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Disposable Scholarship?, Fredrick Miller
Disposable Scholarship?, Fredrick Miller
Fred Miller
If digital materials are a critical success factor for higher education, institutions need to act now to ensure long-term access to their digital scholarship.
Rethinking Technical Services For A Digital World, Fredrick Miller
Rethinking Technical Services For A Digital World, Fredrick Miller
Fred Miller
Libraries should consider new ways to integrate and streamline their organization and work processes for effective and efficient service to library patrons. This paper looks at recent efforts in academic libraries to explore cost-saving measures without sacrificing service quality. It presents an overview of ways libraries can improve technical services to provide electronic resources and other services for library patrons.
The Argus Digital Collection: A Digital Archive For Access And Preservation, Fredrick Miller
The Argus Digital Collection: A Digital Archive For Access And Preservation, Fredrick Miller
Fred Miller
The Argus Digital Collection is Illinois Wesleyan University’s first digital library project. This project began as an archival and preservation project, and presented management and technical challenges for the University’s library and central Information Technology organizations. This paper reviews how the project came to be, project hurdles, lessons learned, and where we go from here. Academic institutions contemplating similar digital archive projects can benefit from Illinois Wesleyan University’s experience with the Argus Digital Collection.