Digital Library and Archives

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Digital Library and Archives

• Special Collections

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Digital Library and Archives

• Works with the university community to establish
  new resources and services and to preserve and
  provide access to unique (historical) resources.
• Illustrated at http//scholar.lib.vt.edu

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DLA staff

• 4 librarians
• Jan Carlton, reference librarian
• Tamara Kennelly, university archivist
• Gail McMillan, director
• Gerri Schaad, manuscripts curator
• 2 staff
• Tony Atkins, programmer
• Joyce Nester, library assistant
• Eric Ackermann, lib. asst.--ed. leave

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Electronic Journalshttp//scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejou
rnalsor faculty at Virginia Tech and elsewhere
including MIT Press

• 20 active titles
• Technology Education (6), Design Communication,
  Antiquities, Adolescent Literature (2),
  Hospitality Research MIT computer science,
  neurology, engineering
• 3 titles on the way
• Pesticide Safety Science, Technology and Human
  Values Computer Science (OAS)
• 6 dead titles

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Electronic Reservehttp//scholar.lib.vt.edu/erese
rve

• Online class materials
• Reserve Desk 24/7
• ___ classes
• ___ instructors

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Electronic Theses/Dissertationshttp//scholar.lib
.vt.edu/theses

• 2200 VT ETDs
• Required since Jan. 1, 1997
• Library-based service
• Students submit directly to library server
• Programming, including Grad School needs
• Users access
• Archiving
• Assisting (60) universities worldwide to
  establish similar ETD procedures

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VT ImageBase http//scholar.lib.vt.edu/imageba
se

• 1996/97 Art History course slides
• 1997/98-1998/99 VIVA support to digitize unique,
  historical, regional materials
• NW photographic archives
• As requested by users
• 1999/2000
• Civil War (Wallace Foundation)
• As requested by users
• Arts Inventory?

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Special Collectionshttp//spec.lib.vt.edu

• Rare Books
• Manuscript Collections
• University Archives
• Available to the public through the Reading Room
  Monday-Friday, 10 am-430 pm

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Rare Books at Virginia Tech

• Our definition
• Policies

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Manuscript Collections

• Define
• describe

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University Archives

• Define
• describe

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DLA in the ACITC

• Staff
• 3 librarians, programmer
• Servers
• Students
• Digital projects ejournals, scanning historical
  materials for preservation and access