2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries
Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/2249.1/82126
Browse
Browsing 2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries by Subject "access"
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Results Per Page
Sort Options
Item The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Papers: Providing Access to Records of an Under-documented(2017-05-24) Cobourn, Alston Brake; Texas A&M University-Corpus ChristiI propose a 7 minute presentation on a project undertaken by TAMU-CC to bring awareness and provide increased access to an important collection, the Dr. Hector P. Garcia papers, which documents his work with and life as a part of the historically under-documented Mexican-American community in South Texas. I will discuss how Special Collections and Archives worked with History Associates to guide their processing of the 600 linear foot collection and creation of a focused Omeka-based digital exhibit. The library also worked with the campus Marketing and Communications & Public Affairs departments to spread the word about the online exhibit through articles on the school website and press releases. We plan to add more access by ingesting all of the digitized items to TAMU-CC's TDL DSpace repository and linking to this content in the collection’s online finding aid. We plan to build upon the excitement this project has generated by next addressing the papers of his sister, Dr. Clotilde P. Garcia, who was also a Corpus Christi doctor and social activist. I am currently developing a processing plan for her 107 linear foot collection and plan to build a focused digital exhibit after I complete processing. We hope to again utilize the TDL to expand digital access.Item The Truth of the Story Lies in the Details: Challenges of Providing Context in the Born Digital Materials of Writers(2017-05-24) Adams, Abby; Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at AustinBy now, librarians and archivists are familiar with the challenges surrounding data recovery and preservation of born digital materials in archival collections but providing researchers access to such content, particularly in the papers of writers, can be a multi-faceted problem. As we know, not all legacy file formats are conducive to migration, and it is impossible to find applications to view each and every format. Conversely, many scholars want access to a creator’s works in the original environment they were generated in. Much can be discovered about an digital writing habits and computing history and what influence, if any, they had on his/her composition style. From the size of a computer screen to the sticky notes on a desktop to annotations in a word processing document, these details and more provide key contextual information that is often lost in a standard on-site access model where files are migrated to a software agnostic format and viewed on a modern day computer. As more and more researchers seek answers to these questions, answers that are much clearer with analog collection materials, what responsibilities do librarians and archivists have to gather and disseminate a creator’s computing history and digital writing habits, to collect and maintain obsolete hardware and software, to develop models for emulation and virtualization services? The presentation will address such issues using collections at the Harry Ransom Center as examples.