Introducing: American History in Video

We're excited to announce our newest database, American History in Video. This collection of streaming video includes commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and documentaries. The collection now includes over 1470 titles, including new documentaries from PBS, equaling approximately 460 hours.


American History in Video is produced by Alexander Street Press, which is also the publisher behind one of my favorite Carmichael databases, Classical Music Library. The Flash player is needed to watch the video in this collection and access is restricted to members of the Montevallo community. Should you have questions about how to use this online collection for research or in the classroom, please contact us.

Catalog Working Again

Thanks to our partners in the Technology Services offices the catalog is again working and ready for your research needs. Remember to track this blog for updates on any catalog or database outages. As always, we appreciate your patience!

Library Catalog Down

The library catalog is currently unavailable. We're having a problem connecting to the server, and we've notified Technology Services. We'll post here again when the catalog is back online. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Library Closed July 3rd - 5th

Carmichael Library will be closed tomorrow, Friday, July 3^rd through Sunday, July 5^th in observance of the Independence Day holiday. We'll resume our normal business hours on Monday, July 6th at 8:00 AM. Have a safe and happy Fourth!

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Introduction to Public History

During May Term 2009, Dr. Ruth Truss taught Introduction to Public History. Dr. Truss designed this course to give students a glimpse of Public History graduate programs and the job market in this new and growing field. Among many activities, the class toured the Alabama Department of Archives and History, American Village, and Carmichael Library's University Archive (May 26th).

While visiting the library, yours truly provided the class with information ranging from what our University Archive contains and how we preserve it to what it's like working as an Academic Librarian. In addition, the class visited the Archive room and viewed some of Montevallo's treasures.

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For more information on UM's Introduction to Public History course, please contact Dr. Ruth Truss or Carey Heatherly.

For more information on Public History, click here to visit the National Council on Public History website.