1. UF Digital Collections, Curated Collections, and Collaborative Opportunities
Hi, I’m Laurie Taylor, the DH librarian.
Welcome to the Smathers Library. This was formerly known as Library East and was once the main library on campus. It now holds Special Collections. In a few minutes, we’ll go upstairs to see the Reading Room where you can request Special Collections materials for in-room only use.
The UF Libraries have also sought to digitize special and other unique materials whenever resources allow. The libraries have continuously sought to add complementary services and opportunities to the digital resources to better support the role of the libraries in collaborating with researchers and to best support changes in how research is done and what research means.
UF Digital Collections

2.
This shows the homepage for the UF Digital Collections or UFDC. On one level, UFDC is like any other library resource, if that resource is amazing.
UFDC includes over 500 digital collections, over 7.9 million pages of unique manuscripts and letters, antique maps, rare children's literature books, theses and dissertations, newspapers, historic photographs, oral histories, data sets, and more. Many of the materials are from the holdings in this building.

3. One of the collections is the Florida Digital Newspaper Library
One of the collections is the Florida Digital Newspaper Library. UF supports this statewide program, which developed from the PK Yonge Library collection and its history of preserving and providing access to local Florida newspapers.

4. Another collection is the African Studies Digital Collection which includes many African art objects from the Harn Museum.

5. Advanced Technical Features & Infrastructure
Semantic + full text search
Facets for results
Browse by all items, new items, map browses
All files (A/V, image, data sets, PDF…)
Multiple views (Citation, zoomable, page turner, thumbnail, artifact, download…)
All of the collections benefit from advanced technical features and infrastructure.
Full text and semantic searching, faceted search results, browses for all items, new items, and by map
All files are supported;
Item level views to best support using all types of materials 5

6. Contributing Institutions
Partners
&
Contributing Institutions
(as of April 2011)
Archives Nationales d’Haïti
Caribbean Studies Association
Flagler College
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Florida International University
Florida Museum of Natural History
Florida State House of Representatives
Florida State University
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
History Miami
Jacksonville Public Library
Matheson Museum
National Library of Jamaica
Panama Canal Museum
Universidad de Oriente (Venezuela)
University of Miami
UFDC is so much more than the technology or the stuff already online.
UF’s sheer size and scale demands a great deal. UF has leveraged that capacity to support others as well, serving as the technical infrastructure partner for over 90 other institutions.
This slide shows a list of our partners. There are always new partners, so this is always out of date. The list shows academic institutions, scholarly societies, NGOs, GLAMS (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums), publishers, governmental agencies, and more. 6

7. www.dloc.com A cooperative digital library for
OF THE
CARIBBEAN
BIBLIOTECA
DEL CARIBE
BIBLIOTHÈQUE
NUMÉRIQUE
DES CARAÏBES
This slide shows the Digital Library of the Caribbean (or dLOC), for which UF is the technical partner. dLOC is a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean, providing access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials.
dLOC is possible because of advanced technology, strong policies, and strong long-term relationships. For policy, partners retain all rights to their materials and simply grant permissions to allow for access and preservation. UF and some of the dLOC partners have been supporting access and preservation in the same manner for over 80 years, just changing the technology from paper, microfilm, and digital.
These relationships and similar connections are critically important.
The UF Libraries are a connecting node, leveraging technology and our partnerships in service of scholarly needs and creating new collaborative opportunities.
A cooperative digital library for
resources from and about the
Caribbean and circum-Caribbean.

8. Tools and Collaborative Opportunities
myUFDC / myDLOC
Submit items for permanent preservation and access
Opportunities
Internships
Class projects
Exhibits
Grant-related activities
Unearthing St. Augustine
Vodou Archive
Jewish Floridian
Collaborative connections
Across UF and with US and
international partners
We also have tools. The user tools, which you can access right now with your Gatorlinks allow you to submit items for permanent access and preservation.
The libraries also offer many opportunities. Clearly, you can interact with materials in traditional ways and UF’s online resources from Special Collections are amazing. Many students have also done internships and projects with the libraries.
We also help by referring to others on campus like the Museum Studies Program, the Oral History Program, and others. 8

9. UF Digital Collections, Curated Collections, and Collaborative Opportunities
Hi, I’m Laurie Taylor, the DH librarian.
Welcome to the Smathers Library. This was formerly known as Library East and was once the main library on campus. It now holds Special Collections. In a few minutes, we’ll go upstairs to see the Reading Room where you can request Special Collections materials for in-room only use.
The UF Libraries have also sought to digitize special and other unique materials whenever resources allow. The libraries have continuously sought to add complementary services and opportunities to the digital resources to better support the role of the libraries in collaborating with researchers and to best support changes in how research is done and what research means.
UF Digital Collections