Reports Summarize Influenza Study Results from University of Colorado (Informing Policy and Responding To Crisis the Making of "idaho's Response To the 1918 Influenza Pandemic-ishs Briefing Paper No.1.").

A recent study conducted by the University of Colorado explores the role of historians in shaping public policy during times of crisis, using the programs of the Idaho State Historical Society (ISHS) as a case study. The ISHS developed a legislative outreach program and redefined history's societal value in response to the post-2008 recession. The study emphasizes the importance of searchable research libraries for historians to manage multiple projects. The research has been peer-reviewed and is available in The Public Historian journal. [Extracted from the article]