VoiceThreads

For this digital initiative, Team 2 created two VoiceThreads that relate to the ThingLinks that were also created. One VoiceThread covers Abastenia St. Leger Eberle and relates to the ThingLink about her Bubble Blower sculpture. The other VoiceThread is about the history and provenance of the Van Ness Collection and relates to the Osage vest ThingLink. For this digital engagement activity, we created PowerPoints on two of the five collections displayed at the Kendall Young Library. These PowerPoints were uploaded into VoiceThreads, and additional audio and textual comments were placed on the slides to make the presentations more engaging than simple PowerPoints are.

We wanted our Google Site to be more visually appealing to visitors. VoiceThreads are good ways to add photos and text for the visitor to scan through on our website and KYL's. Visitors can engage with the VoiceThreads because it is visual and has audio. Nowadays, people do not have time to sit and read a novel about an exhibit. By using VoiceThread, visitors will be able to learn quick facts and see images that go along with the slides. It's a more fun way to learn than a standard PowerPoint.

The links to the VoiceThreads could be posted on KYL’s Twitter and Facebook accounts as well as on the homepage of their website. To further raise awareness of the activities, the VoiceThreads can be opened on computer, with headphones provided, at KYL. This way, the VoiceThreads will get visitors’ attention both on-site at the library and from wherever visitors choose to access the activities outside of KYL.