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Getting Digitization Projects Done In A Medium-Sized Academic Library: A Collaborative Effort Between Technical Services, Systems, Special Collections, And Collection Development, Michael Boock, Bruce Jeppesen, William C. Barrow

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

Cleveland State University Library, a medium-sized academic library serving approximately 15,000 students, is engaged in large-scale efforts to digitize and make accessible online collections of unique Cleveland-related materials. The Cleveland State University Library Special Collections digitization and cataloging efforts use staff from several different library organizational units. The collaboration of staff with specific expertise in long-standing library functions -- special collections, cataloging, systems, archives, selection -- to create two Web databases is described. The collaborative effort has proven effective in getting resources processed, archived, digitized, described, promoted, and made accessible in a highly efficient and effective manner. The responsibilities of …