Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
3-6-2023
Abstract
The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections formed a partnership with Omaha's Great Plains Black History Museum (GPBHM) to digitize a selection of their archival materials and host the collection on our Islandora instance. The partnership was designed as a pilot test for how UNO could partner with local institutions to help facilitate access to their unique holdings. We selected materials to temporarily transfer onsite for digitization last spring. We hired a student employee to arrange and describe, then begin digitizing materials relating to UNO's Department of Black Studies before expanding the scope to include additional material. All digital objects and associated metadata will be shared with the GPBHM, so we are scanning materials on our flatbed, sheet-fed document, and overhead scanners at 600PPI, as 24-bit uncompressed color TIFFS; description is at the folder level to correspond with our ArchivesSpace finding aid.
Recommended Citation
Guerra, Wendy, "Archival Collection Digitization: Great Plains Black History Museum" (2023). Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations. 163.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/crisslibfacproc/163
Comments
This was presented at the Core Digital Conversion Interest Group week, spring 2023