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Digital Library and Archives
Special Collections
Digital Library and Archives
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Works with the university community to
establish new resources and services
and to preserve and provide access to
unique (historical) resources.
Illustrated at http://scholar.lib.vt.edu
DLA staff
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4 librarians
– Jan Carlton, reference librarian
– Tamara Kennelly, university archivist
– Gail McMillan, director
– Gerri Schaad, manuscripts curator
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2 staff
– Tony Atkins, programmer
– Joyce Nester, library assistant
– Eric Ackermann, lib. asst.--ed. leave
Electronic Journals
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals
or faculty at Virginia Tech and elsewhere including MIT Press
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20 active titles
– Technology Education (6), Design
Communication, Antiquities, Adolescent
Literature (2), Hospitality Research; MIT:
computer science, neurology, engineering
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3 titles on the way
– Pesticide Safety; Science, Technology and
Human Values; Computer Science (OAS)
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6 dead titles
Electronic Reserve
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ereserve
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Online class materials
– Reserve Desk 24/7
– ___# classes
– ___# instructors
Electronic Theses/Dissertations
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses
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2200 VT ETDs
– Required since Jan. 1, 1997
– Library-based service
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Students submit directly to library server
Programming, including Grad School needs
Users access
Archiving
Assisting (60) universities worldwide to
establish similar ETD procedures
VT ImageBase
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http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/imagebase
1996/97: Art History course slides
1997/98-1998/99: VIVA support to
digitize unique, historical, regional
materials
– N&W photographic archives
– As requested by users
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1999/2000
– Civil War (Wallace Foundation)
– As requested by users
– Arts Inventory?
Special Collections
http://spec.lib.vt.edu
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Rare Books
Manuscript Collections
University Archives
Available to the public through the
Reading Room: Monday-Friday, 10 am4:30 pm
Rare Books at Virginia Tech
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Our definition
Policies
Manuscript Collections
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describe
University Archives
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describe
DLA in the ACITC
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Staff
– 3 librarians, programmer
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Servers
Students
– Digital projects: ejournals, scanning
historical materials for preservation and
access