Cheryl D. Walters Copyright (c) 2011 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters Recent documents in Cheryl D. Walters en-us Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:34:45 PST 3600 Thermal-Transfer Printing: A Better Way to Print Library Labels http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/25 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/25 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:42:35 PST Thermal-transfer printing, a technology borrowed from the manufacturing sector, offers libraries a flexible method for printing durable, accurate, legible, and attractive labels that reliably adhere to most book surfaces. When guided by an electronic program customized to meet a library’s particular needs, a thermal-transfer printing system offers virtually limitless variations in font, format, and functionality. It can print labels directly from the online catalog, thereby guaranteeing that call numbers on labels match what patrons see in the catalog. This article explains thermal-transfer printing and how it compares with other printing technologies, briefly explores applications in both the manufacturing and library environments, and describes in detail how Utah State University Libraries and a few other libraries use it to improve the accuracy, appearance, and durability of their spine labels.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters Cataloging Utah Manuscripts Association Encoded Archival Description Best Practice Guidelines, version 1.2 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/24 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/24 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:17:14 PDT Best Practice Guidelines created for participants in the Utah Manuscripts Association EAD Project funded by a LSTA grant in 2007/2008

]]> Cheryl D. Walters et al. Metadata EAD Metadata Standards for Digital Records: Helping the Public Find the Records They Need http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/23 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/23 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:51:23 PDT Presentation explains how metadata and metadata standards can be used by records managers to make digital records more discoverable and easily accessible by their intended audience, in this case, the general public.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters et al. Metadata Digital collections Records Management Western States Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices, version 1.2 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/22 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/22 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:53:45 PDT Funded by a grant awarded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in the fall of 2001, the University of Denver (Denver, Colorado) spearheaded a multi-state collaborative initiative to create a virtual collection of widely dispersed digital resources on the topic, Western trails. As part of this initiative, 23 institutions in four Western states were awarded mini-grants to create digital content and metadata for resources related to Western trails. In addition to creation of a virtual collection of digital resources, another significant component of this multi-state initiative was development of a set of Dublin-Core based best practices by representatives from cultural heritage institutions beyond the original four participating states. Accordingly, in March 2002, 18 representatives from eight Western states met in Denver, Colorado to begin exploring issues associated with application of Dublin Core to digital objects by cultural heritage institutions. This group, the Western States Digital Standards Group (WSDSG) Metadata Working Group, formed two task forces to develop guidelines for the Dublin Core metadata. The WSDSG Metadata Working Group met again in Topeka, Kansas in July 2002 to finalize the guidelines and determine the remaining components of a best practices document. In November 2002 the resultant WSDSG Guidelines for the Dublin Core Elements were posted on the Colorado Digitization Program (CDP) and the Western Trails project website. In January 2003, the WSDSG Best Practices document will be released. This Best Practices document is based upon and supercedes the CDP’s General Guidelines for Descriptive Metadata Creation and Metadata.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters et al. Metadata Digital collections Mountain West Digital Library Dublin Core Application Profile, Version 2.0 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/21 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/21 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:57:49 PDT Originally created by the Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) Metadata Working Group in 2009/10 and revised in July 2011, this profile supersedes the Metadata Guidelines for the Mountain West Digital Library (2006). It is intended to guide the creation of new metadata (i.e., created after June 1, 2010) by members and contributing partners of the MWDL.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters et al. Metadata Digital collections OAI Dublin Core Mormon History Materials: Utah State University Special Collections & Archives http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/20 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/20 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:51:38 PDT The slideshow was created for the Mormon History Conference held in St. George, Utah May 26-29, 2011 at the request of Bradford Cole, Associate Director for Special Collections and Archives. I created the slideshow; he hosted it and answered questions on site.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters Digital collections Primary sources Teaching Use of Digital Primary Sources for K-12 Settings http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/19 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/19 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:31:47 PDT This paper describes learning outcomes of a three-day workshop on integrating primary sources into K-12 teaching. The short curriculum — intended for teams of teachers and school librarians — combined visits to a museum and a library's special collections with an introduction to significant national and local digital collections of primary sources. The paper draws on focus group data, reflection papers, and a conference presentation by the workshop participants as well as curricular artifacts presented to the workshop instructors. Using their workshop experience, teachers integrated digitized primary sources into their curricula thereby creating quality instructional content that engaged students' interest. School librarians and teachers worked together during the workshop, establishing a model for future collaboration. They were exposed to readily accessible digital sources they can draw upon for scholastic projects and lifelong learning. Primary source sets created by workshop participants were added to local and national educational websites for others to use.

]]> Anne R. Diekema et al. Dublin Core Application Profiles and the OCLC Digital Gateway: New Tools for Improving Discoverability of Digital Collections http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/18 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/18 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:39:30 PDT Discusses how some new tools such as Dublin Core application profiles and the OCLC Digital Collection Gateway can improve discoverability of digital collections.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters et al. Cataloging Metadata Digital collections Dublin Core Resource Discoverability at the Crossroads http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/17 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/17 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:26:05 PDT The Internet is changing how people find and use information. Users increasingly are discovering relevant resources outside traditional library systems and expect immediate access to resources at the point of discovery. These changes are challenging traditional thinking on how we should "catalog" and provide access to resources.

Panel discussion engaged the audience in a lively discussion of discoverability, trends in user information seeking behavior, the role of librarians in information seeking and finding, and implications for library system design.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters et al. Cataloging Tools for Using and Organizing Online Resources to Enhance Reference and Instruction http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/16 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/16 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:18:38 PDT Demonstrates free tools for tracking, organizing, and repurposing digital resources for incorporation into libguides, powerpoint presentations, and other instructional aids. Tools included: Library of Congress Annotated Resource Set, Instructional Architect, fishbone charts, and timelines.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters et al. Digital collections Primary sources Reaping a Rich Harvest from CONTENTdm: Using Primo and a Dublin Core Application Profile http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/15 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/15 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:08:31 PDT Explains how Mountain West Digital LIbrary (mwdl.org) is using a new discovery platform (Primo) in tandem with a new Dublin Core Application Profile to improve search and display of digital objects. The Mountain West Digital Library is a central search portal for digital collections about the Mountain West region. It provides free access to over 300,000 resources in 350 collections from universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies in Utah, Nevada, and other parts of the U.S. West.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters et al. Metadata Digital collections OAI DigitalCommons@USU: Opening USU Scholarship to All http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/14 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/14 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:47:58 PDT Presentation introducing USU Library's new Institutional Repository

]]> Cheryl D. Walters Institutional repositories Welcome to Utah State University’s Digital Library! http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/13 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/13 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:36:16 PDT Digital exhibit introducing Utah State University Library's new Digital Library in 2005

]]> Cheryl D. Walters Digital collections Primary sources Sneak preview: Bear River Watershed Historical Digital Collection http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/12 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/12 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:22:21 PDT Provides early look at a new digital collection assembling image and text resources about the Bear River Watershed in Utah and Idaho.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters et al. Digital collections Primary sources Bear River Watershed Historical Digital Collection http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/11 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/11 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:14:00 PDT This presentation to the Bear River Water Commission introduced a new digital collection of images and text resources about the Bear River Watershed in Utah and Idaho.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters et al. Digital collections Primary sources Mountain West Digital Library Dublin Core Application Profile http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/10 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/10 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:39:13 PDT This Dublin Core application profile supersedes the Metadata Guidelines for the Mountain West Digital Library (2006). It is intended to guide the creation of new metadata (i.e., created after June 1, 2010) by members and contributing partners of the MWDL. The Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) provides a portal (http://mwdl.org) to digital resources in universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, government agencies, and other entities in Utah, Nevada, and other parts of the U.S. West.

Cheryl Walters served as Chair of the Metadata Task Force that wrote this profile.

]]> Utah Academic Library Consortium. Digitization Committee. Metadata Task Force et al. Metadata Digital collections OAI Tapping Utah's Scholarly Works http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/9 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/9 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:56:01 PST Academic institutions in Utah talk about the institutional repositories (IRs) they have created to provide open access to the intellectual output of their university faculty, staff, and students. Covers platforms (Dspace, CONTENTdm, & Digital Commons), copyright, faculty outreach, collaboration on a statewide IR portal, etc.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters et al. Institutional repositories Using Digital Primary Sources for Teaching K-12 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/8 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/8 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:32:33 PST This presentation was the first in a series of three exploring how digitized primary materials being used in educational settings and classroom teaching. It highlights a Utah training program for teachers that encourages integration of digitized primary sources into K-12 teaching.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters et al. Digital collections Sharing Your Finding Aids in CONTENTdm: Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Files in Mountain West Digital Library http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/7 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/7 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:21:23 PST Six libraries and archives from the Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) consortium are using CONTENTdm to open up access to their Special Collections materials via Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids. A custom script extracts 35 fields from a set of finding aids in XML and creates a tab-delimited spreadsheet for uploading them into CONTENTdm using the multiple file import option. Inside the CDM collections, thumbnails and XSLT stylesheets customize displays of finding aids for each library or archive. Automatic "x-links" within the finding aids connect to digitized photographs, correspondence, and other archival materials, where available. A central interface on the mwdl.org website allows unified searching of all of the region's finding aids. This method works in CDM 4.3 and CDM 5. The session will also review CDM 5's new built finding aid import functionality and discuss possible future directions for handling finding aids in CDM.

]]> Cheryl D. Walters et al. Metadata Digital collections EAD Logan Historical Newspaper Transcription Project http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/6 http://works.bepress.com/cheryl_walters/6 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:59:46 PST Presentation given to summer citizens' group in Logan, Utah to tell them about the Logan Historical Newspaper Transcription Project and recruit volunteer transcribers. This project entails manually correcting computer-generated transcriptions to improve discoverability of the full-text digitized versions of the predecessor to today's Herald Journal. Before becoming today's Herald Journal, Logan's newspaper had four different titles: Logan Leader (1879-1882), Utah Journal (1882-1889), Logan Journal (1889-1891), and Journal (1892-1931). This digitized collection begins in 1879 with the Logan Leader and ends in 1898 with the Journal.

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