Preservation Services at Dartmouth College

Friday, March 17, 2017

Ten Facts from the Dartmouth Digital Collections

There are 37 digital collections in the Dartmouth Digital Collections
All collections are open access collections
All collections are available world wide
Dartmouth Digital Collections include books, films, lectures, manuscripts, typescripts, maps, music, dissertations, photographs, and posters
With few exceptions, all collections are the result of highly collaborative projects overseen by the Dartmouth Digital Library Program
Since January 2017 we have imaged 3,300 photographs for the Dartmouth Photographic Files Collection
There are over 2,000 maps in three map collections
There are over 140 compositions of Jon Appleton to listen to
Our growing collection of Dartmouth Dissertations has over 1,000 dissertations available to view and download
There are 50 open access ebook titles available for download on the Dartmouth Digital Publishing site

Written by William Ghezzi

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Contributors

Deborah Howe Is the Collections Conservator at Dartmouth College Library. She's been involved in the book community for over 20 years. She is a member of the Guild of Book Workers and teaches classes in the Book Arts program.

Ryland Ianelli Is a cartoonist and Project Specialist in the Dartmouth Preservation Services department. He graduated from Reed College with a BA in Art History in 2008 and, more recently, from the Center for Cartoon Studies with an MFA in Cartooning in 2010. In addition to his work in Preservation and the Digital Production Unit, he is currently drawing and writing for various independently published comics and anthologies.

Barb Sagraves has been head of Preservation Services since its creation in 1995. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan SLIS program, has an MA in Medieval History from Michigan State University, and a BA in History from the University of Oklahoma. In her role as department head, Barb has overall responsibility for the preservation program and policies at Dartmouth College Library and is in charge of the Book Arts Program.

Jenny Mullins has been the Digital Preservation Librarian for Dartmouth College Library since May of 2014. Prior to coming to Dartmouth, she preserved video and audio collections, helped build a digital repository and worked in book and paper conservation labs. Jenny is a member of ALA and co-chair of the Preservation Metadata Interest Group for 2015-17.