Tag Archives: Rare Books

Digital Preservation: What Libraries Need to Know – 1 LEU

January 31, 2023Reference/ResearchAcademic Libraries, Archives, Digitization, General LEU, History, Indiana, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Reference, Reference/Research, ResearchPaula Newcom

When digitizing materials from your library, preservation is just as important as access. In this presentation from representatives of Indiana Digital Preservation, or InDiPres, you will learn what digital preservation entails, including the processes that InDiPres uses to prepare and include content into its preservation network, and how this practice is essential to any library’s digital initiatives plan.

Date Recorded: 1/25/2023

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Justin Clark, Digital Initiatives Director / Indiana Historical Bureau and Charla Gilbert, Director / Vincennes University and Janice Gustaferro, Metadata Librarian / Butler University

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Gobble Up Information at the Indiana State Library: An Overview of Our Public Services and Collections – 1 LEU

December 14, 2021Reference/ResearchAdult Services, Digitization, Genealogy, General LEU, History, Indiana, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Reference/Researchadministrator

Join staff of the Indiana State Library to learn about how to use the historical collections, Talking Books, and the Young Readers Center. This program may benefit librarians looking for ways to assist their patrons or researchers wanting to know more about the Indiana State Library.

Date Recorded: 11/24/21

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Indiana State Library’s Public Services Librarians – Monique Howell, Jamie Dunn, Marcia Caudell, Victoria Duncan and Laura Williams

Collection Preservation at the Indiana State Library – 1 LEU

March 2, 2021Collection ManagementArchives, Collection Management, General LEU, History, Indiana, Manuscripts, Rare Booksadministrator

The Indiana State Library holds collections that are significant and important to both the history of Indiana and also the United States. The Library’s holdings consist of a wide variety of different materials, such as maps, documents, photographs, books, paintings, and fine art. Caring for these collections is what the ISL Preservation Division is tasked with, both preventing damage from happening and repairing damage when it happens. This talk will focus on both an introduction to the field of Art Conservation and the work of the Indiana State Library Preservation Program.

Presenter: Seth Irwin, Conservator / Indiana State Library

Date Recorded: 2/24/2021

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Encounter the Past: The Indiana State Library’s Digital Collections – 1 LEU

November 1, 2018Reference/ResearchAcademic Libraries, Adult Services, Archives, Digitization, Education, General LEU, History, Indiana, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Referenceadministrator

Focused on school librarians, this webinar is an introduction to the Indiana State Library’s digital collections. It provides a basic overview of the collection and how to use them as primary source materials.

Date Recorded: 9/25/18

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenter: Chris Marshall, Digital Collections Coordinator, Indiana Division, Indiana State Library

Archival Policies, Procedures & the Record’s Life Cycle – 1 LEU

June 23, 2017Collection ManagementArchives, Collection Development, Collection Management, Manuscripts, Rare Booksadministrator

old letters In this webinar, Bethany Fiechter, Rare Books and Manuscripts Supervisor at the Indiana State Library, will highlight the importance of librarians and archivists working together to accomplish goals. Attendees will learn basic archival policies/procedures and the record’s life-cycle, a management model for North American archivists since the 1960s.