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Panel 2. Future of Tools
Nykanen, Melissa; Ast, Ellen; Pauley, Benjamin; McLoone, Juli
Date:
2012-06
Abstract:
“The Discovery Channel: Lessons Learned from Rebuilding OCLC’s ArchiveGrid” by Ellen Ast; “Redesigning the English Short Title Catalogue as a 21st Century Research Tool: A Summary of Work to Date” by Benjamin Pauley; “Outreach in the Blogosphere: A Survey of Special Collections in the U.S. and Canada” by Juli McLoone
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"Moderator: Melissa Nykanen, Pepperdine University; “The Discovery Channel: Lessons Learned from Rebuilding OCLC’s ArchiveGrid” by Ellen Ast, OCLC Research
As part of the process of rebuilding ArchiveGrid in OCLC Research, we looked back on the findings of past OCLC user studies and evaluated the results of other recent similar efforts, to update and test the validity of answers to our initial questions: Who are researchers that use archival collections? What resources do they use, and how do they search online? What do researchers want to know from the search? Along with a review of research and findings, OCLC Research’s Ellen Ast will present a discussion of what changes among users and technology mean for ArchiveGrid and its role in the future of primary source discovery.; “Redesigning the English Short Title Catalogue as a 21st Century Research Tool: A Summary of Work to Date”
by Benjamin Pauley, Eastern Connecticut State University
The English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), a bibliography and union catalog of everything printed in English before 1800, is in the midst of a Mellon-funded effort to redesign the project to allow for, among other things, user curation of bibliographical data, data linking to other projects, and full text searching of openly-accessible digitized works. This paper will summarize our proposals for transforming the ESTC into a 21st century research tool and discuss the challenges and potential benefits we’ve encountered while rethinking how to make an established online bibliography more interactive and dynamic.; “Outreach in the Blogosphere: A Survey of Special Collections in the U.S. and Canada” by Juli McLoone, University of Texas at San Antonio
Blogs are becoming an increasingly important means by which special collections and archives reach potential users. This study, co-authored by Sean Heyliger, Nikki Lynn Thomas, and Ms. McLoone, seeks to provide an overview of how institutions are utilizing blogs for outreach by gathering summary data on publishers, readers, and content through a survey of the U.S. and Canada. The survey includes data on the institutional demographics of special collections departments that publish blogs, their content and goals, and self-reported readership statistics. Survey data is supplemented by an examination of scope, style, format, and topic in a cross-section of representative blogs."
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