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Freedom Summer Digital Collection At Wisconsin Historical Society, Lotus Norton-Wisla

The Primary Source

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Quality Of Web Archives, Michael L. Nelson, Scott G. Ainsworth, Justin F. Brunelle, Mat Kelly, Hany Salaheldeen, Michele C. Weigle

Computer Science Presentations

PDF of a powerpoint presentation from the 2014 Digital Preservation Meeting, Washington D. C., July 22-23, 2014. Also available from Slideshare.

Personal Digital Archiving: Strategies, Challenges, And Affecting Factors From A Quantitative Perspective, Donghee Sinn

Information Science Faculty Scholarship

This study examines the practices, challenges, and other technological and personal factors of personal digital archiving. Many studies regarding personal digital archiving have taken qualitative approaches to explore perceptions and behaviors. There has not been much research with quantitative methods to find the general patterns of archiving behaviors and the relationships between factors and practices. Based on the findings from existing qualitative studies, this study created an online survey to quantify personal digital archiving practices and related perceptions and challenges. The survey was employed to investigate to what extent people show a certain behavior or feel a certain challenge when …

Review Of "Conceptualizing 21st-Century Archives", Ryan K. Lee

Journal of Western Archives

Book review of Conceptualizing 21st-Century Archives.

Lanthorn, Vol. 49, No. 01, July 7, 2014, Grand Valley State University

Volume 49, July 7, 2014 - June 1, 2015

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

Identifying Your Department's Collections And Communities, Innovative Scholarly Initiatives Committee

Historical Materials - LoboVault

Communities and Collections are the storage areas for content in LoboVault. Communities commonly reflect the organization of departments, offices, or people, while Collections represent the organization of items such as research papers, data sets, or conference presentations. This guide will help you locate the community and collection appropriate for you.

The Joint Archives Quarterly, Volume 24.02: Summer 2014, Allyson Hoffman, Geoffrey Reynolds

The Joint Archives Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Wku Libraries: Using Pastperfect To Open Hidden Collections, Nancy Richey

SCL Faculty and Staff Publications

Traditionally, access records for the Department of Special Collections were produced in analog forms which limited their use to in-house researchers.

The author chronicles the library/museum decision to purchase, PastPerfect, collection management software and reviews the product from a librarian’s point of view

Digitizing Murder: Content And Platform Considerations, Rebecca Mattson, Susan Altmeyer, Elizabeth Farrell

Law Library Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Digitization For Preservation And Access: Restoring The Usefulness Of The Nitrate Negative Collections At The American Geographical Society Library, Krystyna K. Matusiak, Tamara K. Johnston

Library and Information Science: Faculty Scholarship

Film-based photographic collections of nitrate negatives pose major challenges to preservation and access because of unstable media and the lack of item-level indexing. Digitization offers an opportunity to capture the content of deteriorating negatives, to extend access to them, and to restore their usefulness as information resources. Digitization as a preservation strategy has been the subject of ongoing debate. This article contributes to the discussion by exploring access to and the preservation of film-based photographic collections and by presenting the digiti- zation project at the American Geographical Society Library as a case study. The project, Saving and Sharing the AGS …

Perils And Pleasures Of Prediction, Jennifer A. Bartlett

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 1 Summer 2014, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

July 2014, Volume 10, Number 2, Winthrop University Archives And Special Collections

Retrospect: News from the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University

No abstract provided.

"Billy Dean" Scrapbook [A Collection Guide], Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Anthony J. Casale

Special Collections and University Archives Legacy Finding Aids: All Items

This scrapbook includes a compilation of newspaper clippings from a variety of sources and covers the mid-1930s. Approximately one-half of these clippings focus on stories related to St. Petersburg or Florida more broadly, while the remainder cover events as broad as English royalty to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936). The compiler of the materials in this scrapbook is unknown, though the name “Billy Dean” appears on this document. It is uncertain as to whether this was an actual proper name, or whether it was a nickname or pseudonym. Jen Runyon donated this scrapbook and another one that captures the activities …

Emil August Nordstrom Scrapbook [A Collection Guide], Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., Anthony J. Casale

Special Collections and University Archives Legacy Finding Aids: All Items

Emil August Nordstrom served as an engineer for the City of St. Petersburg, later as a partner in an architectural and engineering firm in St. Petersburg, and also as executive director of the Housing Authority of St. Petersburg. Born in 1883 or 1884, Nordstrom passed away in St. Petersburg on August 26, 1973, and was survived by his daughter, Dorothy King. This small scrapbook contains clippings and information about Nordstrom’s engineering work and structures he was involved with in the City of St. Petersburg between 1926 and 1937. Although none of the clippings appear to be about Nordstrom in the …

Assessing Hands-On Learning In Special Collections: A Pilot Study, Sarah M. Horowitz, Stefanie R. Bluemle, Ellen Hay, Mark Salisbury

Library and Information Science: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works

This Assessment in Action project addressed the effect of using original primary materials on first-year students’ information literacy (IL) and critical thinking skills. IL and critical thinking are among Augustana College’s college-wide student learning outcomes. More than 25% of Augustana first-years use Special Collections each year, yet we had little data on how this affected student learning. The study evaluated a worksheet given as a pre- and post-test around class visits to work in Special Collections, and papers by students who did and did not visit Special Collections with class.

Accidental Map Librarian, Maps And Map Collection Management - The Basics, Katherine Rankin, Mary L. Larsgaard

Library Faculty Presentations

No abstract provided.

Maps: A "Must Have" Item For Genealogists, Katherine Rankin

Library Faculty Presentations

This presentation will cover the parts of a map, types of maps, especially those useful to genealogists, how maps can be used in genealogy, how to find places on maps, cartographic tools, paper versus electronic maps, online map viewers, how to locate map collections online, and where to buy maps.

Society Of Tennessee Archivists Executive Committee Meeting Report, 2014 June 27, Society Of Tennessee Archivists, Albert Whittenberg

Society of Tennessee Archivists Executive Committee meeting reports

Agenda and minutes for the Executive Committee of the Society of Tennessee Archivists meeting held on 2014 June 27.

Bits Of Research, Michele C. Weigle

Computer Science Presentations

PDF of a powerpoint presentation that provides an overview of digital preservation, web archiving, and information visualization research; dated June 26, 2014. Also available on Slideshare.