Digitizing Items from Special Collections:The USU Approach

Presented by Clint Pumphrey and Andrew Wesolek

May, 2012

A University with Two Systems

Digital Commons– Our Institutional Repository

CONTENTdm– Our Digital Library

Never the twain shall meet!

New Faculty

Andy

Clint

Cheryl

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A New Approach:

Pilot Project: Joel Ricks

What Special Collections sent to the IR in the past

How the Joel Ricks collection is different

Why we chose the Ricks collection for the IR

http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/joel_ricks/

http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/joel_ricks/4/

Possible Projects for the Future

Kenneth Brewer, O.W. Israelsen, George Clyde

Selecting Special Collections material for the IR: potential challenges

Takin’ it to the Streets

This project is part of a broader effort to market our electronic resources to the people of Utah

Ricks is a good Starting point because of his focus on Cache Valley History

Presentations to Stevens-Henager College and the Cache Valley Library Association