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March 16–19, 2014

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Bringing Digital Collections Into the Fold: Reorganizing to Integrate Digital Content Workflows into Collections & Tech Services

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 9:50 AM–10:35 AM CDT

Salon D/E

Conference Track

3. Organizational Strategies

Keywords

digital collections, re-organization

Learning Objectives

Identify flexible organizational structures to support digital collections.
Learn methods and mechanisms for utilizing existing staff and their expertise for the creation, management, preservation, publication, and access of digital content.
Learn methods for integrating digital collections into existing library workflows, collections, and services.

Abstract

This past year, JMU reorganized to launch a Digital Collections program under Collections and Technical Services. This non-traditional placement involved hiring a Digital Collections and Metadata Librarian, and restructuring existing roles. The result has been an innovative configuration that encourages collaboration and provides for the digital collections needs of campus.