Digitizing Items from Special Collections:The USU Approach

Presented by Clint Pumphrey and Andrew Wesolek

May, 2012

A University with Two Systems

Digital Commons– Our Institutional Repository

CONTENTdm– Our Digital Library

Never the twain shall meet!

New Faculty

Cheryl

A New Approach:

Pilot Project: Joel Ricks

What Special Collections sent to the IR in the past

How the Joel Ricks collection is different

Why we chose the Ricks collection for the IR

Possible Projects for the Future

Kenneth Brewer, O.W. Israelsen, George Clyde

Selecting Special Collections material for the IR: potential challenges

Takin’ it to the Streets

This project is part of a broader effort to market our electronic resources to the people of Utah

Ricks is a good Starting point because of his focus on Cache Valley History

Presentations to Stevens-Henager College and the Cache Valley Library Association

Education