{"635269":{"#nid":"635269","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Library Requests Items for COVID-19 Archive Project","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Library is looking to preserve the experiences of the Tech community as they navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. It will collect photos, videos, notes, or anything else that people create during this time. Anyone is welcome to submit items to the collection, regardless of whether they\u0026rsquo;re on campus; the Library will soon be releasing information about how to do so on its \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/gtlibrary\/\u0022\u003EYouTube channel\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the Library Archives \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/library.gatech.edu\/archives\u0022\u003Epage\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith this project, the Library hopes to gather information that can assist future researchers who will study the pandemic, as well as Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s research and response to it. Similar archives detail the community\u0026rsquo;s experience with the Spanish Flu in 1918.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It is so important to preserve our experiences for the future,\u0026rdquo; said Jody Thompson, head of archives and special collections at the Library. \u0026ldquo;These materials demonstrate the impact of COVID-19 on student, faculty, and staff life, and could be used for such purposes as instruction or research.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThompson provides more information about the project in this \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U96d8ptOfwE\u0026amp;feature=youtu.be\u0022\u003Evideo\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAny\u0026nbsp;member\u0026nbsp;of the Tech community is welcome to submit to the collection.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Any member of the Tech community is welcome to submit to the collection."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2020-05-11 21:06:34","changed_gmt":"2020-05-15 17:00:19","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"616324":{"id":"616324","type":"image","title":"Crosland Tower","body":null,"created":"1547481471","gmt_created":"2019-01-14 15:57:51","changed":"1547481471","gmt_changed":"2019-01-14 15:57:51","alt":"This study space features a twinkling chandelier that is controled via wifi.","file":{"fid":"234589","name":"19C10302-P58-030_web.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/19C10302-P58-030_web.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/19C10302-P58-030_web.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1558349,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/19C10302-P58-030_web.jpg?itok=SpYdfUcN"}}},"media_ids":["616324"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/library.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1205","name":"Library"},{"id":"184784","name":"library archives"},{"id":"167290","name":"SMARTech"},{"id":"184289","name":"covid-19"},{"id":"184598","name":"COVID-19 Pandemic"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stucomm@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}