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Opening A Communication Channel With The Etd Librarian, Kelley Flannery Rowan
Opening A Communication Channel With The Etd Librarian, Kelley Flannery Rowan
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This presentation will share the results of a new initiative developed by the ETD Librarian at Florida International University (FIU) to develop a personal connection between students and the ETD Librarian. The goal is threefold; to provide a personal contact and open communication channel within the library to whom students can address publishing best practices and concerns with, to better inform and engage students in the metadata process of submitting theses and dissertations, and to spur the growth of knowledge and usage of ORCID. A previous initiative that added an ORCID and a license option to the metadata fields had …
Between The Graduate School And Cataloging: How A Digital Collections Center Contributes Quality To The Etd Process, Kelley F. Rowan
Between The Graduate School And Cataloging: How A Digital Collections Center Contributes Quality To The Etd Process, Kelley F. Rowan
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This presentation was given at the 2015 USETDA (United States Electronic Theses and Dissertations Association) conference in Austin, Texas explores the history of Digital Collections Center at Florida International University and where and how it functions in the process of publishing, archiving, and promoting the university's electronic theses and dissertations. Additionally, the functionality of Digital Commons is discussed along with the use of Adobe Acrobat for creating archival quality PDFs. The final section discusses promotion techniques used via social media for increased discoverability of ETDs.
The Case Of The 35 Gigabyte Digital Record: Ocr And Digital Workflows, Kelley F. Rowan
The Case Of The 35 Gigabyte Digital Record: Ocr And Digital Workflows, Kelley F. Rowan
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This presentation was given at the Panhandle Library Access Network's (PLAN) Innovation Conference: Digitization- Preserving the Past for the Future Conference on August 14th, 2015. The presentation uses a specific collection of directories as a case study of the complications librarians and archivists face in digitizing older materials that may also be quite large, such as a directory. Prime OCR and Abbyy Fine Reader are discussed and their pros and cons covered. Troubleshooting and editing with Adobe Photoshop is also discussed.
From The Elementary To The Circuitous: Digital Processing Workflows At Fiu, Kelley F. Rowan
From The Elementary To The Circuitous: Digital Processing Workflows At Fiu, Kelley F. Rowan
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This presentation was given at the FLVC regional conference at Broward College on May 7, 2015 and introduced scanning, processing, record creation, dissemination, and preservation in FIU Libraries' Digital Collections Center. The main focus was on processing, specifically employing OCR technology with difficult sources.