Sea Grant Kiosk Available to Libraries, Museums

Louisiana Sea Grant is again loaning a video kiosk to public libraries and museums.

“The kiosk contains several short films Sea Grant produced about the cultural and environmental history of the coastal zone,” said Roy Kron, LSG communications director. “The films are available online, but loaning the kiosk to libraries lets us reach children and adults who might otherwise not see them.”

The videos include:

• A History of Louisiana Dried Shrimp, which recounts the dried shrimp industry’s growth nationally and internationally.
• Edens on the Edge is a documentary that portrays the sheer phenomenal beauty of the state’s coastal refuges, wildlife and landscape, while serving as a reminder that many of these habitats are threated due to forces such as erosion, land subsidence and sea level rise.
• The Telling Tide chronicles the work from four high schools along the coast that were invited to participate in a one-year oral history project aimed at engaging students in scrutinizing their community heritage, the land they have grown up on, and what they stand to lose as Louisiana’s coast disappears.

Libraries and museums interested in borrowing the kiosk should contact Kron at [email protected].