Out of the Box: How the Rayfield Archives Uses Technology to Bring ISU's History to the Classroom
What is the Rayfield Archives? Collect, preserve, and make accessible the history of the university Originally started in the 1970’s Taken over by Jo Rayfield in the 1990’s I started in 2011 @ISUArchives ISUArchives @isuarchives #RedbirdHistory
Isolated Collections Located off-campus, not in Milner Library Difficult for campus community to get to Archives Grant project started in 2011 to digitize yearbooks Other university publications soon followed @ISUArchives ISUArchives @isuarchives #RedbirdHistory
library.illinoisstate.edu/services/archives/collections Yearbooks Initial grant through Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ilinois (CARLI) Yearbooks were the first university publication Housed at the Internet Archive library.illinoisstate.edu/services/archives/collections @ISUArchives ISUArchives @isuarchives #RedbirdHistory
Catalogs Next logical publication to digitize Includes demographic data, faculty info, course listings, etc Helpful for more recent graduates looking for course info Most often used to chart the changes in how a subject was taught @ISUArchives ISUArchives @isuarchives #RedbirdHistory
Governance Digitzed in-house and hosted on ISUReD One of our most used resources Researchers can track the physical changes to campus and buildings, changes to university academics and administration, and track indivudial faculty members @ISUArchives ISUArchives @isuarchives #RedbirdHistory
Other Online Resources History book series Photographs ISU Historical Video Series Archives Finding Aids Database @ISUArchives ISUArchives @isuarchives #RedbirdHistory
Sneak Peak!! https://videttearchive.ilstu.edu/ @ISUArchives ISUArchives @isuarchives #RedbirdHistory
Archives Tablet Purchased in 2015 Similar to archives research being done at the University of Texas - Austin Aura software, proprietary to Lenovo Aura software in action Software failed in October 2017 Tested and purchased Intuiface Composer @ISUArchives ISUArchives @isuarchives #RedbirdHistory
Archives Tablet Similar to Aura Other templates @ISUArchives ISUArchives @isuarchives #RedbirdHistory
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April Karlene Anderson Contact April Karlene Anderson University Archivist archives@ilstu.edu (309) 438-3546 @ISUArchives ISUArchives @isuarchives #RedbirdHistory