Research Collections and Support
Libraries are increasingly leveraging the raw materials of scholarship and knowledge formation by emphasizing the creation and curation of institutional research assets and outputs, including digitized special collections, research data, and researcher profiles. Our work informs current thinking about research collections and the emerging services that libraries are offering to support contemporary modes of scholarship. We are encouraging the development of new ways for libraries to build and provide these types of collections and deliver distinctive services. Our efforts are focused in the following three areas:
Publications
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The Archival Advantage: Integrating Archival Expertise into Management of Born-digital Library Materials
7 July 2015
Jackie Dooley
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Stewardship of the Evolving Scholarly Record: From the Invisible Hand to Conscious Coordination
29 June 2015
Brian Lavoie, Constance Malpas
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Registering Researchers in Authority Files
27 October 2014
Karen Smith-Yoshimura, Micah Altman, Michael Conlon, Ana Lupe Cristán, Laura Dawson, Joanne Dunham, Thom Hickey, Daniel Hook, Wolfram Horstmann, rew MacEwan, Philip Schreur, Laura Smart, Melanie Wacker, Saskia Woutersen
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The Evolving Scholarly Record
5 June 2014
Brian Lavoie, Eric Childress, Ricky Erway, Ixchel Faniel, Constance Malpas, Jennifer Schaffner, Titia van der Werf
This report presents a framework to help organize and drive discussions about the evolving scholarly record. The framework provides a high-level view of the categories of material the scholarly record potentially encompasses, as well as the key stakeholder roles associated with the creation, management, and use of the scholarly record.
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Preservation Health Check: Monitoring Threats to Digital Repository Content
28 April 2014
Wouter Kool, Brian Lavoie, Titia van der Werf
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Does Every Research Library Need a Digital Humanities Center?
6 February 2014
Jennifer Schaffner, Ricky Erway
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Starting the Conversation: University-wide Research Data Management Policy
5 December 2013
Ricky Erway
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Thresholds for Discovery: EAD Tag Analysis in ArchiveGrid, and Implications for Discovery Systems
14 October 2013
Marc Bron, Merrilee Proffitt, Bruce Washburn
The paper analyzes a large collection of over 120,000 Encoded Archival Description (EAD) documents within the ArchiveGrid discovery system. It evaluates how well these documents support online discovery and establishes criteria for completeness and consistency. The study reveals that while the EAD standard and encoding practices have limitations for comprehensive online discovery, emerging trends, such as updates to the EAD standard and the use of new encoding tools, offer promising improvements for the future.