Digital Library and Archives Special Collections

Digital Library and Archives n Works with the university community to establish new resources and services and to preserve and provide access to unique (historical) resources. n Illustrated at

DLA staff n 4 librarians –Jan Carlton, reference librarian –Tamara Kennelly, university archivist –Gail McMillan, director –Gerri Schaad, manuscripts curator n 2 staff –Tony Atkins, programmer –Joyce Nester, library assistant –Eric Ackermann, lib. asst.--ed. leave

Electronic Journals or faculty at Virginia Tech and elsewhere including MIT Press n 20 active titles –Technology Education (6), Design Communication, Antiquities, Adolescent Literature (2), Hospitality Research; MIT: computer science, neurology, engineering n 3 titles on the way –Pesticide Safety; Science, Technology and Human Values; Computer Science (OAS) n 6 dead titles

Electronic Reserve n Online class materials –Reserve Desk 24/7 –___# classes –___# instructors

Electronic Theses/Dissertations n 2200 VT ETDs –Required since Jan. 1, 1997 –Library-based service Students submit directly to library server Programming, including Grad School needs Users access Archiving n Assisting (60) universities worldwide to establish similar ETD procedures

VT ImageBase n 1996/97: Art History course slides n 1997/ /99: VIVA support to digitize unique, historical, regional materials –N&W photographic archives –As requested by users n 1999/2000 –Civil War (Wallace Foundation) –As requested by users –Arts Inventory?

Special Collections n Rare Books n Manuscript Collections n University Archives n Available to the public through the Reading Room: Monday-Friday, 10 am- 4:30 pm

Rare Books at Virginia Tech n Our definition n Policies

Manuscript Collections n Define n describe

University Archives n Define n describe

DLA in the ACITC n Staff –3 librarians, programmer n Servers n Students –Digital projects: ejournals, scanning historical materials for preservation and access