Managing a digital collection: the Garst photographic collection

Reference Services Review - Tập 30 Số 2 - Trang 124-142 - 2002
Bridget M.Breitbach1, RachaelTracey2, Teresa Y.Neely3
1Bridget M. Breitbach is an Honors Intern at Colorado State University Libraries, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA,
2Rachael Tracey is an Honor Intern at Colorado State University Libraries, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA,
3Teresa Y. Neely is Head of Reference at Kuhn Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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Over the years, digitization has become an important part of libraries because it increases accessibility to the general public via the World Wide Web. Colorado State University Libraries (CSU Libraries) is currently working on a digitization project containing 19,537 wildlife slides. This project is unique because it was managed fully by undergraduate students, from the collection’s donation to the launch of the final Web site containing 1,000 digital images. There were unanticipated set backs and minor problems, but in the end all the pieces fell into place. This paper addresses the process the students took in managing the project and the problems that can occur with such a large collection.

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Reference Services Review

Tập 30 Số 2

124-142

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