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Selected Works of Daniel G. Kipnis
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Transcribing and Digitizing Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Letters for a Historical Digital Repository
Medical Reference Services Quarterly (2014)
  • Emily S. Dunster, Thomas Jefferson University
  • Daniel Kipnis, Rowan University
  • F. Michael Angelo, MA, Thomas Jefferson University
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Abstract
In fall 2011, the Scott Memorial Library purchased 53 letters belonging to an 1841 graduate of Jefferson Medical College, John Plimpton Green. The library staff transcribed and digitized the letters, creating an online collection in the university's institutional repository, Jefferson Digital Commons. This article will detail the process of transcribing and digitizing the collection along with sharing statistics and the benefits of this project to global researchers.
Keywords
  • Digitization,
  • historical collections,
  • institutional repositories,
  • Jefferson Digital Commons,
  • John Plimpton Green,
  • special collections,
  • Thomas Jefferson University archives
Disciplines
Publication Date
July 14, 2014
DOI
10.1080/02763869.2014.925671
Citation Information
Emily S. Dunster, Daniel Kipnis and F. Michael Angelo, MA. "Transcribing and Digitizing Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Letters for a Historical Digital Repository" Medical Reference Services Quarterly Vol. 33 Iss. 3 (2014) p. 278 - 282 ISSN: 0276-3869
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/daniel-kipnis/12/