Special Collections
Special Collections currently incorporate traditional analog materials, digitized versions of rare items such as manuscripts and primary sources, and born-digital materials that may be useful to scholarship in the future. CNI has provided a context for the discussion of emerging trends that will help institutions innovate in this area. We also feature the use of Special Collections as resources in the curriculum and in projects where students and faculty work together with librarians on digital projects.
Recent Publications/Reports/Presentations by CNI Staff
“Machine Learning, Archives and Special Collections” (October '19)Author: Clifford A. Lynch
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Library & IT Partnerships with Campus Museums & Archives (January '17)
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“Special Collections at the Cusp of the Digital Age: A Credo” (December '09)
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“Medical Libraries, Bioinformatics, and Networked Information: A Coming Convergence?” (October '99)
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
Advancements in Digital Preservation: Spectral 3-D Reconstruction of Impressionist Oil Paintings (March '20)
Yi Yang, Pennsylvania State University
Allies to End Detention Letters Collection and the Rise (and Fall?) of a Living Archive (March '20)
Lisa Lamont, San Diego State University
Amanda Lanthorne, San Diego State University
AMP Project Update: Leveraging Machine Learning and Human Expertise for AV Collections Access (March '20)
Jon W. Dunn, Indiana University
Shawn Averkamp, AVP
Building and Using Collections as Data: Using Machine Learning to Identify Jim Crow Laws (March '20)
Amanda Henley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lorin Bruckner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kimber Thomas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
But Where Can I Find It?: A Look at the Collaborative Evolution of Access to IIT’s TechNews (March '20)
Kristen Weischedel, Illinois Institute of Technology
Tim Fluhr, Illinois Institute of Technology
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Recent Videos
3D Scanning and Augmented Reality as a Method to Deliver and Promote Digital Collections in Libraries & Museums (April '19)Chad Hutchens, University of Wyoming
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From Talking to Action: Fostering Deep Collaboration Between University Libraries, Museums, and IT (December '18)
Susan Gibbons, Yale University
Louis King, Yale University
Michael Appleby, Yale University
Dale Hendrickson, Yale University View more information
The Digital Library of Medieval Manuscripts: New Directions in Scholarship (March '18)
Tamsyn Mahoney-Steel, Johns Hopkins University View more information
Heard of DevOps? Find Out How this Methodology Can Accelerate Your Ability to Launch New and More Engaging Library/Museum Exhibitions (March '18)
Carl Grant, University of Oklahoma
Twila Camp, University of Oklahoma View more information
Neural Networks: Machine Vision for the Visual Archive (March '18)
Peter Leonard, Yale University View more information
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Recent Podcasts
Facing Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation: The Research Library’s Role and Georgetown University’s Experience (December '17) K. Matthew Dames, Georgetown UniversityMelissa Levine, University of Michigan View more information
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