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Title:Digitisation at the Melville J. Herskovits library of African Studies: a consideration of processes and outcomes
Authors:Guittar, Michelle
Easterbrook, David L.ISNI
Year:2012
Periodical:African Research and Documentation (ISSN 0305-862X)
Issue:120
Pages:3-15
Language:English
Geographic terms:Africa
United States
Subjects:African studies collections
electronic resources
access to information
Abstract:Due to its comprehensive collection policy, the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) contains many materials that are not readily available at other institutions in the US, Europe or Africa. Starting in the mid-1990s, the Herskovits Library began to consider digitizing portions of its unique resources. By 2012, several digitization projects had been completed, with others in process, for formats including books, audio-tapes, maps, photographs, and posters. This paper reviews the processes that have made digital content of Herskovits Library collections accessible, providing specific examples drawn from several digitization projects leading up to the development of Northwestern's institutional repository. It also comments on examples of digital projects in which the digital format of Herskovits Library holdings are made accessible from a source other than Northwestern University. Finally, it offers examples of the impact of Herskovits Library digital projects, through both use statistics and anecdotal evidence, on research, teaching, and publishing output, and summarizes plans for future digitization. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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