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Digital Initiatives Symposium

2017

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Collection & Community Building Through Web Archiving: Engaging With Faculty And Students In A Collaborative Web Archiving Project, Andrea Schuler May 2017

Collection & Community Building Through Web Archiving: Engaging With Faculty And Students In A Collaborative Web Archiving Project, Andrea Schuler

Digital Initiatives Symposium

Tisch Library at Tufts University has recently begun a pilot web archiving project, aiming to deepen Tufts’ collections in areas of strategic importance and support more “traditional” library collection development activities, while collecting material that is not known to be comprehensively collected by other institutions. Additionally, the project offers an opportunity for collaborative collection building with faculty and students that serves as a unique way to deepen our community‘s engagement with the library.

The initial pilot collection focuses on environmental justice, selected due to its relevance to the Tufts community and curriculum and to build on existing Tisch Library collection …