Resources
December 9, 2016
A Preservation Compass
So, you’re in charge of an academic library or a special collections unit therein. How do you construct a conceptual framework for the choices you will need to make in preserving the rapidly increasing volume of digital forms of scholarship, cultural heritage, and research data? This presentation has a focus on taking a broad perspective … Continue reading A Preservation Compass
December 8, 2016
Layers of Leadership for Archives, Libraries and Museums
Discussions and findings will inform future leadership development programming, including recommendations for PLA Leadership Academy, and will ultimately provide opportunities to assist members in leadership development that is effective and sustainable across their entire career span.
November 10, 2016
From Act to Impact: Needle-Moving Collaboration
Challenging the roles we need to play in order to “move the needle” in academic publishing into the next generation of scholarly communications.
November 8, 2016
Distillation: Developing Diverse Communities
In this session, facilitators of successful cross-sector communities and initiatives (e.g., the Library Publishing Coalition, the BitCurator Consortium, the MetaArchive Cooperative, and the Nexus LAM Leadership Training Network) will discuss “lessons learned” in building and sustaining these cross-sector collaborative networks.
November 8, 2016
Cultivating and Sustaining Cross-Sector Collaborative Networks
This presentation by the Educopia team discusses some of the lessons learned in Educopia’s first decade of work building and sustaining cross-sector collaborative networks.
November 7, 2016
Preservation and Curation of ETD Research Data and Complex Digital Objects
Guiding Questions: How can we connect with students about digital content curation and maintenance? What do students need to know about digital content management in relation to their research outputs? How might the ETD—as a common rite of passage in research careers—be used to help students learn how to structure, share, and manage their digital … Continue reading Preservation and Curation of ETD Research Data and Complex Digital Objects
October 13, 2016
Alignment and Reciprocity
This presentation discusses alignment and reciprocity and how to shift our energies out of silos and one offs and into collaboratives.
October 6, 2016
Catalyzing Communities Through Stronger Leadership
IMLS Senior Advisor Dr. Marvin D. Carr summarized earlier this month, “today’s museums, libraries, and archives are more than community anchor institutions that generate economic and societal community benefits; they build and lead change in their neighborhoods.” Yet, how do we, the people within these organizations, make this change happen? Let me explain how. Since 2014, I … Continue reading Catalyzing Communities Through Stronger Leadership
October 1, 2016
Library Publishing Directory, 2017
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, 2017
September 26, 2016
Communities of Action: Distributed Digital Preservation
How social movements relate to business infrastructures. Presentation on the larger digital preservation landscape, the urgent need to preserve software, and the opportunities and challenges of international partnerships.
September 26, 2016
Guidance Briefs: Preserving & Curating ETD Research Data & Complex Digital Objects
These Guidance Briefs have been authored by the ETDplus project team as short (3-4 page) “how-to” oriented briefs that will help ETD/IR programs build and nurture supportive relationships with student researchers. These briefs are open, editable documents that colleges and universities can use to assist their own student researchers in understanding data and content management … Continue reading Guidance Briefs: Preserving & Curating ETD Research Data & Complex Digital Objects
September 21, 2016
The Nexus Leading Across Boundaries Vision
Libraries, archives, and museums contribute to their shared communities by providing access to information, preserving cultural heritages, creating new knowledge, and facilitating lifelong learning. Collectively, we take action to transform ourselves and our communities, positively contributing to the common good while evolving to meet our changing needs. Individually, our staff and volunteers advance our organizational … Continue reading The Nexus Leading Across Boundaries Vision
September 6, 2016
ETD Programs: New Developments and Hot Topics
Workshop Learning Objectives: In the next 3 hours, attendees will: Learn about emerging methods to support students’ identity, data, and digital object management; Gain exposure to a range of current policies and practices (e.g., ID management and data curation); Practice using emerging tools designed to support student ETD submission; Understand how to begin working to … Continue reading ETD Programs: New Developments and Hot Topics
September 1, 2016
Educopia Institute Annual Report 2015
Educopia’s premise is clear-cut: modest facilitation helps communities thrive, and thriving communities have ripple effects, impacting their professions and society as a whole. At the close of 2015, I’m so grateful for our many partners and members who have invested in connecting and collaborating across institutional and sector-based boundaries. As we enter our second decade … Continue reading Educopia Institute Annual Report 2015
August 14, 2016
Disasters at any scale: the MetaArchive Cooperative’s community-based approach to risk mitigation and disaster preparation in the 21st century
Integration and automation between multiple acquisition, analysis, and collection management software systems is key to the sustainability of digital preservation within and across institutional boundaries amongst cultural heritage organizations. The MetaArchive Cooperative distributed digital preservation network has continually sought to simplify integration with multiple systems and has engaged in research and development activities to achieve … Continue reading Disasters at any scale: the MetaArchive Cooperative’s community-based approach to risk mitigation and disaster preparation in the 21st century
August 5, 2016
Strengthening Leadership Development Across Archives, Libraries, and Museums
Archives, library, and museum organizations continually invest in leadership skills development to prepare future leaders. Until now, common frameworks have not existed to help instructors and learners recognize translatable leadership competencies or resources across the fields. Utilizing the “Levels of Leadership” frameworks developed by the Nexus LAB projects, the panelists engage the audience in considering … Continue reading Strengthening Leadership Development Across Archives, Libraries, and Museums
July 25, 2016
ETDplus Workbench
Preserving and Curating ETD Research Data and Complex Digital Objects, Curation Workbench Tool The ETDplus Workbench is a web based tool that is designed to assist students in preparing and packaging ETD supplementary materials for long-term preservation and access. The Workbench includes configurable functions and features that integrate basic preservation actions such as virus scans, … Continue reading ETDplus Workbench
July 25, 2016
Mapping the Landscapes Focus Group Final Report
The “Mapping the Landscapes” Focus Group project, an initiative of the Coalition to Advance Learning in Archives, Libraries, and Museums, collected data from the cultural heritage field on continuing education and professional development (CE/PD) needs between August 2015 and June 2016. The project was funded through a federal grant from the Institute of Museum and … Continue reading Mapping the Landscapes Focus Group Final Report
July 14, 2016
Keynote: From ACT to IMPACT
Exploring a set of lenses with which you might look at the challenges and opportunities university libraries have today. Providing new tools that you’ll take back into your daily work and decision-making processes. What those tools should do is help you to move from a state of action—which all of you are in, continuously, in … Continue reading Keynote: From ACT to IMPACT
July 12, 2016
The ETDplus Project: Supporting Complex ETD Data
Presentation Overview ETD Lifecycle Management Project Series – collaborative background Survey findings Guidance documents and training materials Hydra-Sufia reference implementation tool for complex ETD materials submission/ingestion workflow Brief thoughts going forward