1. Exposing Hidden Collections in Libraries and Archives to which is added Emerging Trends in Library Digital Collections Trevor James Bond, Interim Head Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

3. What are Hidden Collections? 1998 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey of 99 Special Collections Departments – 15% of printed volumes – 27% of manuscripts – 35% of video – 37% of audio

5. Hidden Collections These numbers paint a picture, but departments and their ratios of processed to unprocessed collections vary dramatically Sometimes collections are “hidden” by very minimal descriptions

9. What are processed collections? For books, item-level cataloging This cataloging can very greatly in detail WorldCat local

10. What are processed collections? For manuscripts, University Archives, some collections of ephemera, audio and video collections, processing involves: – Appraising – Accessioning – Processing (organizing, repacking, describing, finding aids, MARC records, HTML/EAD encoding, digitizing) – Collection-level vs. item-level

12. The Glories of Special Collections Unique collections that distinguish libraries from one another Collections are often ripe for innovative digital projects, exhibit, tours, etc. In a digital world artifacts become more important

17. New Developments at the NWDA

21. NWDA RSS feeds

22. Use data from the NWDA

25. User Driven Digital Collections

30. Institutional Repositories

36. NWDA meta search

37. Beyond CONTENTdm

38. Protocols for Native American Archives

39. Plateau Peoples’ Portal

42. Commentary

45. Video

46. Links NWDA: http://nwda.wsulibs.wsu.edu/ Best of OSU Archives: http://digitalcollections.library.oregonstate.edu/c dm4/client/archives/index.html http://digitalcollections.library.oregonstate.edu/c dm4/client/archives/index.html Plateau Peoples’ Web Portal : http://libarts.wsu.edu/plateaucenter/portal/html /ppp/index.php http://libarts.wsu.edu/plateaucenter/portal/html /ppp/index.php MASC Conservation: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/video /preservation_grant.html http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/video /preservation_grant.html