1. Out of the Box:
How the Rayfield Archives Uses Technology to Bring ISU's History to the Classroom

2. 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
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3. 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
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4. 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
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5. 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
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6. 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
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7. Other Online Resources
History book series
Photographs
ISU Historical Video Series
Archives Finding Aids Database
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8. Sneak Peak!! https://videttearchive.ilstu.edu/
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9. 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
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10. Archives Tablet Similar to Aura Other templates
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11. We Also Have a Book! Local retailers Barnes and Noble Amazon
ArcadiaPublishing.com
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12. April Karlene Anderson
Contact
April Karlene Anderson
University Archivist
(309)
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