Unit: IUScholarWorks Repository - Avalon Media System Search Results

Date:: 2021-03-10
Main contributors:: Bigelow, Jessica
Summary:: Special collections libraries have long been repositories for collecting and preserving the history of the book. However, general collecting parameters have not yet encompassed what is, arguably, the most recent manifestation of the book: eBooks. Although scholars of book history have spent the last decade or so including eBooks in their historical overviews, their importance in the overall timeline of book evolution has not yet made an impact beyond historical contemplation. However, there might be a reason institutions are not overly eager to be the first to create a collection of early eBooks. Not only do eBook files come with the same long-term preservation problems as any born-digital materials, they also have added complications such as a lack of standardized file format, a lack of permanence in licensing agreements, and the constant threat of content changes from the seller, just to name a few. Therefore, while this presentation aims to develop an awareness of the need for special collections libraries to begin collecting eBooks, it also seeks to lay out the complications that currently stand in the way of a successful eBook collection to start a conversation around possible solutions for long-term preservation and patron use.

Date:: 2012-10-31
Main contributors:: Bishop, Chanitra
Summary:: Contrary to what its name might suggest GLAM, which is a fairly new wikiproject on Wikipedia, stands for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. The goal of the project is to improve Wikipedia's content related to cultural topics. The Wikipedia GLAM project is one of Wikipedia's most popular and successful projects. This presentation will provide an overview of the project and discuss some of the institutions that have been involved in the project such as the Indianapolis Children's Museum, the Smithsonian and the National Archives.

Date:: 2014-04-30
Main contributors:: Bobay, Julie, Dunn, Jon, Johnson, Brenda
Summary:: Learn what's happening with this project to digitize rare and unique time-based media holdings in collections throughout the university.

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.

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.

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.

Date:: 2014-10-08
Main contributors:: Brady, Erika, Bulger, Peggy, Jabbour, Alen, Titon, Jeff Todd
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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.

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