Lowell Adams of the OKC chapter of the United Nations Association reports that the UNA-OKC Human Rights Video Collection is proving to be popular with patrons of the Metropolitan Library system.
The initial acquisition of the collection was a 10-video series produced in cooperation with the United Nations entitled, "What's Going On?" Each video is approximately 28-minutes in length and is hosted by a well-known human rights activist. Complete sets of the series were placed in the Belle Isle, Edmond, and Southern Oaks branch libraries.
Lowell writes: "We are pleased to report that from November 5, 2007 until March 31, 2008 (a six month period) there were checkouts of 43 (Belle Isle), 50 (Edmond), and 34 (Southern Oaks) which total 127 showings. Assuming that the majority were checkouts by teachers, this means that more than 2,000 students were served in this short time by the collection."
You can preview excerpts from each video and get additional details on the Collection by visiting our chapter's website at: www.una-okc.org.
If you have used any of these videos in your classroom, we would love to have your feedback. Feel free to leave a short reply to this message. Your comments will be shared with the Oklahoma Humanities Council, which provided a generous grant to purchase the videos.
Don't be shy about giving your honest opinion. Your review will appear on this webpage.
Thanks.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
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