41. IUScholarWorks, an Update (1:03:41)

Date:
2008-12-03
Main contributors:
Bobay, Julie, Floyd, Randall
Summary:
This session will focus on IUScholarWorks, the collaborative project between the IUB Libraries and Digital Library Program to provide a system-wide repository and open-access journal publishing infrastructure. Other related initiatives that will not be covered in this session include the Archives of Institutional Memory, IUPUI's IDeA, Open Journal System at IUPUI, and IUPUI's eArchives. The following projects will be highlighted: the Faculty Annual Report which will include a mechanism for faculty to indicate they wish to deposit their works into the institutional repository (IR); our plans for including digital dissertations into the IR based on the upgrade to DSpace version 1.5x; the addition of new IU journals to OJS (Open Journal System); and statistics gathering and reporting in both the IR and OJS systems throughout IUScholarWorks.

42. Open Folklore: Exploring New Ways to Build Collections (59:54)

Date:
2011-02-16
Main contributors:
Bobay, Julie, Marsh, Moira, Montanez, Garett
Summary:
Open Folklore, launched in October 2010 by the American Folklore Society and the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries, is a new scholarly resource that will make a greater number and variety of useful resources, both published and unpublished, available for the field of folklore studies and the communities with which folklore scholars partner. In this session, speakers will describe the partnership, the technologies used to support the site, and the accomplishments and goals of the project. They will describe the site, the search functionality that brings together relevant folklore materials into a searchable collection via OAI records, and the larger aims of the partnership, such as advising researchers about good choices for scholarship in Folklore and educating about and advocating for open access models.

44. Redesigning the Dissertation for the Web: a Case Study (54:25)

Date:
2019-02-13
Main contributors:
Borgo Ton, Mary
Summary:
Alternative forms of dissertations and theses are hot topics in higher education, but what is it really like to write one? Join Mary Borgo Ton, a Ph.D. candidate in British Literature, for a behind-the-scenes look at her dissertation which takes the form of a Scalar-powered website. The dissertation explores the global history of Victorian screen culture through virtual reality, 3D models, and interactive maps. As she reflects on the design process, she’ll introduce writing techniques that have helped her pivot to a wide range of forms and identify local resources for training, tools, and equipment.

47. The Don Yoder Lecture in Religious Folklife: "A Subtle Thing Withal”: Reflections on the Ineffab... (1:18:04)

Date:
2015-10-15
Main contributors:
Brady, Erika, Kruesi, Margaret, Primiano, Leonard Norman
Summary:
Many years ago as a graduate student studying William Langland’s Vision of Piers Plowman, I came upon what was evidently a popular scatological riddle pertaining to a profound theological teaching. Since that time I have continued to ruminate over the role of humor—especially sexual and scatological humor—arising from within vernacular Catholicism. In this talk, I will consider the serious play of such forms of expression and their significance for folklorists concerned with the nature of belief in the sacred.

49. MOODy :) Investigations into Massive Open Online Discovery at IU (52:00)

Date:
2013-12-11
Main contributors:
Brown, Bryan, Hardesty, Juliet, McDonald, Courtney Greene
Summary:
Libraries are interested in providing better, more comprehensive access to physical and digital collections, institutionally and collectively. Indiana University is improving its discovery tools with multiple projects in active development, using Blacklight as a primary interface for IUCAT (the online public catalog) and as an interface for a cross-collection search of digital objects from the library's digital repository. Blacklight, using Solr indexing for different types of collections, represents a potential means of enabling more seamless discovery across many data sources, including digital objects, catalog records and library website content. Courtney and Julie will discuss findings of a survey of academic and educational institutions engaged in similar Solr-based discovery/access projects and will also discuss combining large and distinct resource sets using Blacklight/Solr at IU, focusing on user experience and metadata/indexing perspectives.