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Digital Projects from Special Collections in Phoenix Libraries

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. Digital collections – A Quick tour of Phoenix Libraries projects Digital library issues:

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Digital Projects from Special Collections in Phoenix Libraries

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  1. Digital Projects fromSpecial Collections in Phoenix Libraries Phoenix Staff Development Day Texas Woman’s University May 27, 2011 Mary Queyrouze & Pat Van Zandt SMU

  2. Overview Digital collections – A Quick tour of Phoenix Libraries projects Digital library issues: Collection development Staff Marketing Assessment

  3. Quick tour of Phoenix libraries projects – Part 1 UTA – Tejano Voices http://library.uta.edu/tejanovoices/ UNT – UNT Digital Libraryhttp://digital.library.unt.edu/ Baylor – The Texas Collection http://contentdm.baylor.edu/ UTD – Treasures @ UTDhttp://libtreasures.utdallas.edu/xmlui

  4. Tejano Voices -- UTA

  5. UNT Digital Library Official Record of the War of the Rebellion Texas Fashion Collection – Sunburst Dress Hubert de Givenchy

  6. Baylor - Black Gospel Music Restoration Project

  7. Treasures @ UT Dallas • Belsterling Collection, Dallas Garden Club Donation 1998 • Douglas Sleeper Transport, General Aviation Collection, Joseph Weisberg Papers

  8. Quick tour of Phoenix libraries projects – Part 2 SMU – CUL Digital Library http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/all/cul/ Texas Tech –Digital Collections http://www.swco.ttu.edu/Digital_Collections/digital.php Texas A & M Commerce – Digital Collections http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/library/collections/digital/

  9. Southern Methodist University – Central University Libraries Digital Collections

  10. Texas Tech – Southwest Collection • Lubbock Historical Collection • Frank Reeves Photograph Collection

  11. Texas A & M Commerce –Louise Tobin-Peanuts Hucko Jazz Collection Louise Tobin touring with the Benny Goodman Orchestra in 1939

  12. Quick tour of Phoenix libraries projects – Part 3 TWU - Digital Collections http://twudigital.cdmhost.com/index.php TCU - Digital Archives http://library.tcu.edu/spcoll/DigitalArchive/ UT Southwestern – Digital Collections http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/dallasmedicalhistory

  13. Texas Woman’s University Libraries – Digital Collections Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II

  14. TCU -- The Linda Kaye Collection

  15. UT Southwestern – Dallas Medical Images 1890-1975 Parkland Memorial Hospital Trauma Room #1

  16. 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): • Donor-driven • Uniqueness • Local history • Research and teaching interest for the institution • Prospective audience • Preservation

  17. 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

  18. Marketing the Digital Library • Web sites • Flickr: The Commons

  19. Marketing digital with print - DeGolyer Library bookmarks

  20. Assessment • Counting the usage • Tying usage to promotion • Sending out dashboard statistics to management • Analyzing user locations

  21. Monthly Email Summaries Sent

  22. Sample Usage Report

  23. SMU Utilizes New Blog and has Links to Facebook, Twitter, for Marketing

  24. Flickr: The Commons – Additional Usage

  25. Thank you! • Contact information: • Mary Queyrouze mqueyrou@mail.smu.edu • Pat Van Zandt pvanzandt@mail.smu.edu Questions?

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