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South Carolina Goes Digital: The Creation And Development Of Usc’S Digital Activities Department, Kate F. Boyd, Douglas King

Faculty and Staff Publications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the University of South Carolina's Digital Activities Department's history and development.

Design/methodology/approach – This article recounts the development of the Digital Activities Department and examines local policies and procedures. In addition, the article discusses the fundamental issues of choosing a digital repository, creating metadata, and scanning images. The authors take a practical, in-depth approach in discussing their experiences.

Findings – After just a few years, the Library has launched the department and successfully provided online access to a growing number of digital collections. Collaboration has been the key element in …

An Organizational Analysis Of The Processing Services Division, Thomas Cooper Library, University Of South Carolina, Laura M. Ladwig, Kathleen Bonidy Mcevoy, Cynthia Barrilleaux Stockard

Student Publications

This report presents results of an organizational analysis conducted of the Processing Services Division of Thomas Cooper Library at the University of South Carolina. The authors reviewed a selection of the recent literature relevant to technical services. The authors also compiled and analyzed the recent history, organization structure, mission, goals, and objectives for Thomas Cooper Library and the Processing Services Division. The report presents results from twelve interviews with Division staff, management, and Library administration; an exploration of catalog use statistics; and a staff time allocation study. Recommendations were made regarding the organizational structure, incorporating a team approach, physical space …

An Analysis Of School Library Media Centers In South Carolina Elementary And Middle Schools In 2005, John N. Olsgaard, Cynthia Barrilleaux Stockard

Student Publications

In Fall 2005 the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) requested that the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), University of South Carolina, analyze the data from a survey of school library media centers conducted by the SCDE for school year 2005. This report represents the product of that analysis. The authors wish to thank the Martha Alewine of the SCDE, Martha Taylor of the South Carolina Association of School Librarians, and the SLIS for supporting this study. The authors are solely responsible for the analysis and conclusions of this report. The analysis does not necessarily reflect the views …

News From The South Carolina Library Association V.4 N.1 01/2006

South Carolina Libraries

News from the South Carolina Library Association v.4 n.1 01/2006

Developing The Ict Infrastructure For Africa: The Influence On Global Scholarship, Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, Samantha K. Hastings

Faculty Publications

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The Medical Library Association's Professional Development Progam: A Look Back At The Way Ahead, Fred W. Roper

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Information Vaccine: Hiv/Aids And Libraries In Sub-Saharan Africa, Kendra S. Albright

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2005, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Report from the Director..... p.1
Going Digital: The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of South Carolina..... p.1
Sprintime at SCL! (photos)..... p.2
Library Acquires Local College Materials..... p.2
Simms Bicentennial Conference (advertisement)..... p.3
Collection Discoveries: Napoleonic Connections..... p.4
University Libraries Move to New Catalog..... p.4
Oral History at SCL: A Plan for Growth..... p.5
Facemasks are for Wimps: Palmetto Pigskin Exhibit (advertisement)..... p.5
In Memoriam: William Jennings Bryan Dorn..... p.6
Archivists from the Bahamas Visit the Caroliniana Library..... p.8
Kaare S. Espendahl: Independent Architect..... p.9
The Great Sea Island Storm of 1893..... p.10
Memorials..... p.12
The Courtenay Public School (photo)..... …

Reflections - Fall 2005, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

Libraries Implement New Integrated Online System..... p.1
Newsfilm Library Receives NEH Grant..... p.1
Libraries Expand Digital Collections.... p.2
TCL Presents Exhibit on 20th-Century American Literature and History..... p.2
Hallman Endowment Supports Future of Hemingway Collection..... p.3
Treasures Acquisitions Program Funds African-American Items..... p.3
Writing Center Opened in TCL..... p.3
Music Library Receives Rare First Editions..... p.3
What Is a Green Building?..... p.4
Kresge Foundation Awards Green Building Initiative..... p.4
MPC Becomes South Carolina Political Collections..... p.4
Thomas Cooper Library Mounts Major Walt Whitman Exhibit..... p.5
AIDS Collection Initiative Spans Arts and Sciences..... p.5
Exhibit of Fine Printing on Display..... …

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter - Fall 2005, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter

Contents:

The Thomas Cooper Society Events, 2004–2005..... p.1
Thomas Cooper Medal Presented to Edward Albee..... p.1
Upcoming Exhibits at TCL..... p.2
AIDS Collection Initiative Spans Arts and Sciences..... p.2
Libraries Select New Online System..... p.3
TCL Presents Exhibit on 20th-Century American Literature and History..... p.3
Digital Collections Now Online..... p.4
George Terry Portrait Unveiled..... p.4
Thomas Cooper Library Mounts Major Walt Whitman Exhibit..... p.5
Treasures Acquisitions Program Funds Rare African-American Items..... p.5
What is a Green Building?..... p.6
Kresge Foundation Awards Green Building Initiative..... p. 6
Hallman Endowment Supports Future of Hemingway Collection..... p.7
Layman Presents Talk on Dashiell Hammett..... …

News From The South Carolina Library Association V.3 N.4 10/2005

South Carolina Libraries

News from the South Carolina Library Association v.3 n.4 10/2005

Leaves Of Grass At 150, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This booklet accompanied the exhibit which marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass (1855). The items on display were drawn chiefly from the Thomas Cooper Library's Joel Myerson Collection of Nineteenth-Century Literature, and this booklet records the arrangement and explanatory text of the exhibit as actually mounted. The exhibit is arranged chronologically, to show the growth and development of Whitman's poetry, and the effects on his books of his own close involvement in their production. Included are all the major editions in the development of Leaves of Grass, from two variants of …

News From The South Carolina Library Association V.3 N.3 07/2005

South Carolina Libraries

News from the South Carolina Library Association v.3 n.3 07/2005

The End Of World War Ii: A Commemorative Exhibition From Rare Books And Special Collections, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

2005 marks the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. This catalog accompanied the exhibit which documents the end of the war in Europe and Asia using resources in Rare Books and Special Collections. Several collections that either focus on the war or have significant connections to the war years are highlighted.

Tennis: The Story Of A Sport - An Exhibition Celebrating The William D. Haggard Iii Tennis Collection, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

The William D. Haggard III Tennis Collection brought to Thomas Cooper Library its first major collection of rare books about sports history. This exhibition tells the story of tennis over the past seven centuries, beginning with a first edition of the first book about tennis (1555). The earlier cases illustrate the development of tennis from its medieval origins in cloister and royal palace, through its central role in the Renaissance and pre-Revolutionary France. The second half of the exhibition follows the reshaping of tennis in France, England, and America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

2005 Report Of Gifts (72 Pages), South Caroliniana Library--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society - Annual Report of Gifts

No abstract provided.

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter - Spring 2005, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter

Contents:

Thomas Cooper Library Special Collections Wings Project Expands..... p.1
TCL Exhibit Featured Botanist Henry William Ravenel..... p.2
Joyce Carol Oates is Thomas Cooper Society Speaker..... p.3
Thomas Cooper Society Endowment Brings Treasures to the Library..... p.3
Thomas Cooper Library's Special Collections Heritage..... p.4
Papers of Tony Buttitta Come to Thomas Cooper..... p.5
Exhibits at the Thomas Cooper Library..... p.6
TCL Received Haggard Collection of Tennis Books..... p.7
In Memoriam: Alexander MacGregor (Sandy) Gilchrist..... p.7
Ex Libris Society Executive Committee (photo)..... p.8
Thomas Cooper Society Officers, 2004-2005..... p.8
Thomas Cooper Society Board Members, 2004-2005..... p.8

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2005, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Annual Meeting Recap: April 24, 2004..... p.1
The Faith Cabin Libraries Collection..... p.1
World War I Collaborative Project..... p.3
An Architectural Treasure Trove..... p.4
SCL Exhibits..... p.5
New Faces in the Reading Room: Beverly Bullock, Peggy Gardner, Rose Thomas and Ashley Bowden..... p.6
The University South Caroliniana Society (ad.)..... p.7
A Future Home for Modern Political Collections..... p.7
Gift of Donald S. Russell Library..... p.8
Society Portfolio Tops Two Million Dollar Mark..... p.8
Upcoming USCS Annual Meeting..... p.8
Retired Senator Hollings Closes His Offices..... p.9
Bilderback Honored with Archival Award..... p.9
Facility Facelift: A Tale of SCL Renovations..... p.10 …

Reflections - Spring 2005, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

Thomas Cooper Library Special Collections Wings Project Expands..... p.1
USC Libraries Choose New Integrated Library Service..... p.1
New Music Library Special Collections Room..... p.2
Library 100: A New Information Literacy Course..... p.2
Exhibits at Thomas Cooper Library..... p.2
Joyce Carol Oates Is Thomas Cooper Society Speaker..... p.3
USC Libraries Acquire New Databases..... p.3
Libraries Launch New Digital Activities Department..... p.3
South Caroliniana Library Receives Ball-Gilchrist Family Papers..... p.4
In Memoriam: Alexander MacGregor (Sandy) Gilchrist..... p.4
“An Afternoon with Donald Russell”..... p.5
Bilderback Named Archivist of the Year..... p.5
New Faces: Jeffrey Makala, Douglas King, and Greg Wilsbacher..... p.5
“Two …

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-2005): A Bicentennial Selection, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This catalog accompanied the exhibit of a sample of the author’s works held by the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. The representative selection of materials contained books from the library’s Historical Children’s Literature Collection and the Augusta Baker Collection of African-American Children’s Literature and Folklore. It included examples of some of the first English translations of Andersen’s writings, as well as several of his classic fairy tales and materials exhibiting the ways in which nineteenth- and twentieth-century children’s book illustrators reacted to and interpreted the text.

News From The South Carolina Library Association V.3 N.2 04/2005

South Carolina Libraries

News from the South Carolina Library Association v.3 n.2 04/2005

Voices From The Caroliniana - Winter 2005, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Caroliniana Library – Oral History Newsletter

Contents:

Greetings..... p.1
Oral History Publications Series..... p.1
Carolina First: An Oral History of a South Carolina Success Story..... p.2
African Americans at Mars Bluff: The Amelia Wallace Vernon Oral History Collection..... p.2
SC Jazz and Blues Musicians..... p.3
Conserving Our Past: The SC Bankers Association Grant..... p.3
Digital Oral History: South Caroliniana in the 21st Century..... p.4

Down To The Seas, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This is the first exhibition from Thomas Cooper Library 's G. Ross Roy Collection of John Masefield, which was donated in 1999. Highlights include a copy in Masefield's own hand of his best-known poem, "Sea Fever," and a number of inscribed copies from the library of Audrey Napier-Smith in which Masefield painted small water-colour sketches of sailing ships or other scenes. Place of publication is London unless otherwise stated; + indicates a book with a water-colour or pen sketch.

The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection At The Unversity Of South Carolina: An Illustrated Catalog, Elizabeth Sudduth

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection at the University of South Carolina was established in 1997 by Matthew J. and Arlyn Bruccoli and named for Professor Bruccoli's father. It is an expansive research archive for the literary, historical, and cultural aspects of World War I from the vantages of many of the combatant nations, holding more than 4,000 items, including 3,400 print materials comprising military training manuals, illustrated wartime magazines, trench newspapers, novels and poetry of the war, letters, diaries, postcards, scrapbooks, photo albums, and glass slides. The collection also includes some 500 pieces of sheet music and more …

Leaves Of Grass At 150, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This exhibit celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass, arguably the most important and well-known book of verse in American literary history. This exhibit showcases the fine Whitman collection at the University of South Carolina's Thomas Cooper Library, drawing both from earlier holdings in Special Collections and, more extensively. from the Joel Myerson Collection of Nineteenth Century American Literature. Other items are on loan from Prof. Myerson's personal collection and, in one notable instance from, the collection of USC Prof. G. Ross Roy. The central part of this catalogue lists for the …

News From The South Carolina Library Association V.3 N.1 01/2005

South Carolina Libraries

News from the South Carolina Library Association v.3 n.1 01/2005

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter - Fall 2004, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter

Contents:

Libraries Receive $2 Million Gift for New Special Collections Wings..... p.1
The Thomas Cooper Society Events, 2003-2004..... p.1
University Libraries Commission Portrait of George Terry..... p.2
Library Receives Books Recalling One of USC's Founders..... p.2
Thomas Cooper Library Presents Robert Burns Colloquium and Exhibit..... p.3
A Newly Discovered Love Letter to Robert Burns..... p.4
Researchers Speak Out..... p.4
Thomas Cooper Society Presents Student Book Collecting Awards..... p.5
USC Acquires World War I Archive..... p.5
Collection of Unique Fitzgerald Screen Plays Acquired by Thomas Cooper Library..... p.5
The Donna I. Sorensen Endowment: Southern Women in the Arts.... p.6
Upcoming Exhibits..... …

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2004, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

SCL Mourns the Passing of Former Director E.L. Inabinett..... p.1
Uncovering History in the Reading Room..... p.2
Modern Political Collections Receives Floyd Spence Collection..... p.3
Staff Changes at the Caroliniana..... p.4
Spreading the Wealth: The Wolfe Collection is Donated to the Caroliniana..... p.6
"The Gentleman from Red Bank": A Count Basie Exhibit..... p.7
Dancing Through the Great Depression..... p.9
Thinking Ahead: The Success Story of John E. Swearingen..... p.10
A Schedule of Exhibits at South Caroliniana: Physical & Virtual..... p.11
Gift Items Available from SCL..... p.11
Memorials & Honoraria..... p.12
USCS 69th Annual Meeting Announcement..... p.12

Reflections - Fall 2004, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

Libraries Receive $2 Million Gift for New Special Collections Wing..... p.1
Collection of Unique Fitzgerald Screen Plays Acquired by Thomas Cooper Library..... p.1
Thomas Cooper Library Presents Robert Burns Colloquium and Exhibit..... p.1
SC Legislature Approves Academic Virtual Library Initiative..... p.2
New Look, New Links, New Library Resources..... p.3
SC Libraries Publish Memiors of John E. Swearingen..... p.3
Researches Speak Out..... p.4
SC Acquires World War I Archive..... p.4
The Donna I. Sorensen Endowment: Southern Women in the Arts..... p.5
University Libraries Commission Portrait of George Terry..... p.6
Virtually Speaking!..... p.6
In Memoriam: Erwin Lester Inabinett, 1926-2004..... p.6
Upcoming …

News From The South Carolina Library Association V.2 N.4 10/2004

South Carolina Libraries

News from the South Carolina Library Association v.2 n.4 10/2004