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Digital Projects from Special Collections in Phoenix Libraries

This overview highlights various digital projects in special collections across Phoenix libraries, focusing on innovative collection development, staff marketing, and assessment practices. Presented during the Staff Development Day at Texas Woman's University on May 27, 2011, by Mary Queyrouze and Pat Van Zandt from SMU, the session includes a quick tour of notable digital collections such as Tejano Voices, UNT Digital Library, Baylor's Texas Collection, and more. The discussion emphasizes marketing strategies, user engagement, and the importance of formal collection development policies in digital libraries.

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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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