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The Iowa Studio: Reconceptualizing Support For Digital Scholarship, Tom Keegan, John Culshaw, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

On June 1, 2015, The University of Iowa (UI) Libraries with the support of the UI provost, launched the Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio. The Studio maintains a physical presence in the UI Main Library and was created by merging the Libraries-operated Digital Research and Publishing department with the campus-operated center called the Digital Studio for Public Arts and Humanities. With nearly a dozen full-funded staff positions, the Studio represents a remarkable commitment of institutional resources to the growth and development of digital scholarship. Housing the Iowa Digital Library (over one million digital objects), Iowa Research Online (the institutional repository), …

The University Of Iowa And The Flood Of 2008: A Case Study, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

No abstract provided.

Diy History: Building Digital Connections Between Collections And Courses, Thomas M. Keegan, Matthew Gilchrist, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

In 2011 the University of Iowa Libraries began crowdsourcing the digital transcription of its manuscript archives. Four years and over 50,000 transcribed pages later, that project, known as DIY History, has garnered considerable internet attention via Buzzfeed, Twitter, Tumblr, and the NBC News blog. At the same time, it has been threaded into undergraduate classrooms at Iowa as a means of introducing students to primary source research, information literacy, and multimodal design.

Five Ways To Make Your Digital Library Program Sustainable, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

A presentation about what it takes to build and sustain a digital library program.

Diy History And Participatory Archives, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

DIY History is the University of Iowa Libraries' crowdsourcing initiative with five collections: Civil War Diaries and Letters, Szathmary Cookbooks and Manuscripts, Iowa Women's Lives: Letters and Diaries, Building the Transcontinental Railroad, and Nile Kinnick. This presentation describes the DIY History project for crowdsourcing transcriptions, as well as participatory archives, and citizen science and citizen scholars.

Diy History And Participatory Archives, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

DIY History is the University of Iowa Libraries' crowdsourcing initiative with five collections: Civil War Diaries and Letters, Szathmary Cookbooks and Manuscripts, Iowa Women's Lives: Letters and Diaries, Building the Transcontinental Railroad, and Nile Kinnick. This presentation describes the DIY History project for crowdsourcing transcriptions, as well as participatory archives, and citizen science and citizen scholars.

Diy History & Participatory Archives, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

DIY History is the University of Iowa Libraries' crowdsourcing initiative with five collections: Civil War Diaries and Letters, Szathmary Cookbooks and Manuscripts, Iowa Women's Lives: Letters and Diaries, Building the Transcontinental Railroad, and Nile Kinnick. This presentation describes the DIY History project for crowdsourcing transcriptions, as well as participatory archives, and citizen science and citizen scholars.

Staffing A Web-Based Information System, Anita Lowry, Paul A. Soderdahl, Barbara I. Dewey

Paul A Soderdahl

The University of Iowa Libraries, like many research libraries throughout the country, is developing a web-based information system for delivering information, communicating with clients, facilitating the use of the Internet and other electronic resources, and teaching. This article describes an action-oriented team structure developed to implement the University of Iowa Libraries-Wide Information System.

Delivering Primary Source Materials Via The World Wide Web: The American Memory Project (An Overview Of The Traveling Culture Project At The University Of Iowa Libraries), Carol Ann Hughes, Richard Kolbet, Paul A. Soderdahl, Sid Huttner, Timothy Shipe, Philip Brodd, Annadora Khan, Jennifer Lawrence-Gentry, Tressa Kleinendorst

Paul A Soderdahl

The University of Iowa Libraries was awarded a $73,300 grant to digitize a collection of paper records of Chautauqua performances in the United States. The collection, housed in the Department of Special Collections, is a vast assortment of records from the Redpath Lyceum Bureau, which was a major booking agent for "circuit" Chautauqua performances in the Midwest. The focus of the digitization project, called "Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century," is a set of talent flyers contained within this vast collection. This presentation covered how we approached planning for this project, our workplan, and advice for those who …

That's My Bailiwick: A Library-Sponsored Faculty Research Web Server, Paul A. Soderdahl, Carol Ann Hughes

Paul A Soderdahl

The University of Iowa Libraries provide a unique, new, scholarly publishing outlet for their faculty and graduate students. With the prevalence of personal faculty home pages and course Web sites in just about every department on campus, it's not very hard for faculty to find a Web server somewhere for storing an HTML file. And, with some work, faculty can often find some "techie" to help convert a document to HTML or to save a list of links. What is rare, however, is a space on the Web where faculty from all disciplines can find a home for their scholarly …

That's My Bailiwick: A Library-Sponsored Faculty Research Web Server, Paul A. Soderdahl, Carol Ann Hughes

Paul A Soderdahl

The University of Iowa Libraries provide a unique, new, scholarly publishing outlet for their faculty and graduate students. With the prevalence of personal faculty home pages and course Web sites in just about every department on campus, it's not very hard for faculty to find a Web server somewhere for storing an HTML file. And, with some work, faculty can often find some "techie" to help convert a document to HTML or to save a list of links. What is rare, however, is a space on the Web where faculty from all disciplines can find a home for their scholarly …

A Hybrid Web Server Solution: Using The Right Tool For The Right Job, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

Nearly all educational organizations now host a web server for delivering information and services to their constituencies. The preferred model at many institutions is to install, maintain, and support a single web server for the entire organization. The University of Iowa Libraries uses an alternate model providing a number of different web servers across a number of different platforms

Using A Combination Proxy Server / Purl Server For Off-Campus Access To Restricted Databases: A Solution For The University Of Iowa, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

No abstract provided.

Creating Academic Web Space For Faculty: Research And Teaching Initiatives At The University Of Iowa Libraries, Carol Ann Hughes, Paul A. Soderdahl, Karen Zimmerman

Paul A Soderdahl

The University of Iowa has several projects that are reshaping options for teaching staff and librarians as they work to build new types of academic resources. Two of these are Bailiwick and TWIST. Bailiwick is a web space where academic passions are realised in HTML and creative home pages. Bailliwick is home to Web sites that are experimental in form, like Border crossings, which provides comprehensive and in-depth resources, or that take on a narrow, highly specialised topic like French Feminists. In the Teaching with Innovative Style and Technology Project (TWIST), teaching staff are paired with librarians partners to create …

Implementing The Sfx Link Server At The University Of Iowa, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

In January 2002, the University of Iowa Libraries introduced its link server—linking related content from one information provider to another—using Ex Libris SFX software. Three basic services appeared on day 1 of the link server’s implementation: (1) citation reference linking to full-text electronic journal articles; (2) linking to holdings in the local catalog; and (3) persistent linking to an electronic reference service. The system is now integrated with more than seventy-five licensed databases and includes links to more than 16,000 full-text journal subscriptions. New developments beyond citation reference linking include links to Journal Citation Reports, Ulrichsweb, and interlibrary loan. This …

Delivering Primary Source Materials Via The World Wide Web: The American Memory Project (An Overview Of The Traveling Culture Project At The University Of Iowa Libraries), Carol Ann Hughes, Richard Kolbet, Paul A. Soderdahl, Sid Huttner, Timothy Shipe, Philip Brodd, Annadora Khan, Jennifer Lawrence-Gentry, Tressa Kleinendorst

Paul A Soderdahl

The University of Iowa Libraries was awarded a $73,300 grant to digitize a collection of paper records of Chautauqua performances in the United States. The collection, housed in the Department of Special Collections, is a vast assortment of records from the Redpath Lyceum Bureau, which was a major booking agent for "circuit" Chautauqua performances in the Midwest. The focus of the digitization project, called "Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century," is a set of talent flyers contained within this vast collection. This presentation covered how we approached planning for this project, our workplan, and advice for those who …

Multimedia And Fair Use: The Practical Side Of A Philosophical Debate, Paul A. Soderdahl, Carol Ann Hughes

Paul A Soderdahl

No abstract provided.

A Hybrid Web Server Solution: Using The Right Tool For The Right Job, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

Nearly all educational organizations now host a web server for delivering information and services to their constituencies. The preferred model at many institutions is to install, maintain, and support a single web server for the entire organization. The University of Iowa Libraries uses an alternate model providing a number of different web servers across a number of different platforms

The Iowa Flood Of 2008: Putting The Disaster Response Plan To The Test, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

In the summer of 2008, the rivers in eastern Iowa rose to historic levels, prompting a major evacuation and shutdown of the University of Iowa campus and resulting in nearly $750 million in damage, particularly to the buildings that housed the fine and performing arts. The art library reopened in late 2011, and the music library will be in temporary quarters for several more years. Though the main library received only minor flooding in the basement, the building was closed for several weeks even while campus reopened and classes resumed. The library's data center, located in the main library, needed …

The Iowa Flood Of 2008: Putting The Disaster Response Plan To The Test, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

In the summer of 2008, the rivers in eastern Iowa rose to historic levels, prompting a major evacuation and shutdown of the University of Iowa campus and resulting in nearly $750 million in damage, particularly to the buildings that housed the fine and performing arts. The art library reopened in late 2011, and the music library will be in temporary quarters for several more years. Though the main library received only minor flooding in the basement, the building was closed for several weeks even while campus reopened and classes resumed. The library's data center, located in the main library, needed …

Tile Learning Spaces At The University Of Iowa, Paul A. Soderdahl, Steve Fleagle

Paul A Soderdahl

The University of Iowa has rapidly transformed several classrooms into engaging, active learning spaces, and it has shifted the curriculum of 56 faculty members since the fall of 2009. Students are engaged in their learning as instructors move from the traditional role of "sage on the stage" to "guide on the side." The rooms have been branded TILE to signify four basic principles: Transform, Interact, Learn, Engage. This session will include discussion of some of the challenges faced during this project, with particular attention to the use of active learning spaces in arts and humanities, and planned next steps including …

Crisis, Tragedy And Recovery Network Case Study: Iowa City Flood Archive, Paul A Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

The rapidly expanding digital library network Crisis, Tragedy and Recovery (CTR) was funded in 2009 by the National Science Foundation through a three year grant. CRT captures and stores information for spontaneous events so users can access, search, analyze, and study these collections and learn from events and tragedies that happen around the world and across cultures and languages.

The panel will discuss the need for this distributed digital library and the project’s objectives, as well as some of the challenges faced. Topics will include lessons learned, best practices, and the connections between automated text mining, storytelling technologies, expert recommendations, …

Taking A Second Look, Joan Huntley, Greg Easley, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

No abstract provided.

Mentoring: It's A Good Thing: What We Learned Partying With Student Librarians, Nicole Saylor, Jen Wolfe, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

Party hosting is an exercise in preparation and personal finesse. The ambiance and menu must be exciting, the guests lively and engaging. As host, you must set the tone and connect newcomers with those already at the party. No matter how charming or prepared you think you are, once the party starts anything can happen. Uninvited guests can come crashing, Uncle Gene can go heavy on the Riesling and start telling inappropriate jokes, and timid, tired Tina can suck the air right out of the room. But when conditions are right, and host and guests find their flow, the experience …

The Iowa Flood Of 2008: Putting The Disaster Response Plan To The Test, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

In the summer of 2008, the rivers in eastern Iowa rose to historic levels, prompting a major evacuation and shutdown of the University of Iowa campus and resulting in nearly $750 million in damage, particularly to the buildings that housed the fine and performing arts. The art library reopened in late 2011, and the music library will be in temporary quarters for several more years. Though the main library received only minor flooding in the basement, the building was closed for several weeks even while campus reopened and classes resumed.

The library's data center, located in the main library, needed …

Managing A Cluster Of Single-Purpose Web Servers: Administrative And Technical Issues, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

While the preferred model for a web server at many institutions is to install, maintain, and support a single server for the entire organization, the University of Iowa Libraries uses an alternate model providing a number of different web servers across a number of different platforms in support of the Libraries' web project. This hybrid solution offers several advantages over a single-server solution. Such an implementation allows more content providers to deliver information in its existing format, and also allows the Libraries to offer new services quickly as more desktop applications integrate a web server component. Employing this type of …

Using A Combination Proxy Server / Purl Server For Off-Campus Access To Restricted Databases: A Solution For The University Of Iowa, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

No abstract provided.

Delivering Primary Source Materials Via The World Wide Web: The American Memory Project (An Overview Of The Traveling Culture Project At The University Of Iowa Libraries), Carol Ann Hughes, Richard Kolbet, Paul A. Soderdahl, Sid Huttner, Timothy Shipe, Philip Brodd, Annadora Khan, Jennifer Lawrence-Gentry, Tressa Kleinendorst

Paul A Soderdahl

The University of Iowa Libraries was awarded a $73,300 grant to digitize a collection of paper records of Chautauqua performances in the United States. The collection, housed in the Department of Special Collections, is a vast assortment of records from the Redpath Lyceum Bureau, which was a major booking agent for "circuit" Chautauqua performances in the Midwest. The focus of the digitization project, called "Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century," is a set of talent flyers contained within this vast collection. This presentation covered how we approached planning for this project, our workplan, and advice for those who …

Information Arcade Collaborations And Innovative Learning Environments, Paul A. Soderdahl

Paul A Soderdahl

Since 1992, the Information Arcade at the University of Iowa Libraries has been working with faculty to develop and support learning and creative research through advanced new media technologies. With its broad mission of integrating new technologies into teaching, learning, and research, the Information Arcade employs three guiding principles: (1) collaboration, by drawing on the talents of librarians, technology professionals, faculty, and students; (2) risk-taking, through creative utilization of technologically advanced tools; and (3) implementation, by employing aggressive efforts to make electronic resources easily accessible throughout the University of Iowa campus. This session will focus on some of the specific …

Digital Program Sustainability Panel, Bradley D. Faust, Paul A. Soderdahl, Kenning Arlitsch

Paul A Soderdahl

Three library leaders who oversee digital library programs operating on the CONTENTdm platform talk about what it takes to build and sustain a digital library program. Panelists will draw upon their experiences of increasing staffing and infrastructure to create capacity, developing ways to lower costs, and experimenting with new funding models to supplement diminishing budgets.