Resources
October 24, 2017
Developing a Curriculum to Advance Library-Based Publishing (Project Update)
Project Timeline 2017 Author and revise modules Create course guides and other materials Begin pilot planning 2018 Release course materials Development of web platform 2 in-person and 2 online pilots LIS program integration Assessment and sustainability planning
October 23, 2017
Open Source Software Archival Workflows (OSSArcFlow) with BitCurator, ArchivesSpace, and Archivematica
Project Activities ▪Document workflows for 12 partner institutions ▪Develop tools to facilitate hand-offs ▪Design training modules that will promote use of documentation and scripts ▪Create “Implementation Guide”
October 15, 2017
Nexus LAB: Layers of Leadership
The “Layers of Leadership,” developed in partnership by Educopia Institute, the Center for Creative Leadership, and more than 35 museum, library, and archives associations and representatives, provides a common lens for understanding high-demand leadership training skills and competencies in these fields. The “Layers of Leadership” documents the key challenge, key leadership tasks, skills necessary to … Continue reading Nexus LAB: Layers of Leadership
October 4, 2017
Community Incubation: Educopia and the STEPS Model
From the Lyrasis website: “The overall goal of the ‘It Takes a Village’ project is to create a report which will document current practices for sustaining open source initiatives, create a sustainability roadmap to provide paths for planning and assessment for new and existing projects, and provide a resource allocation guide for each phase of … Continue reading Community Incubation: Educopia and the STEPS Model
September 1, 2017
Educopia Institute Annual Report 2016
Our mission is to build communities, connect people, and use collective action to advance the creation and dissemination of knowledge. Our passion is to catalyze new types of action by building relationships between groups who need each other but don’t yet know it. In 2016, Educopia convened libraries, archives, museums, publishers, journalists, technologists, and government … Continue reading Educopia Institute Annual Report 2016
August 17, 2017
Preserving News On the Margins: MetaArchive and Digital News Preservation
Newspapers and periodicals authored by and for marginalized communities arguably number among our most important historical collections in libraries and archives today. Researchers have long relied on news sources by and for marginalized groups—from African-American newspapers to labor union publications, from temperance newspapers to refugee periodicals, and from lesbian ‘zines to religious serials—to reveal the … Continue reading Preserving News On the Margins: MetaArchive and Digital News Preservation
August 15, 2017
Failure as process: Interrogating disaster, loss, and recovery in digital preservation
Disaster, loss, and failure preoccupy the minds of many digital preservation professionals and yet, despite the prominence of digital disaster planning guidelines which seem to anticipate failure, there is limited discussion of experience with preservation system or network failures, which are often framed as inevitable in digital preservation. Despite this framing, negative perceptions of failure … Continue reading Failure as process: Interrogating disaster, loss, and recovery in digital preservation
August 9, 2017
Managing and Preserving Complex Digital Objects Workshop
In a 2014 survey of 795 graduate students across nine U.S. universities conducted by the ETDplus project team, more than a third of respondents reported that non-PDF files created in their thesis and dissertation research process – including research data, video, digital art, and software code – are either as important or more important than … Continue reading Managing and Preserving Complex Digital Objects Workshop
August 7, 2017
Preserving ETDs: Resources and Recommendations
The ETD+ Toolkit helps the academic community to train students to ensure the longevity and accessibility of their research outputs. It includes an open set of six modules and evaluation instruments that prepare students to create, store, and maintain their research outputs. MODULE 1: COPYRIGHT How can students gain appropriate permissions and how can students … Continue reading Preserving ETDs: Resources and Recommendations
August 1, 2017
News on the Margins: LGBT Newspapers and Periodicals Survey
This is a printable version of the full survey instrument, which may be of use to institutions as they plan their answers. PURPOSE: The purpose of this data collection is to make more visible the corpus of news produced by and for LGBT communities by creating an open, freely available directory of LGBT newspapers and periodicals (print, microfiche, digitized, and … Continue reading News on the Margins: LGBT Newspapers and Periodicals Survey
August 1, 2017
News on the Margins: African American Newspapers and Periodicals Survey
This is a printable version of the survey instrument that may be useful to institutions as they plan to submit their information. PURPOSE: The purpose of this data collection is to make more visible the corpus of news produced by and for African Americans by creating an open, freely available directory of African American newspapers and periodicals (print, … Continue reading News on the Margins: African American Newspapers and Periodicals Survey
July 23, 2017
OSSArcFlow Project Overview
The Educopia Institute, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (UNC SILS), LYRASIS, and Artefactual, Inc., are investigating, synchronizing, and modeling a range of workflows to increase the capacity of libraries and archives to curate born digital content. These archival workflows will incorporate three leading … Continue reading OSSArcFlow Project Overview
July 15, 2017
Nexus LAB: Layers of Leadership Evaluation Validation Study
In phase 1 of the Nexus LAB (Leading Across Boundaries) project, the Nexus LAB Layers of Leadership design framework was developed. This model is arranged in terms of six Layers relating to a progression of roles. Each Layer addresses the leadership knowledge, skills and abilities required for success in the Layer’s roles as well as … Continue reading Nexus LAB: Layers of Leadership Evaluation Validation Study
June 12, 2017
Introduction to the ETDplus Toolkit
The ETD+ Toolkit was designed by Educopia Institute, the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, ProQuest, and 12 U.S. research libraries to help the academic community to train students to ensure the longevity and accessibility of their research outputs. Its purpose is to train students to manage their research outputs, including data, software code, … Continue reading Introduction to the ETDplus Toolkit
April 15, 2017
Leading Across Boundaries: Bridging Professions for System-Wide Change
The Nexus LAB project assembled a broad range of leadership program facilitators and participants to develop resources to meet the diversity of leadership training needs across archives, libraries, and museums. The project aims to build a community for the experts providing museums, archives, and libraries leadership training. Together, project partners significantly increased trainer capacity through … Continue reading Leading Across Boundaries: Bridging Professions for System-Wide Change
March 9, 2017
E is for Everlasting? Approaches to Supporting eBook Perpetual Access
Some libraries want to support local platforms for perpetual access; others are looking for collaborative or composite solutions. Join our panel discussion of a variety of options—how are library customers assessing and embracing the eBook preservation platforms that are evolving? What are the institutional goals, what did you chose and why, what is effective, what … Continue reading E is for Everlasting? Approaches to Supporting eBook Perpetual Access
February 23, 2017
Collaboration and Convergence: Boundary-Spanning Leadership in Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Presentation Roadmap Educopia’s mission and methods LAM-learning projects 2013-2017 Five projects and their intersection points General application of methods Deeper dives Coalition to Advance Learning Mapping the Landscapes Nexus and Nexus LAB Next steps
January 17, 2017
Mapping the Landscapes: Greatest Competency Needs by Sector
The Mapping the Landscapes, nationwide survey allowed deep exploration into what those working in libraries, archives, and museums define as critical competencies for their day-to-day work. Respondents selected up to three high-level competency areas that were critical to their jobs, and then rated their confidence levels on specific competencies in each area. The resulting data … Continue reading Mapping the Landscapes: Greatest Competency Needs by Sector
December 27, 2016
Self-Identified Library, Archives, and Museum Professional Development Needs 2016 Edition
Triangulating the need for, supply of, and demand of continuing education and professional development offerings is a challenging feat. Yet, professional associations, higher and continuing education programs, and others all find value in this information when planning, developing, and scheduling offerings. Effective, efficient organizations meet their missions through individuals who wield robust skill-sets around organizational … Continue reading Self-Identified Library, Archives, and Museum Professional Development Needs 2016 Edition
December 14, 2016
Building a National Agenda for Saving Online News
This panel presented varied impressions from the third Dodging the Memory Hole event October 13-14th at UCLA Libraries, which focused on preserving journalistic content online. Topics include development of roles for each stakeholder community and preparing library science students to meet the demands for archiving news in the future.