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Between Subject And Tech Expertise: Collaborating With Faculty For Digital Humanities Projects [Presentation], Rose Fortier, Heather G. James, Wendy Fall
Between Subject And Tech Expertise: Collaborating With Faculty For Digital Humanities Projects [Presentation], Rose Fortier, Heather G. James, Wendy Fall
Rose Fortier
Libraries are well-positioned for partnership with digital humanities efforts in several ways. The management of digital items and the description of information resources for future researchers make libraries natural partners in digital humanities projects. Often Humanities scholars will reach out to the library for support or even guidance in these projects. At Marquette University, the Gothic Archive exemplifies the development of this collaboration. Though the Archive started as a humble collection of digitized and transcribed gothic chapbooks, it is being developed into an interwoven collection of digitized materials and contextual objects and promises to become a full-fledged digital humanities tool. …
Creating A Digital Museum: A Process Overview, Christy Allen
Creating A Digital Museum: A Process Overview, Christy Allen
Christy Allen
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World War I Military Portraits (Digital Collection), Rose Fortier, Maria Cunningham
World War I Military Portraits (Digital Collection), Rose Fortier, Maria Cunningham
Rose Fortier
World War I Military Portraits is comprised of more than 32,000 photographs, typewritten volumes, and service records. The items were complied from collections of the American War Mothers Milwaukee County Chapter and the Milwaukee County Council of Defense. These items contain a wealth of genealogical information and provide a candid look into soldiers' ideas and perceptions of the First World War.
The World War I Military Portraits digital collection brings online access to one of the library's most highly used research collections. The current digital collection represents the majority of the service records but is continuously growing, so stop back …
Pioneers In Your Attic: Uvu's Sutherland Archives' Experience, Catherine Mcintyre
Pioneers In Your Attic: Uvu's Sutherland Archives' Experience, Catherine Mcintyre
Catherine McIntyre
Utah Valley University's George Sutherland Archives participated in a state-wide digitization project called Pioneers In Your Attic: Preserving the Legacy of the Overland Migration. Developed by Scott Eldredge of Brigham Young University, several university digitization centers, or hubs, collaborated with regional public libraries, museums, and historical societies to host "scanning events," inviting members of the public to bring unique, historic family photographs and documents, such as diaries, journals, letters, and business papers, to be scanned for free, and added to an openly accessible online digital collection called Pioneers In Your Attic. This presentation focuses on the overall experiences of staff …
Rounding Up Unique Collections With The Mountain West Digital Library, Catherine Mcintyre
Rounding Up Unique Collections With The Mountain West Digital Library, Catherine Mcintyre
Catherine McIntyre
No abstract provided.
Turning Up The Volume On Digital Collections, Catherine Mcintyre
Turning Up The Volume On Digital Collections, Catherine Mcintyre
Catherine McIntyre
No abstract provided.
Wwi Postcard Collection: A Community-Based Model For Digital Libraries, Marc D. Bayer
Wwi Postcard Collection: A Community-Based Model For Digital Libraries, Marc D. Bayer
Marc D Bayer
The paradigm shift of academic libraries from information purveyors to places of learning and communicating must occur virtually as well as physically. By creating informal virtual communities around digital collections , librarians can participate in the academic discussion and make more formal collections better known.