Library Faculty/Staff Scholarship and Research

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    Digitization Initiatives Committee Charter
    (2013-08) Pike, Robin C.; Archer, Joanne; Foss, Heather; Harrington, Eileen; Montori, Carla
    This is the charter of the Digitization Initiatives Committee (DIC) of the University of Maryland Libraries. The committee was established “to collect and document proposed outsourced digitization projects across the UMD Libraries, match these projects with available or proposed fiscal resources, and prioritize the projects...based on available fiscal resources, Libraries strategic initiatives, division priorities, and available staff resources for the specific projects.”
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    Collected Presentations of the CIC ILL Directors Meeting at the University of Maryland, October 21-22, 2015
    (2015-10-21) Hackman, Timothy; Munson, Kurt; Weible, Cherie; Cheng, Cen; Archer, Joanne; Brown, Melissa; Massie, Dennis
    Collected presentations from the in-person meeting of the CIC ILL Directors at the University of Maryland, October 21-22, 2015. Presentations cover such topics as interlibrary loan and special collections, course reserves and interlibrary loan services for textbooks, data analysis of interlibrary borrowing and lending among CIC institutions, and Relais Web Services implementation. Presenters' affiliations include: University of Maryland, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, University of Minnesota, Michigan State University, and OCLC.
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    University of Maryland Libraries: Digital Preservation Policy
    (2014-01-07) Knies, Jennie Levine; Pike, Robin C.; Archer, Joanne; Novara, Vincent J.; Montori, Carla
    The University of Maryland (UMD) Libraries, in keeping with its mission “To enable the intellectual inquiry and learning required to meet the education, research and community outreach mission of the university,” serves as a trusted caretaker of the UMD Libraries’ collections, including those in digital format. The Digital Preservation Policy supports this mission and is the highest-level digital preservation policy document in the UMD Libraries. The Policy makes explicit the UMD Libraries’ commitment to preserving content selected for retention by collection managers. It defines a comprehensive digital preservation program for both born-analog and born-digital collections. The audience for this policy includes UMD Libraries employees, digital content contributors, donors, and users.
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    Research Using Primary Sources: A User Study
    (2007-08) Archer, Joanne; Hanlon, Ann; Levine, Jennie
    The use of primary source materials poses a unique challenge to researchers, requiring the acquisition of specialized skills. This poster reports on initial results from a user study of a web based guide to conducting primary source research.
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    Using Postcards for Research
    (2010-10-18) Archer, Joanne
    Researchers in the humanities, arts, and social sciences often request historical images for use as an accompanying illustration in publications, presentations, and online exhibits, but despite the wealth of content contained in a single image, few use them as an independent historical resource. This presentation discusses the scholarly potential held in postcards.
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    Problems and Issues in Selecting, Harvesting, and Cataloging Web Resources
    (2010-10-07) Archer, Joanne
    This presentation surveys the different methods of preserving web based content and focuses on presenting the results of the University of Maryland's work. Issues such as the establishment of selection policies, the integration of access mechanisms with existing tools and systems, and the creation of sustainable workflows within the library are addressed.
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    It's All in the Archives: Describing and Discovering Archival Material
    (2013-05-15) Archer, Joanne
    The vast quantity and diversity of material in most archives can make describing and cataloging collections a challenge. The profession has developed a number of best practices, standards, and workflows commonly used across archival institutions to manage these unique and rare collections. This presentation discusses the variety of tools and techniques archives use to make information about their collections available to the public with an emphasis of application of these techniques to audio collections.