scholarly journals Expanding digital academic library and archive services at the University of Calgary in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

IFLA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 034003522110230
Author(s):  
James E Murphy ◽  
Carla J Lewis ◽  
Christena A McKillop ◽  
Marc Stoeckle
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Transformative Experiences ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
Remote Services ◽  
Online Library ◽  
The University ◽  
Models Of Service Delivery

Despite the uncertain challenges facing libraries of all types during the COVID-19 pandemic, new best practices and innovative ways of approaching services have emerged. Including the groundbreaking Taylor Family Digital Library in 2011, the University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources has been contributing towards the ongoing development of the digital academic library. The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a rapid leveraging of digital skills, platforms, expertise, and models of service delivery to continue providing exceptional and transformative experiences for the University of Calgary community. The initiatives discussed in this article include online work teams, virtual 360-degree tours, the online library chat service, digital collections agreements, and remote services for archives and special collections.

Developing Digital Collections

2012 ◽  
pp. 64-78
Author(s):  
Diane M. Fulkerson
Keyword(s):  
Research Project ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
University Archives ◽  
Manuscript Collections ◽  
The University

Digital collections are found in most libraries. They include not only databases but also photographs, institutional repositories, manuscript collections, materials from the university archives, or special collections. Designing digital collections and making them available to users expands the resources users can access for a research project.

The issues and challenges facing a digital library with a special focus on the Taylor Family Digital Library at the University of Calgary

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 335-355
Author(s):  
Bennett Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
The University

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how a new academic library works. Design/methodology/approach – The author used statistical data and anecdotal evidence. Findings – The findings were that digital library materials have dramatically changed how libraries operate. Originality/value – The library featured in this story is the University of Calgary’s main library which is called the Taylor Family Digital Library, which is meant to be a library with digital technology as its main focus.

Research, Collaboration, Experimentation: Creating a Digital Scholarship Unit in an Academic Library Setting

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulina Rousseau ◽  
Elizabeth O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Digital Scholarship ◽  
The University ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Donne Lieu

Changes in traditional approaches to scholarship prompt new possibilities for the convergence of digital collections and scholarly communication. To meet the changing needs of its users, the University of Toronto Scarborough Library began a Digital Scholarship unit. The poster will describe both the rationale and practical considerations for establishing this unit.Des changements dans l’approche traditionnelle à l’enseignement donne lieu à de nouvelles occasions pour la convergence des collections numériques et la communication savante. Pour répondre aux besoins changeants de ses usagers, la bibliothèque du campus de Scarborough de l’Université de Toronto a mis sur pied une unité d’enseignement numérique. L’affiche présente les raisons et les considérations pratiques ayant mené à la création de l’unité. 

scholarly journals Increasing the Discoverability of Digital Collections Using Wikipedia: The Pitt Experience

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ed Galloway ◽  
Cassandra DellaCorte
Keyword(s):  
Service Center ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
University Of Pittsburgh ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Finding Aids ◽  
The University

During the Fall 2013 academic semester at the University of Pittsburgh, two undergraduate history majors performed a Wikipedia internship in the University Library System’s Archives Service Center and Special Collections Department. The purpose was to enhance the discoverability of Pitt’s digital collections and finding aids by creating links from Wikipedia articles to relevant content held by the library’s specialized collection units as well as to generally improve the quality of articles by adding additional information. By editing nearly 100 articles in Wikipedia, the interns developed their own effective strategies to perform this work and learned how to use and edit Wikipedia efficiently, how to navigate library resources effectively, how to decide what types of content would be valuable to add, and how to present new and respectable information. As a result, usage of Pitt’s online digitized collections and finding aids appears to have increased.

scholarly journals It’s How Many Terabytes?! A Case Study on Managing Large Born Digital Audio-visual Acquisitions

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-75
Author(s):  
Laura Uglean Jackson ◽  
Matthew McKinley
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Digital Audio ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Policy And Procedure

In October 2014, the University of California Irvine (UCI) Special Collections and Archives acquired a born digital collection of 2.5 terabytes – the largest born digital collection acquired by the department to date. This case study describes the challenges we encountered when applying existing archival procedures to appraise, store, and provide access to a large born digital collection. It discusses solutions when they could be found and ideas for solutions when they could not, lessons learned from the experience, and the impact on born-digital policy and procedure at UCI Libraries. Working with a team of archivists, librarians, IT, and California Digital Library (CDL) staff, we discovered issues and determined solutions that will guide our procedures for future acquisitions of large and unwieldy born digital collections. 

Delivering equitable distance library services to off-campus users at the University of the Free State in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianda Coetzer ◽  
Patrick Mapulanga
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Free State ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Satisfaction ◽  
Online Library ◽  
The University

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the perceived satisfaction of Advanced Certificate in Teaching students and facilitators regarding online library services offered by the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a quantitative approach with open-ended questions that generated some qualitative data. Data has been presented using descriptive statistics in the form of tables, graphs and charts and thematic content analysis for some qualitative data. Findings All learners in this study were adults between 45 and 55 years of age. Of the respondents, 13% lacked online experience, while about 85% had never used online library services and 35% indicated that Google was their primary source of information. The majority of respondents indicated information literacy as a core function of the academic library. High data cost in South Africa came out as one of the major issues affecting distance learners as well as login and password frustrations. The study confirmed computer anxiety, physical discomfort, information overflow and prompt response as some of the perceived challenges and levels of satisfaction respectively of Advanced Certificate in Teaching students and facilitators regarding online library services offered by the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa. Practical implications The study revealed that a distance learning library policy is of the essence because it helps to put in place rules and regulations that guide the delivery of distance library services. Originality/value The offering of online and distance library services is a fairly new concept to the UFS library. This study bridges the gap between theory and practice regarding the perceived satisfaction of distance users on online library services and how to improve the current practice.

scholarly journals Lib-Value: Values, Outcomes, and Return on Investment of Academic Libraries, Phase III: ROI of the Syracuse University Library

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Kingma ◽  
Kathleen McClure
Keyword(s):  
Contingent Valuation ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
University Library ◽  
Environmental Value ◽  
Valuation Methodology ◽  
Syracuse University ◽  
Online Library ◽  
The University

This study measures the return on investment (ROI) of the Syracuse University library. Faculty and students at Syracuse University were surveyed using contingent valuation methodology to measure their willingness to pay in time and money for the services of the academic library. Their travel time and use of the online library was measured to determine the environmental value of the academic library. The economic and environmental value of the Syracuse University library show an ROI of $4.49 returned to the university for every $1.00 spent each year.

scholarly journals Writing, archives and exhibits: Piloting partnerships between special collections and writing classes

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 145-173
Author(s):  
Katherine Crowe ◽  
Robert Gilmor ◽  
Rebecca Macey
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
The United States ◽  
Writing Studies ◽  
Archival Theory ◽  
Writing Program ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
University Of Denver ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
The University

The University of Denver (DU) Libraries has been producing exhibitions for close to a decade and has recently increased its efforts to partner with classes, campus units and community organizations to integrate exhibit practices and resources into curricular and co-curricular opportunities. Student- and class-curated exhibitions feature prominently in the DU Libraries’ strategic plan, and the long-term partnerships between the Libraries and the DU Writing Program are central to the library’s agenda. Through an interdisciplinary lens of critical information literacy, archival theory, museology and Writing Studies, this article explores the 5-year collaboration and exhibition project between DU Special Collections and Archives and a faculty member of the DU Writing Program. The authors cover the background of the partnership, the evolution of the instructive and creative elements of the course, with a particular focus on the integration of archival research and exhibition practice, and examples of various iterations of the student-curated exhibits produced as part of the coursework. The article concludes with a discussion of the cross-disciplinary outcomes and challenges of initiating and managing a collaborative university writing and research course incorporating archives and exhibition in an academic library in the United States.

Archives and Special Collections at the University of La Verne: Putting the Repository of a Small Liberal Arts College to Work Online

Collections ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-35
Author(s):  
Benjamin Jenkins ◽  
Keren Darancette
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Liberal Arts College ◽  
Japanese American ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Japanese American Internment ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
University Of La Verne ◽  
The University

Archives and Special Collections at the Wilson Library of the University of La Verne, located in inland southern California, offers an informative case study of descriptive practices and metadata attached to digital collections at a small liberal arts college. Since recruiting a staff specifically tasked to manage the archives, the Wilson Library has increased the number of collections available to patrons online through the creation of a digital collections Web page. Digitized, hosted collections include the papers of a faculty member from the early 20th century, photographs of early La Verne, historic local newspapers, and manuscript sources regarding Japanese American internment. Metadata fields at Wilson Library have developed to encompass a greater variety of contextual information about digitized records, improving users' ability to put the collections to use for research. Ultimately, this case study demonstrates what a library at a small university can accomplish with a dedicated staff and a clear objective, even with limited resources.

scholarly journals We just aim to print well: The University of Sydney Library Printer in Residence

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Celia Brown
Keyword(s):  
Group Work ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
First Century ◽  
Printing Press ◽  
Shelf Space ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Letterpress Printing ◽  
The University

At a time when space in any academic library is at a premium, when we sometimes need to argue for shelf space rather than computers and group work pods, the University of Sydney Library has decided not only to keep and maintain its nineteenth century printing press, but to feature it through a printer in residence program.Now in its third year, the program brings together a printmaker and a letterpress for eight weeks during semester. The intent is to engage with the library and its users, to bring the print workshop to life, to draw inspiration from the library's collection and to create a publication for the Artists’ Book Collection within Rare Books & Special Collections.In an era of instant layout, digital word processing and electronic publishing what does the slow and laborious process of letterpress printing bring to a twenty-first century academic library? This residency demonstrates that understanding the process of making a publication can be just as vital and alive as the content of that publication - one letter at a time.

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