Scaling Down to Scale Up: Streamlining Production for Mass Digitization Efforts
Departments looking to increase their digitization efforts from start-up project mode to a maturing digital library program may encounter growing pains when it comes to reformatting and metadata...
View ArticleVirtual Writing University Archive partnership with the University of Iowa...
Two sets of panelists, each with a librarian and an LIS faculty member, discussed the process and strategies for collaborating to bridge theory and praxis. The panelists discussed how "researching...
View ArticleMentoring: It's a Good Thing: what we learned partying with student librarians
Party hosting is an exercise in preparation and personal finesse. The ambiance and menu must be exciting, the guests lively and engaging. As host, you must set the tone and connect newcomers with those...
View ArticlePublic Folklore Collections in the Upper Midwest poster
Public folklorists have generated a wealth of ethnographic documents since the 1970s through thousands of folk arts and folklife projects. Funded from the commons, they have depended on the “common...
View ArticleSocial Movement to Public Policy: Digital History in the IDL
The Digital Library Services staff from the University of Iowa Libraries provided a content update of The Iowa Digital Library with special focus on Iowa images of social movements that have helped...
View ArticleBuilding Digital Libraries: A How- To-Do-It Manual (review)
Building Digital Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual. By Terry Reese Jr. and Kyle Banerjee. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2008. $75.00 softcover (ISBN 978-1-55570-617-3). How-To-Do-It Manuals 153. Building...
View ArticleThe Folk Music Index, and: Discography of Bluegrass Sound Recordings (review)
The Folk Music Index and the Discography of Bluegrass Sound Recordings are two robust, open-access Web sources for information about traditional music recordings, performers, and record publishers in a...
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