Impacts of Mobile Computing and Communication on Library Instruction

In his latest book, futurist Howard Rheingold defines the smartmob, a new paradigm in social computing in which people ... cooperate in ways never before possible because they carry devices that possess both communication and computing capabilities. The presenters set out to explore the implications of this paradigm for information literacy learning and instruction. They will present the findings of a pilot study conducted to investigate the use of mobile computing and communication technologies by undergraduates at the University of Utah. Technologies explored include handheld wireless devices, mobile audio devices, new cell phone features, and Internet communication software such as blogs, instant messenger, community forums, etc. The findings regarding students\u27 social and school-related uses of these technologies, and the impact our findings have had on developing new models of library instruction will be discussed. Comparison of the findings to national data in order to assess broader implications of the data, analyze local variances, and predict future trends will be shared. The discussion will emphasize the do-able aspects of creating and using mobile communication technologies for library instruction by providing examples from our program and other national efforts in this area. Participants in the session will leave with tips for conducting similar studies at their institutions and with suggestions for ways to stay abreast of how students are using technology in their lives. The conclusion will focus on a discussion of tools of the future and how to anticipate users\u27 needs and ways to connect with them through library instruction

Current DAMS In 3D: Access, Storage, And Preservation

The digital asset management systems (DAMS) landscape is rapidly evolving, and many new products have become available in the past few years. DAMS tend to vary widely in terms of scope, technical specifications, functionality, usability, and price point – so DAMS evaluations can be somewhat complex. The Orbis Cascade Alliance appointed a Digital Services Team to evaluate DAMS and consider offering an affordable digital repository platform for members. DAMS can fulfill a range of needs. Typical goals for libraries and archives include enabling access to digital content and providing short or long-term storage for digital objects and data. More recently, digital preservation (practices that ensure continued access to digital objects over time) has also emerged as a critical concern of libraries and cultural heritage institutions. What do access, storage, and preservation mean for your institution? An awareness of institutional or collaborative goals is key to a successful DAMS implementation

New librarians and scholarly communication

Journal ArticleIncluded in the mission statement of many academic libraries is a phrase similar to this: "The library supports the research and instruction of the university." Scholarly communication is essential to this mission and it is critical that the problem of the lack of resources and access to scholarship be solved

Deans\u27 Panel: Phases of Partnership: Implementing and Sustaining Digitization Projects

Have you ever wondered how digital ecosystems take root and are sustained into the future so invaluable resources are accessible for generations to come? Join Janet Bishop, Dean of The Claremont Colleges Library (TCCL), Karen Estlund, Dean of Libraries at Colorado State University (CSU) and Kelvin Watson, Executive Director of the Las Vegas - Clark County Library District for a deep dive into the various “life phases” of digitization projects. Gain insights from Janet on establishing collaborative partnerships with regional organizations to kickstart high-interest projects, as was done through TCCL’s grant-funded Western Water Archive. Learn about strategies to sustain digital archival collections through fundraising and creative partnerships from Karen, who will discuss CSU’s long-standing Water Resources Archive. And discover how to make coveted digitized collections accessible for community exploration and use through Kelvin’s discussion of diverse and topical collaborations, such as the Queens Memory Project, Virtual AARLCC, and Las Vegas-Clark County Library District initiatives

Supporting Faculty Research through Collaborative Digital Projects: The Mongolian Altai Inventory

This article provides an overview of a collaborative project of the University of Oregon Libraries, Infographics Lab, and an art history professor to create a virtual research guide, entitled, “Archaeology and Landscape in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia.” Offering accompanying digital image archives, this project serves as a model for humanities data preservation and presents a collaborative strategy for promoting faculty research output in a new media environment. In addition to the typical challenges faced in digital projects, the specialized nature of the content and multiple participants with varied areas of expertise added further challenges. Drawing on “lessons learned,” a new model was created for libraries to support and preserve faculty research

Active Digital Preservation and Data/Metadata Migration

CNI 2017 Spring Membership MeetingDigital preservation activities increasingly focus on the movement of data and metadata between systems. This panel will present case studies in moving content through preservation activities with APTrust, the Digital Preservation Network, MetaArchive, and local applications. The presentations will highlight common methodologies and elicit group discussion on strategic and sustainable planning for active digital preservation. As the pace of evolution of repository systems continues to increase and new opportunities for digital preservation systems continue to emerge, the nature of active movement of repository objects and metadata has become a growing concern. The focus of content stewardship is shifting from being application-centric to data-centric, with the understanding that content must move through time. In order to provide effective mechanisms to move repository data during repository migrations and to these preservation systems, significant efforts are needed for various import, export, and verification services. The Fedora and MetaArchive communities have begun collaborative efforts to create tools that using the BagIt standard will enable preservation and system profiles that allow for ease of digital object transfer. Essential to these discussions is the role of metadata, file integrity, and size of transfers to actively manage digital objects

Introduction: Publication & Its Discontents: Peer Review, Publishing, and the Politics of the Open

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Link It or Don't Use It: Transitioning Metadata to Linked Data in Hydra

The University of Oregon Libraries and Oregon State University Libraries have been successfully collaborating on a digital asset management system for four years, OregonDigital.org. OregonDigital.org holds diverse collections of digital archival materials from art slides to faculty research to traditional digitized and born-digital archival collections. In addition, we host unique collections from local government, historical societies, and museums. In preparation for a migration to a new platform, based on Hydra, we are re-evaluating the metadata schemas used in these collections and transitioning to an open interoperable framework. A key element in the transition to Hydra is a major metadata transformation from locally customized Qualified Dublin Core, VRA Core 4.0, and MODS to Linked Data vocabularies with formal specifications using RDFS, SKOS, and OWL. This poster presents our use of the property hierarchies included in RDF vocabularies to build interoperability into our Hydra metadata. Our implementation includes automated cross-schema indexing and intelligent display and navigation of properties unknown to the software. This large undertaking involves re-thinking metadata schemas created over fifteen years by multiple institutions, as well as incorporating new elements, such as those from the DataCite schema. By utilizing existing linked data vocabularies and creating linked properties for additional elements, we are attempting one schema across content types and collections, yet is flexible enough to continue to evolve with our needs.Keywords: Digital Collections, Metadata, Hydra, Collaborative Repositories, Linked Data, Digital Asset Managemen

Trends in Digital Newspaper Delivery: Leveraging existing resources, collaborations, and interoperability in the libraries community

This presentation reflects on the latest efforts toward improving the digital delivery of "hyperlocal" news in libraries, followed by open discussion, with a focus on multi-institutional collaborations, leveraging existing platforms and resources, and interoperability via IIIF for digital newspapers