...Bethany Latham Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore, from the perspective of a medium-sized academic library, how libraries can pursue and use collaboration with other units on campus to increase support and buy-in for digital collections. Design/methodology/approach This paper...

...Anna L. Neatrour; Jeremy Myntti; Rachel J. Wittmann Purpose When faced with events, such as the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), libraries have a unique opportunity to develop a community facing response through born-digital collections. These collections provide challenges...

...Grace Therrell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implications of current theories that advocate for minimal levels of description in digital collections. Specifically, this paper looks at the archival theory of “More Product, Less Process” and its encouragement of collection...

... metadata, digital preservation, digital collections and digitization. Other skills and responsibilities are frequently listed by ACRL as emerging trends. Research limitations/implications Digital initiatives librarian job postings have risen substantially in the past five years. A total of 24 skills...

...Wendy Walker; Teressa Keenan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe methods for restructuring workflows and efficiently using staff members and volunteers to continue work on multiple, simultaneous digital collections as budgets and resources decline. Design/methodology/approach...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Social justice Academic library Digital collections Community of practice Archives Public history This paper will follow the journey of Rhodes College to institutionalize a digital preservation and scholarship (DPS) program and offer up...

... of the volunteers’ work and the final upload of images and metadata to CONTENTdm, UMM’s digital collections platform. These tasks represented a significant increase in the workload of the Metadata and Technical Services Coordinator. Still, the project was extremely successful, with 14 student volunteers scanning...

.../> Digital collections Roses TEI Text encoding The Rosarium Project will collect, highlight, digitally curate and bring to the Web historical primary sources about the genus Rosa. The project focuses on non-fiction materials written about the rose in English from the sixteenth century up...

...Ken Middleton; Amy York Purpose – The purpose of this article is to provide examples of how partnerships can be used to build innovative digital collections. Design/methodology/approach – This article explores multiple aspects of Middle Tennessee State University’s (MTSU) Walker Library’s...

... current development of cultural heritage digital collections, and looks to the university library's impact on nationwide digital practices development. Findings – While the university and its digital collections are still nascent, NU will likely have a large impact on the creation of sustainable...

...Maura Valentino; Brian Shults Purpose This paper aims to describe a project conducted by the University of Oklahoma Libraries to create a digital collection consisting of three‐dimensional scientific objects. Design/methodology/approach The University of Oklahoma Libraries developed...

...Holley Long Purpose This paper aims to elucidate the value of opening up digital collections for end‐user development of mash‐ups and to evaluate the suitability of libraries' infrastructure for this purpose. Design/methodology/approach The author surveyed ARL members' digital collection...