1. E lectronic L ibrary I nitiative : evolving library support of teaching with digital content Danuta A. Nitecki & Karen Reardon Yale University Library Yale Development Board November 21, 2003

2. Today’s focus What is the ELI American Digital Imaging Project? What do our faculty say about it? What have we learned thus far? Want to take a look?

3. What do we explore through ELI? Software Digital Image Collections Copyright Instruction Services Assessment

4. What are we doing? Talking with the faculty Convening teams of experts to support each course Creating digital materials and tools to use them Assessing impact on teaching, learning and library services

5. What about the Faculty involve? John Faragher Jonathan Holloway Barbara Stuart Kariann Yokota Dolores Hayden Hazel Carby Douglas Rae & Cynthia Farrar Deborah Thomas Amy Hungerford

6. What have we learned thus far? For Faculty teaching: Stimulates new thinking Saves time to gather dispersed sources Requires time to develop new courses Poses demands for equipment For Student learning: Extends study outside the classroom Motivates organized & critical thought Builds confidence to seek original resources

7. What we have learned for future library services? Demand exists for the Library to build digital content & help faculty & students use it effectively Role for the Library evolves to build more partnerships across campus Technical solutions are still evolving There is a lot to learn

8. Want to take a look? ELI Web Site: http://www.library.yale.edu/eli http://www.library.yale.edu/eli Historical New Haven Digital Collection African-American Studies Digital Collection Women: Gender, Race & Sexuality

9. Please continue our discussion…. Danuta A. Nitecki danuta.nitecki@yale.edu Karen Reardon karen.reardon@yale.edu