Migratory Patterns in IRs: CONTENTdm, Digital Commons and Flying the Coop

Authors

Elizabeth Chance, Fort Hays State University
Michele Gibney, University of the Pacific
Kristin Laughtin-Dunker, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

4-24-2018

Abstract

What is the importance of institutional history and special collections in a digital environment? Should these pieces of history have their own digital platform or be merged with the institutional repository? What role do repositories play in the institutional environment? What impact do digital historical collections have on the stakeholder contingent as well as the global community? The speakers will discuss the rationale behind migrating collections from CONTENTdm to institutional repositories (all using bepress’s Digital Commons platform). Reasons range from subscription costs to file format concerns to increased search optimization. The migratory act will be covered in terms of method used (Excel spreadsheets, bepress add-on service, and manual) along with suggestions and lessons learned. Comparisons in usage statistics between CONTENTdm and Digital Commons demonstrating increased access to collections will also be discussed. Ultimately, the speakers hope to engage in a dialogue on the initial questions of this abstract.

Comments

Presented at the 2018 Digital Initiatives Symposium at the University of San Diego.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Chance, E., Gibney, M.,& Laughtin-Dunker, K. (2018). Migratory patterns in IRs: CONTENTdm, Digital Commons and flying the coop. Presentation at the Digital Initiatives Symposium, San Diego, CA.