Transcript Special Collections/Digital Projects

Digital Projects from
Special Collections in
Phoenix Libraries
PHOENIX STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY
TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY
MAY 27, 2011
MARY QUEYROUZE & PAT VAN ZANDT
SMU
Overview
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DIGITAL COLLECTIONS –
A QUICK TOUR OF PHOENIX
LIBRARIES PROJECTS
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DIGITAL LIBRARY ISSUES:
 Collection development
 Staff
 Marketing
 Assessment
Quick tour of Phoenix libraries projects –
Part 1
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UTA – TEJANO VOICES
HTTP://LIBRARY.UTA.EDU/TEJANOV
OICES/
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UNT – UNT DIGITAL LIBRARY
HTTP://DIGITAL.LIBRARY.UNT.EDU/
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BAYLOR – THE TEXAS COLLECTION
HTTP://CONTENTDM.BAYLOR.EDU/
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UTD – TREASURES @ UTD
HTTP://LIBTREASURES.UTDALLAS.E
DU/XMLUI
Tejano Voices -- UTA
UNT Digital
Library
Official Record
of the War of
the Rebellion
Texas Fashion
Collection –
Sunburst Dress
Hubert de
Givenchy
Baylor - Black Gospel Music Restoration Project
Treasures @ UT Dallas
• Belsterling Collection, Dallas
Garden Club Donation 1998
• Douglas Sleeper Transport, General
Aviation Collection, Joseph
Weisberg Papers
Quick tour of Phoenix libraries projects –
Part 2
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SMU – CUL DIGITAL LIBRARY
HTTP://DIGITALCOLLECTIONS.SMU.EDU/
ALL/CUL/
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TEXAS TECH –DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
HTTP://WWW.SWCO.TTU.EDU/DIGITAL_C
OLLECTIONS/DIGITAL.PHP
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TEXAS A & M COMMERCE – DIGITAL
COLLECTIONS HTTP://WWW.TAMUCOMMERCE.EDU/LIBRARY/COLLECTIONS/
DIGITAL/
Southern
Methodist
University –
Central
University
Libraries
Digital
Collections
Texas Tech – Southwest Collection
 Lubbock Historical
Collection
 Frank Reeves
Photograph Collection
Texas A & M
Commerce –
Louise TobinPeanuts Hucko
Jazz Collection
Louise Tobin touring
with the Benny
Goodman Orchestra in
1939
Quick tour of Phoenix libraries projects –
Part 3
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TWU - DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
HTTP://TWUDIGITAL.CDMHOST.COM/IND
EX.PHP
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TCU - DIGITAL ARCHIVES
HTTP://LIBRARY.TCU.EDU/SPCOLL/DIGIT
ALARCHIVE/
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UT SOUTHWESTERN – DIGITAL
COLLECTIONS
HTTP://WWW.UTSOUTHWESTERN.EDU/D
ALLASMEDICALHISTORY
Texas Woman’s
University
Libraries –
Digital
Collections
Women Airforce Service
Pilots of World War II
TCU -- The Linda Kaye Collection
UT
Southwestern –
Dallas Medical
Images
1890-1975
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Trauma Room #1
Digital Library Collection Development
 Very few have formal, written collection
development policy
 Decision-making may rest with donor, digitizer, or
management group
 Principles followed (formal and informal):
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Donor-driven
Uniqueness
Local history
Research and teaching interest for the institution
Prospective audience
Preservation
Staffing the Digital Library in Lean Years
 Repurpose vacant positions
 Realign responsibilities for existing positions
 Metadata – cataloging by any other name
 Job enrichment by digitizing and creating metadata
for digital objects
 Blended Technical Services and Digital Services
staffing
Marketing the Digital Library
 Web sites
 Flickr: The Commons
Marketing digital with print
- DeGolyer Library
bookmarks
Assessment
 Counting the usage
 Tying usage to promotion
 Sending out dashboard statistics to management
 Analyzing user locations
Monthly Email Summaries Sent
Sample Usage Report
SMU Utilizes New Blog and has Links to Facebook, Twitter,
for Marketing
Flickr: The Commons – Additional Usage
Thank you!
 Contact information:
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Mary Queyrouze
[email protected]

Pat Van Zandt
[email protected]
 Questions?