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Exploratory Evolution: Using Participatory Change To Rethink And Reorganize Digital Collections Services, Annie Benefiel, Jacklyn A. Rander, Matt Ruen, Leigh Rupinski
Exploratory Evolution: Using Participatory Change To Rethink And Reorganize Digital Collections Services, Annie Benefiel, Jacklyn A. Rander, Matt Ruen, Leigh Rupinski
Scholarly Papers and Articles
Change is the only constant in digital collections work. Evolving technologies, resources, and needs require a constant flexibility in not only what work is done, but how and by whom. Over the course of the 2017-2018 academic year, Grand Valley State University Libraries held a series of facilitated conversations to analyze the workflows, organizational structure, and overall support for the management of digital collections and repositories. This article summarizes the facilitation process and highlights areas of opportunity, aspirations, and future directions.
The Digital Librarian: The Liaison Between Digital Collections And Digital Preservation, Marina Georgieva
The Digital Librarian: The Liaison Between Digital Collections And Digital Preservation, Marina Georgieva
Library Faculty Presentations
Poster session following the lightning talk at 2018 NDSA Forum Opening
Plenary about the role of the digital librarian and how it relates to digital
preservation.
It’s common misconception digital librarians are involved only in
digitizing historic materials. In fact managing digital projects is only
their visible role. Once it’s over, librarians embrace their new role of
information architects directly engaged in the digital preservation process
of archiving master files. The digital librarian is that unit in the prep
process for digital preservation that ensures meticulously organized archival
directories, easy navigation and smooth file retrieval. Part of session:
Minute Madness …
Harnessing Wikipedia As A Tool: An Analysis Of Traffic Sources, Krysta Vincent
Harnessing Wikipedia As A Tool: An Analysis Of Traffic Sources, Krysta Vincent
Library Scholarly Publications
Today, users of all backgrounds obtain a huge amount of information from Wikipedia. Attempting to increase the visibility of the Wayne State University Digital Collections, I introduced links to our Collections on relevant Wikipedia articles. Following an analysis of data obtained through Google Analytics, I discovered that traffic to our Digital Collections from Wikipedia had increased significantly.
Linked Data In The Library & Openrefine, Sai Deng
Linked Data In The Library & Openrefine, Sai Deng
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Session on linked data and OpenRefine in "Stay Savvy with Scholarly Communication Brown Bag Lunch" at the University of Central Florida Libraries. It covers the following topics: Why does linked data matter? How can libraries and librarians embrace linked data? Linked Data in the Library and the Web (Cases, Standards and Vocabularies); Linked Data Design Principles, Building Blocks & Creation; Current Digital Repositories and Linked Data; Data Editing Tool: OpenRefine (Features, Examples); Possible Ways to Get Involved.
If We Build It, They Will Come: Improving Cala’S Institutional Repository, Sai Deng
If We Build It, They Will Come: Improving Cala’S Institutional Repository, Sai Deng
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)’s Academic Resources & Repository System (CALASYS) is an important initiative to curate its members’ research works, the organizational archival materials, and other cultural resources. CALASYS uses Omeka, an open source web-publishing platform, to store, link, display, and exhibit its collections. During its development, several aspects of the platform have been significantly improved due to the effort of the CALASYS Group and the CALA members.
To meet the emerging needs for improving data entry, description and access, the CALASYS group has explored and implemented multiple plugins. Among those implemented are Library of Congress (LC) Suggest, …
A Step Forward: Adding Linked Data Vocabularies To Digital Repositories, Sai Deng
A Step Forward: Adding Linked Data Vocabularies To Digital Repositories, Sai Deng
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Linked data has been a recent endeavor in the library community and various libraries have experimented with linked data in their traditional library catalog and digital collections. This presentation will review the different linked data practices especially focusing on those related to digital collections in academic libraries, explore the current digital library systems’ capabilities in accommodating linked data and present how linked data vocabularies have been added to the digital repositories at the University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries. The UCF Libraries have been adding linked data vocabularies to its institutional repository from the Library of Congress’ authority files and …
The Right To Be Forgotten And Digital Collections: Surveying Practice And Policy At Arl Member Institutions, Virginia A. Dressler, Cynthia Kristof
The Right To Be Forgotten And Digital Collections: Surveying Practice And Policy At Arl Member Institutions, Virginia A. Dressler, Cynthia Kristof
Virginia A Dressler
Archives Preppers: It's Not The End Of The World As We Know It! How To Survive An Anniversary Through Digital Projects, Daardi Sizemore, Heidi J. Southworth, Anne Stenzel
Archives Preppers: It's Not The End Of The World As We Know It! How To Survive An Anniversary Through Digital Projects, Daardi Sizemore, Heidi J. Southworth, Anne Stenzel
Library Services Publications
Preparing for a university anniversary is no easy feat! From in-house research to anticipating researcher needs, digital collections at Minnesota State University, Mankato have been invaluable as we begin celebrating the sesquicentennial of the university. In this lightning-round-style session, University Archives staff will present on current digital projects that have been instrumental as we embark on the 150th anniversary of the University. Topics will include: prioritizing digitization projects, digital collections and social media, use of institutional repository to present university publications, collaborations with campus departments, maximizing student involvement, and so much more.
Maintaining Digital Collections With Declining Resources, Fewer Staff, Wendy Walker, Teressa M. Keenan
Maintaining Digital Collections With Declining Resources, Fewer Staff, Wendy Walker, Teressa M. Keenan
Mansfield Library Faculty Publications
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe methods for restructuring workflows and efficiently using staff members and volunteers to continue work on multiple, simultaneous digital collections as budgets and resources decline.
Design/methodology/approach – This paper describes one library’s varied approaches to several digital collections supported by literature or volunteers in libraries.
Findings – In the face of continually declining resources and new, time-sensitive priorities and compliance responsibilities, librarians can continue to maintain digital collections by modifying workflows, using the services of volunteers and communicating strategically.
Practical implications – This paper is relevant to librarians, archivists and others …
Reflections On Digitization, Outreach, And The Value Of Ephemera In Special Collections: A Case Study, Gregory K. Seppi
Reflections On Digitization, Outreach, And The Value Of Ephemera In Special Collections: A Case Study, Gregory K. Seppi
Journal of Western Archives
This case study describes the process L. Tom Perry Special Collections used to create and promote a digital collection of ephemera on Internet Archive. It follows the process from selection to uploading, discusses how decisions related to digitization were made, and how the collection was promoted following digitization. This paper establishes the value of digitizing ephemera related to topics known to be of interest to patrons and demonstrates one approach to special collections outreach. Data gathered during the creation of this case study demonstrates that even small efforts to promote digital collections can significantly improve usage of niche ephemera collections …
Introduction To Metadata For Digital Libraries, Elliot Williams
Introduction To Metadata For Digital Libraries, Elliot Williams
Library Articles, Papers, and Presentations
Slides from a workshop covering basic metadata practices and principles for digital libraries, including a variety of metadata schemas, as well as considerations for writing shareable and user-friendly metadata.
Staffing With Students: Digitizing Campus Newspapers With Student Volunteers At The University Of Minnesota, Morris, Naomi Skulan
Staffing With Students: Digitizing Campus Newspapers With Student Volunteers At The University Of Minnesota, Morris, Naomi Skulan
Library Publications
The purpose of this paper is to examine the advantages and disadvantages to primarily utilizing undergraduate student volunteers for a long-term digitization project and to discuss methods to mitigate the disadvantages of student volunteer work.
Utah State University - University Libraries Metadata Application Profile For Contentdm Digital Collections, Andrea Payant, Sara Skindelien, Liz Woolcott
Utah State University - University Libraries Metadata Application Profile For Contentdm Digital Collections, Andrea Payant, Sara Skindelien, Liz Woolcott
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
The Utah State University Libraries Digital Collections Application Profile outlines the metadata fields, mappings, definitions, and resources used to assign metadata for digital collections in the USU CONTENTdm repository. Utah State University is a collection partner of the Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL). Therefore, this profile pulls substantially from the MWDL application profile 2.0, which is available at this URL: http://mwdl.org/docs/MWDL_DC_Profile_Version_2.0.pdf
News - Digital Library Of Georgia, Mandy L. Mastrovita, Angela Stanley
News - Digital Library Of Georgia, Mandy L. Mastrovita, Angela Stanley
Georgia Library Quarterly
No abstract provided.