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Logan Historical Newspaper Transcription Project, Cheryl D. Walters, Phyllis Smith
Logan Historical Newspaper Transcription Project, Cheryl D. Walters, Phyllis Smith
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
Presentation given to summer citizens' group in Logan, Utah to tell them about the Logan Historical Newspaper Transcription Project and recruit volunteer transcribers. This project entails manually correcting computer-generated transcriptions to improve discoverability of the full-text digitized versions of the predecessor to today's Herald Journal. Before becoming today's Herald Journal, Logan's newspaper had four different titles: Logan Leader (1879-1882), Utah Journal (1882-1889), Logan Journal (1889-1891), and Journal (1892-1931). This digitized collection begins in 1879 with the Logan Leader and ends in 1898 with the Journal.
Leveraging Institutional Repositories To Support Your Institution's Strategic Mission (July), Richard W. Clement
Leveraging Institutional Repositories To Support Your Institution's Strategic Mission (July), Richard W. Clement
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
This presentation was given at the 2009 American Library Association annual conference. It addresses how to improve the chances of a successful Institutional Repository and updates his previous presentation at the 2009 Association for College and Research Libraries conference.
Using Digital Primary Sources For Teaching K-12, Cheryl D. Walters, Heather Leary
Using Digital Primary Sources For Teaching K-12, Cheryl D. Walters, Heather Leary
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
This presentation was the first in a series of three exploring how digitized primary materials being used in educational settings and classroom teaching. It highlights a Utah training program for teachers that encourages integration of digitized primary sources into K-12 teaching.
Sharing Your Finding Aids In Contentdm: Encoded Archival Description (Ead) Files In Mountain West Digital Library, Cheryl D. Walters, Sandra Mcintyre
Sharing Your Finding Aids In Contentdm: Encoded Archival Description (Ead) Files In Mountain West Digital Library, Cheryl D. Walters, Sandra Mcintyre
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
Six libraries and archives from the Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) consortium are using CONTENTdm to open up access to their Special Collections materials via Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids. A custom script extracts 35 fields from a set of finding aids in XML and creates a tab-delimited spreadsheet for uploading them into CONTENTdm using the multiple file import option. Inside the CDM collections, thumbnails and XSLT stylesheets customize displays of finding aids for each library or archive. Automatic "x-links" within the finding aids connect to digitized photographs, correspondence, and other archival materials, where available. A central interface on …
Tapping Utah's Scholarly Works, Cheryl D. Walters, Jeff Belliston, Allyson Mower
Tapping Utah's Scholarly Works, Cheryl D. Walters, Jeff Belliston, Allyson Mower
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
Academic institutions in Utah talk about the institutional repositories (IRs) they have created to provide open access to the intellectual output of their university faculty, staff, and students. Covers platforms (Dspace, CONTENTdm, & Digital Commons), copyright, faculty outreach, collaboration on a statewide IR portal, etc.
Teaching Information Literacy With Authentic Problems: Creating And Using An Online Module, Heather Leary, Wendy Holliday, Anne R. Diekama
Teaching Information Literacy With Authentic Problems: Creating And Using An Online Module, Heather Leary, Wendy Holliday, Anne R. Diekama
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
The American Library Association defines information literacy as a “set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information.” Students in an academic setting need to learn how to learn about all kinds of information. Committed to finding innovative ways to teach students information literacy skills, Utah State University’s Library Instruction Program created a free online course to teach these skills. This presentation will explain the course, why and how it was created, the problem based approach using authentic scenarios, the value it adds to library instruction, and how it can be integrated into a curriculum.
Podcasting Folklore, Heather Leary, Trevor Alvord, Randy Williams
Podcasting Folklore, Heather Leary, Trevor Alvord, Randy Williams
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
Presentation on podcasting folklore given at the Utah Library Association annual meeting in Sandy, Utah. The presentation gives a general background on podcasting and folklore, the process of creating podcasts and delivering the podcasts on the web.
Leveraging Institutional Repositories To Support Your Institution's Strategic Mission (March), Richard W. Clement
Leveraging Institutional Repositories To Support Your Institution's Strategic Mission (March), Richard W. Clement
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
This presentation was given at the 2009 Association for College and Research Libraries conference during a breakfast presentation. It addresses how to improve the chances of a successful Institutional Repository.
Archival Collections In A Digital World, Cheryl D. Walters
Archival Collections In A Digital World, Cheryl D. Walters
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
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Northern Utah Speaks: Usu's Oral History Effort, Randy Williams, Elisaida Méndez
Northern Utah Speaks: Usu's Oral History Effort, Randy Williams, Elisaida Méndez
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
"Northern Utah Speaks: USU's Oral History Effort," is a PowerPoint presentation by Randy Williams (Fife Folklore Curator, USU Libraries' Special Collections Division) and Elisaida Méndez (Latino Voices Assistant Director) at the October 2007 Cache Community Connections meeting at Logan's Historic Tabernacle. The presentation gives an overview of USU's oral history efforts, especially the award winning Latino/a Voices Project.
As an outgrowth of the evening's endeavor, three local groups conducted oral history projects: Providence City, the Logan Presbyterian Church and the Cache Community Connection organization. And the Cache Community Connections and the Cache Valley Presbyterian Church have deposited their oral …
Bear River Watershed Historical Digital Collection, Cheryl D. Walters, Stephen C. Strugeon
Bear River Watershed Historical Digital Collection, Cheryl D. Walters, Stephen C. Strugeon
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
This presentation to the Bear River Water Commission introduced a new digital collection of images and text resources about the Bear River Watershed in Utah and Idaho.
Libraries In Sweden, Anne Hedrich
Libraries In Sweden, Anne Hedrich
Anne Hedrich
This presentation offers a brief general introduction to libraries in Sweden and looks in particular at two university libraries in the city of Umeå. It was presented at the 2006 NRIC (Natural Resources Information Council) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Spoken comments from the presentation are found in the notes section for each slide. Additional comments have been added to make the presentation clearer for those reading this rather than hearing it when it was presented.
Libraries In Sweden, Anne Hedrich
Libraries In Sweden, Anne Hedrich
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
This presentation offers a brief general introduction to libraries in Sweden and looks in particular at two university libraries in the city of Umeå. It was presented at the 2006 NRIC (Natural Resources Information Council) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Spoken comments from the presentation are found in the notes section for each slide. Additional comments have been added to make the presentation clearer for those reading this rather than hearing it when it was presented.
Sneak Preview: Bear River Watershed Historical Digital Collection, Cheryl D. Walters, Cheryl D. Walters
Sneak Preview: Bear River Watershed Historical Digital Collection, Cheryl D. Walters, Cheryl D. Walters
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
Provides early look at a new digital collection assembling image and text resources about the Bear River Watershed in Utah and Idaho.
Welcome To Utah State University’S Digital Library!, Cheryl D. Walters
Welcome To Utah State University’S Digital Library!, Cheryl D. Walters
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
Digital exhibit introducing Utah State University Library's new Digital Library in 2005