web site pages, fliers, posters, programs, and photos. The Mershon Center hosts about 50 speakers and 10 conferences a year. The collection also includes the archives of the Mershon Center publications, research projects, and faculty biographies, and more.

Mershon Center Contact: Cathy Becker, Public Relations Coordinator 
Project Manager: Maureen Walsh, Metadata Librarian
Status: Ongoing
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29318

Ukrainian Immigration to Columbus, OH

This collection contains documents, photographs, and stories of the immigrants who came after WWII as Displaced Persons, and of the immigrants who came at the time of Perestroika and in the aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union

Project manager: Melanie Schlosser, Metadata Librarian
Status: Ongoing
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29318

Digital Stories

The Digital Story Collection in the Knowledge Bank is a growing collection of multimedia, 3-5 minute stories by and about the OSU community. Developed during 3 day intensive workshops, these stories are personal reflections of a professional community that add a new dimension to understanding our complex and vibrant campus. The emphasis of these stories is on a communal script development process that leads to compelling and personal narratives.

Stories are the bedrock of every culture. They help define a nation, a tribe, a community, a profession. They tell its history, they convey its wisdom and perspective. Stories allow us to understand someone else's experiences in a deeply personal way, creating empathy. Stories can help us care about something we might not otherwise care about. In them we convey not only information, but emotion and significance as well. In the age of the "disappearing book" and the emergence of technology in our buildings, digital stories are a new way to communicate what we do, who we are, and why we care.

Project manager: Karen Diaz, OSU Libraries, Teaching and Learning
Status: Ongoing
Links: https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/24838
Digital Storytelling at Ohio State University