Part of a presentation I gave to EDSC 225:

1. PRIMARY SOURCE LEARNING THROUGH DIGITAL LIBRARIES Robin M. Katz, Library Assistant Professor

2. PRIMARY SOURCES DEFINITIONS Firsthand evidence Created by participants, witnesses Require critical examination UCLA Institute on Primary Resources, http://ipr.ues.gseis.ucla.edu/info/definition.html

3. CULTURAL REPOSITORIES EXAMPLES Libraries Archives Museums Historical Societies

5. Curation

6. Preservation, Security

7. Description, Arrangement, Organization

9. Travel

10. Space, facilities

13. 1994 Digital Library Initiative (NSF, NASA)

14. 1990s “Boutique projects”

15. 2000s More systematic, sustainableFox, Edward A. Digital Libraries Overview. http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~h3004fox/Overview.htm Li, Bin. The History of Digital Libraries. http://www.ils.unc.edu/~lib/digital-library.html http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/1-b:_History_of_digital_libraries,_and_library_automation

16. DIGITAL LIBRARIES SOME OF MY FAVORITES British Library http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/index.html Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/digitallibrary/

17. DIGITAL LIBRARIES OTHERS OF INTEREST TO THIS COURSE Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Center for History and New Media http://chnm.gmu.edu/teaching-and-learning/

18. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT http://cdi.uvm.edu