Primary Source Learning Through Digital Libraries

PRIMARY SOURCE LEARNING
THROUGH DIGITAL LIBRARIES
Robin M. Katz,
Library Assistant Professor

PRIMARY SOURCES
DEFINITIONS
Firsthand evidence
Created by participants, witnesses
Require critical examination
UCLA Institute on Primary Resources, http://ipr.ues.gseis.ucla.edu/info/definition.html

CULTURAL REPOSITORIES
EXAMPLES
Libraries
Archives
Museums
Historical Societies

ISSUES
Stewardship
Curation
Preservation, Security
Description, Arrangement, Organization
ACCESS, USE

CHALLENGES FOR K-12 USERS
Limited hours
Travel
Space, facilities
Preservation & Handling

DIGITAL LIBRARIES
DEFINITION
A digital library consists of digital objects that are selected and organized to facilitate their discovery, access, and use. Objects, metadata, and the user interface together create the user experience of a collection.
Adapted from A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections: A NISO Recommended Practice, http://www.niso.org/publications/rp/framework3.pdf

DIGITAL LIBRARIES
BRIEF HISTORY
1980s Pre-internet automation
1994 Digital Library Initiative (NSF, NASA)
1990s “Boutique projects”
2000s More systematic, sustainable
Fox, Edward A. Digital Libraries Overview. http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~h3004fox/Overview.htm
Li, Bin. The History of Digital Libraries. http://www.ils.unc.edu/~lib/digital-library.html
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/1-b:_History_of_digital_libraries,_and_library_automation

DIGITAL LIBRARIES
SOME OF MY FAVORITES
British Library
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/index.html
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/digitallibrary/

DIGITAL LIBRARIES
OTHERS OF INTEREST TO THIS COURSE
Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Center for History and New Media
http://chnm.gmu.edu/teaching-and-learning/

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
http://cdi.uvm.edu

Primary Source Learning Through Digital Libraries

by Robin M. Katz

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