{"id":2030,"date":"2016-02-29T11:12:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T15:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2016-02-29T11:18:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T15:18:01","slug":"umb-digital-archive-capturing-umbs-virtual-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=2030","title":{"rendered":"UMB Digital Archive:  Capturing UMB&#8217;s Virtual Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UMB Digital Archive, a service of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS\/HSL) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), isn\u2019t just about digitizing old books. It also supports collaboration and the building of a legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Collaboration is among UMB&#8217;s core values.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen the benefit of the digital archive,\u201d said Shannon Tucker, MS, CPHIMS, assistant dean of instructional technology at the School of Pharmacy. \u201cHaving poster presentations entered into the digital archive in advance of conferences allows for greater collaboration between faculty, as well as increasing the visibility of the content in an enduring way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2033\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sop-poster-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"sop poster\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sop-poster-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sop-poster.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font: italic 13.5px\/16.2px 'times new roman', times, georgia, serif; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #f8f8f8; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">The UMB Digital Archive includes a poster from the School of Pharmacy prepared for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy annual meeting in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Scholarly output that might otherwise be hidden comes to light in the archive. Posters, presentations, reports, and similar materials \u2014 whether in print (scanned in) or born digital \u2014 are ideal resources for deposit.<\/p>\n<p>Each submission to the archive is assigned a citable, unique, and permanent URL and description. Scholars can share URLs of their work with colleagues or include them on their CVs.<\/p>\n<p>Access to these resources is free and open through the archive.<\/p>\n<p>Items within the archive range from doctoral dissertations and course catalogs to PowerPoint slides. \u201cMost people aren\u2019t aware that the UMB Digital Archive also includes videos, oral histories, historical images, and annual reports,\u201d said Na Lin, MLS, head of resource development and sharing at HS\/HSL.<\/p>\n<p>Whether a print item is digitized or a PDF is pulled from a website, the archive is capturing and preserving the historical record of the campus.<\/p>\n<p>Many entities at the University including the schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and social work, as well as the Office of Communications and Public Affairs, and the Office of the President value the UMB Digital Archive and use it to preserve their legacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the digital age it\u2019s important to preserve print that can be scanned but it is equally important to preserve born digital information that can easily slip away,\u201d said Patricia Hinegardner, MLS, AHIP, associate director for resources at HS\/HSL. \u201cThe UMB Digital Archive will take UMB\u2019s legacy into the 22nd century.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UMB Digital Archive, a service of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS\/HSL) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), isn\u2019t just about digitizing old books. 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