Category Archives for University Collections & Archives
What does a library accessibility specialist do? How a new role advances accessibility through education and advocacy
Across North America, academic librarians are quietly converting print materials into accessible files, testing databases for usability, and applying principles of universal design to services, spaces, and instruction. Most of us do this work under unassuming job titles like director … Continue reading
The Augmented Researcher: What Does 2018 Hold for AI in Publishing?
Scholarly publishing has changed considerably in recent years. Perhaps the biggest transformation is one we now take for granted – the move to digital. Publishing and scientific R&D are not the only industries to have witnessed the remarkable impact of … Continue reading
Collaboration in the Midst of Change: Growing Librarian-Archivist Partnerships for Engaging New Students and Faculty
This article identifies common themes in library and archive instruction and key elements of engaging first-year faculty and their students in becoming long-term patrons, in the midst of Georgia Tech’s Library Next initiative, a re-imagining of the twenty-first century library … Continue reading
SPOKEdb: open-source information management system for oral history
This paper aims to examine how an open-source information management system was developed to manage a collection of more than 10,000 oral history interviews at the University of Kentucky Libraries’ Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History. Read More
The Abbey Theatre Digital Archive: a digitization project with dramatic impact
The Digital Archive enables new types of research, including text and data mining, and has reshaped undergraduate curricula. It has also had a transformative effect on the Library as leader of the project. The role of the archivist has changed … Continue reading
Choosito Is Using Artificial Intelligence To Build A Better Search Engine and Digital Library For Education.
Dr. Eleni Mitsakaki has set out to create a better, more effective, and safer way for students to search and learn. Her startup, Choosito, is backed by the National Science Foundation and is paving the way for teachers to have … Continue reading
Strategic open data preservation: Roles and opportunities for broader engagement by librarians and the public
The June 2017 ACRL/SPARC Forum at the ALA Annual Conference focused on recent efforts to build cooperative programs to ensure persistent access to open data, including science data provided by the U.S. federal government. Data Rescue events, inaugurated at the … Continue reading
New FADGI MXF AS-07 Specification and Sample Files Published
The AS-07 Application Specification specifies a vendor-neutral subset of the MXF file format for the long-term archiving and preservation of moving image and other audiovisual content, including all forms of Ancillary Data, together with Associated Materials. Among other features, AS-07 … Continue reading
NDSA Releases 2017 Digital Preservation Staffing Survey Report and Dataset
The report summarizes the results of the 2017 survey, including information on participants type of organization and size, as well as information on how organizations view their digital preservation organization and staffing situation, and ideas about staffing qualifications and training … Continue reading