DLF Forum 2017

Presentations
 
IDEP: UCLA Library is Reframing How We Engage with International Collecting
Rosalie Lack
UCLA Library, United States of America
 
This presentation provides an overview of how UCLA Library’s IDEP project uses a post-custodial collecting model to meet today’s international collecting demands. In addition to sharing challenges and opportunities, the session will provide a forum for discussing how others are addressing the evolving nature of international collecting. 
 
 
A Preservation Partnership for Hebraica Collections
Robin Pike
University of Maryland Libraries, United States of America
 
The University of Maryland Libraries holds approximately 100,000 Hebrew and Yiddish monographs, serials, and other resources. This presentation will discuss the four-year collaborative partnership between Libraries departments and the Jewish Studies Department to fund, catalog, digitize, ingest, and preserve rare texts for future scholars, facilitating student access to this collection. 
 
Introduction to Spotlight for showcasing digital collections
Cathy Aster(1), Chris Beer(1), Jenn Colt(2)
1: Stanford Libraries; 2: Cornell University Library
 
Spotlight is an open source application that allows librarians, curators, and content experts to showcase and contextualize digital collections using self-service workflows. This presentation will provide a brief overview of Spotlight, followed by a roundup of community activity: who is using Spotlight, community calls, email lists and documentation venues.
 
 
Newman Numismatic Portal: Building the Currency Library
Nicole Fry
Washington University in St. Louis, United States of America
 
The Newman Numismatic Portal, dedicated to becoming the most comprehensive resource for numismatic material, has partnered with the Internet Archive to scan and deliver millions of pages of numismatic content accessible through a customized, searchable interface. Nicole Fry will describe the complexity of building a large-scale research portal.
 
 
Collections as Data: An Update
Thomas Padilla(1), Laurie Allen(2), Stewart Varner(3), Sarah Potvin(4), Elizabeth Russey Roke(5), Hannah Frost(6)
1: University of California Santa Barbara, United States of America; 2: University of Pennsylvania; 3: University of Pennsylvania; 4: Texas A&M University; 5: Emory University; 6: Stanford University
 
Collections as Data is an IMLS supported effort that aims to foster approaches to developing collections that are more readily amenable to computational use by researchers, students, and more. "Collections as Data: An Update" reports on current status, future directions, and concludes with a call for participation.