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Personal Digital Archiving, Jeremy Myntti

Faculty Publications

Jeremy Myntti, Associate University Librarian for Metadata and IT at the Brigham Young University Library, presents on ways you can preserve your digital memories.

Watch the presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNo5W1jRzfs

Careful Consideration: Designing Workflows For Content Selection, Copyright, Privacy Concerns And Cultural Competency, Abby Stambach, Corinne Tabolt, Lisa Villa

Staff publications

Archives & Distinctive Collections at the College of the Holy Cross is digitizing key components of the Deaf Catholic Archives. This presentation introduces this hidden collection and describes workflows to address such complex issues as content selection, privacy, and permissions while incorporating the nuances of Deaf culture in all processes.

Mentoring As A Tool For Re-Skilling The Academic Librarian In Ict Age, Chukwunaza N. Ekwelem Mr, Zikrat Abdulsalam, Emmanuel Abigeal Bimpe

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstracts

Without doubt, the increase in ICT has proven a library to be a living and growing organism. Coping with technology changes are the principal driving forces of the emerging information age librarian and it seems most librarians are less equipped through formal training for the technological demand in library services. The study investigated the use of mentoring as a tool for re-skilling the academic librarian in the ICT age. Descriptive survey was adopted for the study and total enumeration was used for the sample as all the librarians in the university were used for the study. The questionnaire was …

Glsen Rainbow Library, Will Rapp

Kansas LGBTQ+ Leadership Symposium

GLSEN Kansas, as a part of a national network works to ensure that LGBTQ students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment. GLSEN believes that every student has the right to a safe, supportive, and LGBTQ-inclusive K-12 education. Our research and experience has shown that there are four major ways that schools can cultivate a safe and supportive environment for all of their students, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression: developing supportive educators, advocating for comprehensive inclusive policies, providing inclusive curriculum and supporting student led GSAs.

The GLSEN Rainbow Library …

Revealing A Community's Heritage: The Gay And Lesbian Archive Of Mid-America, Stuart Hinds

Kansas LGBTQ+ Leadership Symposium

The Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America (GLAMA) was founded in 2009 to collect, preserve, and make accessible the documents and artifacts that reflect the histories of the LGBTQ communities in the Kansas City region. Originally a partnership between the University of Missouri – Kansas City Special Collections and Archives Division, the Kansas City Museum, and the Jackson County Historical Society, by 2014 two of the partners retreated from the project and it has been solely an initiative at UMKC since. GLAMA has been wildly successful in many respects – response from community donors; interest on the part of student, …

Documenting The Kansas Lgbtq+ Digital Presence: A New Initiative By The Kansas Archive-It Consortium (Kaic), Mary Elizabeth Downing-Turner, Michael Church, Crystal Hutchinson

Kansas LGBTQ+ Leadership Symposium

The Kansas Archive-It Consortium (KAIC) is a statewide organization with members from the Kansas Historical Society, FHSU, ESU, KSU, KU, WSU, and Washburn. Since 2017, KAIC has worked to preserve and make accessible web content that aligns with each member’s collecting areas. During the COVID-19 pandemic, members of KAIC worked together to collectively preserve relevant web content. This initiative demonstrated that KAIC could effectively work together on joint projects. In January 2022, KAIC members approved an initiative to actively collect web content relevant to the LGBTQ+ community within Kansas for the purpose of preserving digital ephemera of the LGBTQ+ experience …

Transgender Children’S Books In The Public Library, Tom R. Taylor

Kansas LGBTQ+ Leadership Symposium

In 2019-2020 the Andover Public Library received book challenges on three books in the children’s collection featuring transgender main characters, George by Alex Gino, Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart and I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings. The Library Board rejected the challenges and the books remain in the children’s collections. This presentation will share the story of the challenges and all that transpired, including media attention and a protest. It will demonstrate how the director and the library board rejected the book challenges. This specific example demonstrates some of the best practices for facing book challenges …

Small Steps, Big Impact: How One Library Introduced Lgbtq+ Programming In A Small Conservative Community, Mikaela Neubauer

Kansas LGBTQ+ Leadership Symposium

The last several years have seen community backlash against LGBTQ+-centered events, displays, and literature in libraries. This precedent can make it intimidating to introduce LGBTQ+ programming, especially in towns with conservative populations. However, there are methods that can help organizations find support and get residents comfortable with LGBTQ+ programming. The Brookings Public Library in Brookings, SD began the process of integrating LGBTQ+-centered events into their programming by bringing their community to the forefront.

In 2021, Brookings residents were invited to learn, speak, and be involved in LGBTQ+ issues at the BPL’s “Building Inclusive Spaces with our LGBTQ+ Community” panel discussion, …

The Rainbow Read-In: A Place To Build Community, Elizabeth Johnson

Kansas LGBTQ+ Leadership Symposium

The UMKC University Libraries held the second Rainbow Read-In (RRI) virtually in June 2022. Readers presented either their own works if they identify as LGBTQIA+ or works written by LGBTQIA+ authors. Nine participants presented and sixty people attended. Our first Rainbow Read-In included ten presenters and forty attendees in 2021.

The goal of this presentation is to share how we created a safe space to showcase works from within the queer community. The objectives of this program are to discuss the origins of the RRI, the formation of the committee, lessons learned, short- and long-term goals, potential areas for improvement, …

Review: Engagement In The Digital Era, Charlie Gibbons

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Book Review: Engagement in the Digital Era. Edited by Nicole J. Milano and Christopher J. Prom (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2020. ix +175 pp.). Reviewed by Charlie Gibbons.

Ms 249 Guide To Lucile Baird Papers (1925-1927), Lucille Baird Rogillo (1903-1992)

Manuscript Finding Aids

The Lucile Baird papers contains 13 photographs and 4 letters related to the Baptist Memorial Hospital (later Memorial Hospital). The photographs depict hospital staff, interns, nurses, and students. Robert Jolly and Lillian Wilson Burnett Jolly appear in a few photographs, and they are the correspondents with Lucile Baird. Letters include Christmas greeting cards and Baptist Hospital stationary. Photographs and letters appear to have annotations by the creator as well as her niece, Carol Wilde. See more at MS 249.

Review: Libraries, Archives And Museums: An Introduction To Cultural Heritage Institutions Through The Ages, Reagan Grimsley

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Book Review of Libraries, Archives and Museums: An Introduction to Cultural Heritage Institutions Through the Ages. Edited by Suzanne Stauffer (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2021. 273 pp.). Review by Reagan L. Grimsley.

Review: Digital Memory Studies: Media Pasts In Transition, Donnie S. Summerlin

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Book review of Digital Memory Studies: Media Pasts in Transition. Edited by Andrew Hoskins (New York: Routledge, 2018. 313 pp.). Review by Donnie Summerlin.

Georgia Southern’S Checkout Equipment: Laptops, Cameras, Boardgames, And More. How We Manage The Checkout Equipment Program, Wilhelmina Randtke, Lonnie Brogdon, Tony Curtis, Jessica Garner

University Libraries: Faculty Presentations

Presentation given at the Georgia Libraries Conference, Macon, GA.

Georgia Southern makes available a variety of equipment for student check out including a fleet of approximately 200 laptops, high-end digital cameras, tripods and lighting kits, video recording equipment, high-end microphones, and more. Equipment checkout is popular with students with equipment cycling in and out. Equipment also presents unique cataloging challenges. MARC was designed for books, and providing a good search for pulling statistics for non-traditional items can be a challenge. Items also may be returned needing repairs and Georgia Southern performs in-house repairs on laptops and other electronics. Participants will …

Review Of Making Your Tools Work For You: Building And Maintaining An Integrated Technical Ecosystem For Digital Archives And Libraries, Lindsey Memory

Journal of Western Archives

Review of Making Your Tools Work for You: Building and Maintaining an Integrated Technical Ecosystem for Digital Archives and Libraries.

Analyzing Discoverability In An Mplp World: How Levels Of Description Impact Findability, Anna-Maria Arnljots, Paul Daybell, Kurt Alan Meyer, Andrea Payant, Becky Skeen, Liz Woolcott

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

Libraries and archives have differing opinions on how much effort to put into content description. Yet, descriptive practices meant to reduce processing time and increase exposure to collections can have unintended impacts on long-term user discovery. This project tests minimal and full description to determine the effects on discoverability.

Ms 242 Guide To The John Z. Bowers, Md Papers (1947-1983), John Z. Bowers (1913-1993)

Manuscript Finding Aids

This collection includes photographs, manuscripts, and reprints related to Dr. John Bowers' involvement with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC). Of particular note are 58 black-and-white photographs of Nagasaki, Japan, taken by Captain Shields Warren (MC) in 1947. There is also a photograph showing Dr. Bowers alongside Carl Tessmer reviewing plans for the ABCC laboratory-clinic in Hiroshima, and another featuring the groundbreaking of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF). A third set of photographs depicts Berlin, Germany during the Cold War. See more at MS 242.

Ms 241 Guide To The Thomas D. Dow, Dds Papers (1884-1944), Thomas D. Dow (1876-1960)

Manuscript Finding Aids

This collection contains materials related to Thomas D. Dow's collecting of books and journals on dentistry. Correspondence and book lists make up the bulk of the materials, which date from 1884-1944. See more at MS 241.

Ms 243 Guide To The Louise Cavagnaro Papers (1948-1992), Louise Cavagnaro (1920-2010)

Manuscript Finding Aids

This collection consists of photographs, clippings, publications, a thesis review, and correspondence relating to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC). Most of the materials date from 1948 to 1962, although some items are undated. Cavagnaro's review of "War Guilt and Medical Research" is from 1992. Collection materials generally originated in Japan or discuss conditions there. See more at MS 243.

Person, (Place,) Or Thing: Centering People With Caring Language And The Acknowledgement Of Performance, Kiley Jolicoeur

Librarian Publications

This presentation details remediation work done on harmful legacy metadata as part of the Syracuse University Libraries digital collections migration of the Sideshow Performers Collection, which contains digitized images from the Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann photographs. The discussion focuses on deconstructing the legacy information and reconstructing it in ways that center the individual performer depicted, rather than portraying them as a medicalized specimen.

No session recording is available, but presenter's notes are included on the slides.

Ms 181 Guide To The Leta Denham, Rn Papers (1918-1920), Leta Elizabeth Denham (1895-1982)

Manuscript Finding Aids

The Leta Denham, RN papers contains a short handwritten family history, scrapbook segments, photographs, a school yearbook from 1918, newspaper clippings, a nursing cap, and other items related to Leta Elizabeth Denham's nursing education at Baptist Sanitarium and Hospital Training School for Nurses from 1918 to 1919. See more at MS 181.

User Perception Of The Effectiveness Of Open Access Resources In Academic And Professional Achievements, Eness Munzya Miyanda-Chitumbo Dr., Thomas Van Der Walt Prof., Magdalene Simalalo Dr., Pailet Chewe Mr., Zachary Zulu Mr., Inonge Milupi Dr., Mercy Monde Wamunyima Mrs.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract.

This study examined the University of Zambia students and researchers’ perception of the relevance of open access resources in their academic and professional work.The investigation was based on continued problem of low usage of online resources provided by the University of Zambia Library to support learning, teaching and research in the University. The study used a mixed-methods approach and took a case study-mixed methods design to investigate the research problem.

Findings:The study revealed that although the overall results showed an average level of awareness and low usage of the open access resources among students and researchers, …

Centering Student Labor: A Practical Examination Of Digital Library Experiences In The Lis Student Lifecycle, Grace Swinnerton, Heather C. Owen, Brie Baumert, Kamryn Lenning

Librarian Publications

This presentation was created as a summary of many previous presentations to emphasize the essential nature of student labor to the success of cross campus collaborations. Additionally, this presentation discusses the creation of a digital library for veterans and military families.

Lanthorn, Vol. 57, No. 08, October 10, 2022, Grand Valley State University

Volume 57, August 1, 2022 - April 10, 2023

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Exploring Diversity In Booth Library, Madeline Reiher, Dionne Lipscomb, Jacob Mueller, Kirstin Duffin, Ellen Corrigan

Together We RISE (Making Excellence Inclusive)

The first sentence in the mission statement for Eastern Illinois University’s Booth Library states “Our mission is to collaboratively empower the intellectual and creative growth of our diverse campus and community.” This commitment to the promotion of diversity has led the librarians and their DEI committee to ask an important question, are students of diverse backgrounds comfortable using our facilities? This research used a mixed-methods study to survey and interview numerous African American undergraduate EIU students to learn more about their experiences with Booth Library, specifically how it is used, when it is used, and changes they would like to …

W&L Law Fall Scholarship Celebration 2022, Andrew Christensen, Michelle Cosby, Jennifer Mitchell, Christopher B. Seaman, Melanie D. Wilson

Library Events

On October 6, 2022, the Washington and Lee Law Library hosted the fourth W&L Law Fall Scholarship Celebration. The event was co-sponsored by the Frances Lewis Law Center and took place in the Law Library's main reading room from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

On display were dozens of scholarly articles, books, and chapters authored by the W&L Law faculty and student body between October 2019 and October 2022, with hundreds of additional works accessible online through the Scholarly Commons institutional repository.

Faculty, librarians, staff, and administrators mingled with law students over hors d'oeuvres and wine to peruse the formidable scholarly …

Perception Of The Users Of The Dhanvantri Library Of University Of Jammu Regarding The E-Learning In The Current Time Of Pandemic: A Case Study, Meghabat Singh, Avinash Singh Charak

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper highlights the perception of the users of the Dhanvantri library of the University of Jammu regarding e-learning in the current time of the pandemic. The role of e-learning is to extend learning effectively in addition to the technological tools and devices to the existing learning. A total of 278 respondents responded with complete information regarding the survey. The majority of (56.47%) of the respondents were male and most of the respondents were between age group 26-29 years. Most of the students were moderately interested in the online classes. Laptops and Tablet are the most used devices for attending …

The Role Of Academic Libraries In Restoring Quality Teaching And Learning In Education For Sustainable Development In Nigeria, Muhammad Kabir Abubakar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The quality of teaching and learning is the key to sustainable development. This has inspired innumerable educational stakeholders to search for means of restoring quality teaching and learning in Nigeria’s education system. To accomplish this, significant epistemological efforts have been made over the years on teaching methods/models, student learning styles, and curriculum content reforms. However, the role of academic libraries has not been given any significant consideration. It is, therefore, the conviction of this paper that sustainable development depends profoundly on the availability of information provided and accessed through a well-managed library for effective teaching, learning, and research. So, using …

Dpla And Digital Virginias, Jessica Mcmillen

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This presentation will provide updates about what’s new with Digital Virginias and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), as well as let you know how to get involved. It will also present information from the Recollection Wisconsin hub on digital readiness. Please also bring your questions about your collections and digital projects.

Goofus And Gallant’S Guide To Textbook Cataloging, Scott Dutkiewicz

Presentations

Though a long-neglected genre in academic libraries, acquisitions of textbooks are on the rise. But textbooks often do not receive adequate cataloging attention. How can catalogers improve their practices? Inspired by the Highlights for Children comic strip, this presentation discusses five “goofs” and five “gallant” practices when cataloging textbooks.