Nolt, Jenna E

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Kenyon College: Digital Kenyon - Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange

INCLUSIVE APPROACHDesigning a Radical Repository for the Future of ScholarshipJenna NoltDigital Initiatives LibrarianKenyon CollegeVisit us:Digital Kenyondigital.kenyon.eduWHY BE RADICAL? Peer-reviewed publishing is essential to scholarship, BUT peer-reviewed publishing is historically elitist, thus: Peer-reviewed publishing leaves large knowledge gaps  Compiling previously published, peer-reviewed articles available elsewhere online has limited value IRs are a natural place to house creative scholarship, and to provide an institutionally branded and supported platform for underrepresented voices, creative research, and high impact learning resourcesDEVELOPING A POLICY “Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange” “Inclusive” doesn’t mean everything in the junk drawer Produced, submitted or sponsored by Kenyon College faculty, staff, or students; Scholarly, research oriented, or highlight Kenyon or local area history or culture; In acceptable digital format or able to be converted; Intended for long term availability and access; Submitter must have, and be willing to grant, the rights to preserve and distribute collection materials via Digital Kenyon. Submission process requires individual meeting with librarian, and collection planning process - 60 meetings with 121 faculty/students/community members  2017-2018 More @: http://digital.kenyon.edu/policy.htmlFOUR VALLEYS ARCHIVE: CONTEXT(DIGITAL.KENYON.EDU/HONDURAS) Archaeological investigations across four valleys in Honduras by two faculty members and their students over the course of more than 30 years Approximately 100,000 records  Some scanned, some physical Varied formats, varied types of information, varied scan quality Prior attempts at creating a searchable database unsuccessfulEd Schortman,J. Kenneth SmailProfessor of AnthropologyPat Urban, J. Kenneth SmailProfessor of Anthropology EmertiaFOUR VALLEYS ARCHIVE: PROCESS(DIGITAL.KENYON.EDU/HONDURAS) Started with a proof-of-concept pilot funded by a grant from the Ohio Five’s “Digital Collections: from Projects to Pedagogy and Scholarship” Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant (http://digitalscholarship.ohio5.org/) Currently in year two of a three year Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from CLIR (http://registry.clir.org/projects/23080803) to fully digitize In use in courses by Dr. Ellen Bell at California State University Stanislaus  Potential to study the way archaeological records are createdFOUR VALLEYS ARCHIVE: METADATA(DIGITAL.KENYON.EDU/HONDURAS)Individual XML record from the Four Valleys Archive. See more: http://digital.kenyon.edu/do/oai/?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=qualified-dublin-core&set=publication:hondurasSample batch revise records from the Four Valleys ArchiveFOUR VALLEYS ARCHIVE: COLLABORATION(DIGITAL.KENYON.EDU/HONDURAS) Worked with faculty to convert system of classification to Dublin Core Wrote technical parts of both grant applications Co-PI on the CLIR grant Co-authored presentation for the AAA: “The Past is Prologue: Preserving and Disseminating Archaeological Data Electronically” currently converting to book chapter Part of a case study on faculty/librarian partnerships at the University of Denver Equal partners throughout the projectORAL HISTORIES: CONTEXT Inherited “orphaned” Gullah project Files on SD cards, external hard drives, CDs, and desktops.  Poor metadata, poor quality control, patchy permissions Developed a basic structure Developed toolkit for future oral history projects Currently house several projectsORAL HISTORIES: PROCESS Took over existing OH5 grant for transcribing Gullah interviews, hired students, and developed structured guidelines for transcriptions Developed an Interview Metadata Form for future interviews  Completed the Oral History Institute (2015) and served as the Digital Architect for Oral History in the Liberal Arts (OHLA) for two years Developed a toolkit for interviewers that focuses on archiving oral histories All resources made available under a NoC-NC/1.0 CC license in Digital Kenyon: https://digital.kenyon.edu/librarydocs/ORAL HISTORIES: METADATA Gullah collection housed in Digital Kenyon: https://digital.kenyon.edu/gullah/ First collection created around a subject, with multiple components in different series: Images  Interviews Project Documents Customized metadata and collection design became the structural basis for future oral history projectsCEL: CONTEXT CEL is increasingly popular at Kenyon Clara served as the Faculty Associate Director of CEL  Had worked with her on oral histories Would not have attempted without prior positive collaborationClara Roman-Odio, Professor of Spanish(DIGITAL.KENYON.EDU/CEL)CEL: PROCESS Determined data types Developed metadata structure and requirements by data type Students submitted through Google Drive Advisor and technical help(DIGITAL.KENYON.EDU/CEL)CEL: METADATA Workflow for students involved specified file types, naming conventions, and folder structures Customized to data type Creative Commons licenses Permissions uploaded on backend(DIGITAL.KENYON.EDU/CEL)CEL: COLLABORATION Drug interactions and the Body (https://digital.kenyon.edu/celchem401/) used by Knox County Health Department Latinos in Knox County (https://digital.kenyon.edu/lkca/) featured in a traveling exhibit by the Smithsonian Clara and I planning an article on our collaborations(DIGITAL.KENYON.EDU/CEL)CHALLENGES Metadata quality is necessarily inconsistent by collection, structures vary Mistakes happen Lack of investment results in incomplete collections Requires a LOT of hands-on work Potential to dilute the quality of the repository with sub-par contentBENEFITS Engaging the campus and community in new and energizing ways Students have institutionally-branded links to their research for future schools and jobs Community has access to historical content and original research centered around their needs and interests Scholarship is available far beyond original context Oral Histories and CEL projects available through the DPLA Smithsonian exhibit Analyzing archaeological research methodologiesWHAT’S NEXT FOR US 3D hominin models Digitizing local historical papers Student Neuroscience journal – publishing process as part of the course Potential of incorporating non-traditional publishing into tenure processWHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU?

Inclusive Approach: Designing a Radical Repository for the Future of Scholarship

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