Library Research & Innovative Practice Forum

Permanent URI for this collectionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16362

The Library Research & Innovative Practice Forum is an annual event in June featuring lightning talks, presentations, and poster sessions by UMD Libraries’ librarians and staff.

Browse

Author: search.filters.author.Archer, Joanne

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 3 of 3
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Strategies for Reusing Archival Assessment Data
    (2018-06-14) Archer, Joanne; Rizzo, Caitlin
    This poster showcases how Univeristy of Maryland Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives analyzed and re-purposed collection assessment data gathered from 2013 to use as the basis for a new, data-driven workflow for establishing processing priorities, addressing a backlog of 'hidden' collections, and overhauling the processing guidelines across several curatorial units. The poster demonstrates how commonly collected assessment data can be leveraged to revamp outdated processes, and highlights the impact (and limitations) of assessment within special collections.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Web Archiving and You
    (2017-06-08) Wickner, Amy; Archer, Joanne
    We propose an interactive session on web archiving: why it matters, how we do it, and how we can do it better. Web archiving has now been in practice for decades and is relatively well-established in libraries, archives, and museums, but there are many under-explored areas of research and practice. Web archives have been used for teaching, scholarly research, journalism, e-discovery, and art, but remain "emerging" as a source of data. The UMD Libraries have maintained a Web Resources Collection Program since 2009 but how we accomplish this work is always evolving. In this interactive session, we'll frame the landscape of web archiving today, both at UMD and beyond, and introduce issues and opportunities we might take on in the future. We'll also recruit participants to envision how web archives can play a role in their librarianship and act as a resource for the library users they know best. We hope to glean information about a community of potential stakeholders that can help inform next steps for our work on web archives.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Does Content plus Access equal Use? Revealing la Révolution at the UMD Libraries
    (2015-06-05) Archer, Joanne; Corlett-Rivera, Kelsey
    This poster traces two years of the University of Maryland (UMD) Libraries’ efforts to Reveal la Révolution by cataloging and digitizing their 18th-century French Pamphlet collection. Follow their steps as a cross-departmental team waded through some 12,000 pamphlets with the support of French graduate students, fine tuning workflows and communication channels along the way. While an internally-funded pilot got the project off the ground, national and international collaboration allowed them to leverage funding support from the UMD Libraries to exceed original targets for both scanning and cataloging. The result was a significant increase in digitally-available content and improved access through Worldcat and the Internet Archive. When that content and access did not turn into documented use, however, the UMD Pamphlets team pressed on, delving further into digital scholarship. Their outreach efforts culminated in a stand-alone digital history site with a crowdsourcing component that has seen some 5,500 visits since going live in September 2014 (http://colonyincrisis.lib.umd.edu). Challenges, such as a perpetual lack of dedicated staff time, and lessons learned (digital history sites require Twitter hashtags) are featured on the poster, along with a vision for a sustainable way forward.