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No Muss, No Fuss: Ead Finding Aids Without Xml, Rose Fortier
No Muss, No Fuss: Ead Finding Aids Without Xml, Rose Fortier
Rose Fortier
Digital finding aids increase use and visibility of special collections materials, but many programs or services require knowledge of coding languages to create and maintain them. Using CONTENTdm and a word processing program, finding aids using EAD principles and formatting can be easily created without the needing knowledge of coding or programming languages.
Mobile Access To Digital Objects & The Development Process., Carmen Mitchell, Cristela Garcia-Spitz, Daniel Suchy
Mobile Access To Digital Objects & The Development Process., Carmen Mitchell, Cristela Garcia-Spitz, Daniel Suchy
Carmen Mitchell
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Transforming Special Collections: A (Lib)Guide To Innovation. Peer-Reviewed Poster Session Presented At The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference., Barbara Lewis, Melanie Griffin
Transforming Special Collections: A (Lib)Guide To Innovation. Peer-Reviewed Poster Session Presented At The American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference., Barbara Lewis, Melanie Griffin
Barbara Lewis
“Special Collections as Laboratories,” a recent posting on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s The Wired Campus blog, revived the myth of special collections as dusty and often forgotten repositories.
This poster session illustrates how Special & Digital Collections (SDC) at the University of South Florida Tampa Library transformed its web presence in order to dispel such notions. SDC created a series of collection guides using Springshare’s LibGuides platform to make its web presence more user-friendly, engaging, interactive, and holistic. The guides also add value to the researcher by contextualizing each collection and highlighting connections/partnerships with other Library units, related academic …