Resources
May 14, 2018
Crossing Borders, Spanning Boundaries: How Today’s Libraries (and Librarians!) Cultivate Open Knowledge
Today’s world is characterized by its fast pace of change, new forms of connectivity, and technology-based market shifts. The channels of communication have shifted radically over the last few decades, and it’s impacting both what libraries can do and what libraries can become. I’m going to ask you all to think with me for the … Continue reading Crossing Borders, Spanning Boundaries: How Today’s Libraries (and Librarians!) Cultivate Open Knowledge
April 14, 2018
News on the Margins: Data Model
The “News on the Margins” data model is an open data collection framework and methodology for documenting information about newspapers by and for marginalized communities. It was produced by Katherine Skinner, in close partnership with editors James Danky, Emily Gore, and Franky Abbot. This data model is an output of the News on the Margins initial pilot … Continue reading News on the Margins: Data Model
April 14, 2018
Surfacing Marginalized Voices in the Newspaper Collections of Libraries, Archives, and Museums
The “News on the Margins: Surfacing Marginalized Voices in the Newspaper Collections of Libraries, Archives, and Museums” publication documents the design, methods, results, and recommendations of News on the Margins, a Fall 2017 pilot project funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and undertaken by the Educopia Institute in partnership with the Digital … Continue reading Surfacing Marginalized Voices in the Newspaper Collections of Libraries, Archives, and Museums
March 2, 2018
Spanning Boundaries, Transforming Fields
From the NFAIS website: “In recent years, dramatic changes in scholarly publishing have altered how researchers consume, exchange, interact with, and disseminate scholarly communications.” The growth and breadth of open science ideologies and policies have spawned movements that give rise to: private foundations that are mandating more open and collaborative research; innovative new technologies and … Continue reading Spanning Boundaries, Transforming Fields
January 30, 2018
OSSArcFlow Digital Dossier: District of Columbia Public Library
As part of OssArcFlow – a project to investigate, synchronize, and model a range of archival workflows for born-digital content – project partners created digital dossiers outlining the form, function, and future of digital curation at their home institutions.
January 30, 2018
OSSArcFlow Digital Dossier: Kansas State Historical Society
As part of OssArcFlow – a project to investigate, synchronize, and model a range of archival workflows for born-digital content – project partners created digital dossiers outlining the form, function, and future of digital curation at their home institutions.
January 30, 2018
OSSArcFlow Digital Dossier: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
As part of OssArcFlow – a project to investigate, synchronize, and model a range of archival workflows for born-digital content – project partners created digital dossiers outlining the form, function, and future of digital curation at their home institutions.
January 30, 2018
OSSArcFlow Digital Dossier: Woodson Research Center, Rice University
As part of OssArcFlow – a project to investigate, synchronize, and model a range of archival workflows for born-digital content – project partners created digital dossiers outlining the form, function, and future of digital curation at their home institutions.
January 30, 2018
OSSArcFlow Digital Dossier: New York Public Library
As part of OssArcFlow – a project to investigate, synchronize, and model a range of archival workflows for born-digital content – project partners created digital dossiers outlining the form, function, and future of digital curation at their home institutions.
January 30, 2018
OSSArcFlow Digital Dossier: Mount Holyoke College
As part of OssArcFlow – a project to investigate, synchronize, and model a range of archival workflows for born-digital content – project partners created digital dossiers outlining the form, function, and future of digital curation at their home institutions.
January 30, 2018
OSSArcFlow Digital Dossier: Duke University
As part of OssArcFlow – a project to investigate, synchronize, and model a range of archival workflows for born-digital content – project partners created digital dossiers outlining the form, function, and future of digital curation at their home institutions.
January 30, 2018
OSSArcFlow Digital Dossier: Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center
As part of OssArcFlow – a project to investigate, synchronize, and model a range of archival workflows for born-digital content – project partners created digital dossiers outlining the form, function, and future of digital curation at their home institutions.
January 30, 2018
OSSArcFlow Digital Dossier: The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University
As part of OssArcFlow – a project to investigate, synchronize, and model a range of archival workflows for born-digital content – project partners created digital dossiers outlining the form, function, and future of digital curation at their home institutions.
January 30, 2018
OSSArcFlow Digital Dossier: Stanford University Libraries
As part of OssArcFlow – a project to investigate, synchronize, and model a range of archival workflows for born-digital content – project partners created digital dossiers outlining the form, function, and future of digital curation at their home institutions.
December 6, 2017
Library Publishing Directory, 2018
The Library Publishing Directory provides an annual snapshot of the publishing activities of academic and research libraries, including information about the number and types of publications they produce, the services they offer authors, how they are staffed and funded, and their future plans. In documenting the breadth and depth of activities in this field, this resource aims to articulate … Continue reading Library Publishing Directory, 2018
November 28, 2017
Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD)plus Virtual Workshops
Training Students to Manage ETDs and Research Outputs The ETD+ Virtual Workshop Series, taught by Dr. Katherine Skinner, is a set of free introductory training resources on crucial data curation and digital longevity techniques. Focusing on the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) as a mile-marker in a student’s research trajectory, it provides in-time advice to … Continue reading Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD)plus Virtual Workshops
November 16, 2017
Preserving News on the Margins
Why is this particular project needed? Historic preservation efforts (microfilm projects, etc.) have usually focused on mainstream voices – even if the efforts have been focused on smaller communities Many of you may participate in a statewide newspaper digitization project and/or NDNP. We all LOVE and APPRECIATE those projects, but we realize that ALL projects … Continue reading Preserving News on the Margins
November 15, 2017
Nexus LAB: Evaluation Framework and Instrument
About the Evaluation Framework & Instrument The Nexus LAB team, in partnership with TrueBearing Consulting, Educopia Institute, and the Center for Creative Leadership, issued this fully validated, adaptable, and customizable evaluation instrument in 2017. The evaluation instrument is based on rigorously validated leadership competencies documented in the “Layers of Leadership” publication produced by the Nexus … Continue reading Nexus LAB: Evaluation Framework and Instrument
November 6, 2017
OSSArcFlow Project Update
Research Questions How can institutions combine tools to support workflows that meet local institutional needs? How can institutions implement “handoffs” between systems that perform different functions on the same data?
October 28, 2017
Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD)plus Guidance Briefs
The ETD+ Guidance Briefs are a set of free introductory training resources on crucial data curation and digital longevity techniques. Focusing on the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) as a mile-marker in a student’s research trajectory, the series provides in-time advice to students and faculty about avoiding common digital loss scenarios for the ETD and … Continue reading Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD)plus Guidance Briefs