Welcome to CLIR’s 2022 events! Browse our conference program below, and learn more about our events on our website. If you have any questions, email us at forum@diglib.org. Thanks! -Team CLIR/DLF
NOTE: "The Ruth Finley Collection" has been withdrawn by the presenters.
WITHDRAWN - Presentation 1
The Ruth Finley Collection: Critical Cataloging, Countering Dominant Narratives, Methods and Practice Natalie Nudell, Karen Trivette The Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, United States of America
This paper will present approaches and methods to expanding possible entry points into digitized collections by considering digital humanities and concepts of critical cataloging in the process of metadata creation, specifically within the context of “The Ruth Finley Collection: Digitizing 70 Years of the Fashion Calendar.”
Presentation 2
Fisk Forever: Digitizing Materials by and about Fisk University and Expanding Access to Digital Collections at a small, private HBCU DeLisa Minor Harris, Brandon Owens, Matthew Norwood Fisk University, United States of America
The Fisk Forever Project seeks to digitize materials from the Fiskiana Collection; spanning 1865 to 2017, yearbooks, newspapers, programs, and ledgers detailing the history of the University. The digitization of materials, some fragile, ensures accessibility to all and provides a place for unheard or forgotten voices of the University’s past.
Presentation 3
Revealing Visual Culture: Enhancing Metadata to Increase Image Discovery Skye Lacerte, Andrea Degener Washington University, United States of America
The Revealing Visual Culture project created digital images and metadata for 150,000 periodical tear sheets in the Walt Reed Illustration Archive. Presently, only 30,000 records contain fully descriptive data. In this presentation, the authors will discuss the challenges, successes, and systems created to increase accessibility.
