Speaker: Jennifer Ward, University of Washington Libraries Jennifer started by showing a YouTube video, “Finding Time in the Penn State Libraries,” to illustrate the problems searchers have when looking for material through library catalogs. I was amused when I looked for the video that another librarian has posted a video response, “Finding Time Magazine […]
Author: Danielle Plumer
Real-World Metadata Management
Speaker: Mark Phillips, University of North Texas Mark discussed the experienced he has had as manager of the Digital Projects Unit at the University of North Texas Libraries. Their projects include the Portal to Texas History, a multi-institutional repository of approximately 20,000 items relating to Texas History; the CyberCemetery, a collection of websites from […]
LITA Keynote Session: "Save America's Treasures"
“Save America’s Treasures: Preservation of Rare Acetate and Vinyl Recording Transcriptions” Speaker: Dr. John Rumble, Senior Historian Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (operated by the non-profit Country Music Foundation) Dr. Rumble spoke about the history of the CMHFM, which opened in 1967. It new location opened in 2001, and the Bob Pinson Recorded […]