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Enhancing Discoverability: How to describe DigitalCommons content for harvest into cultural heritage institutions
Digital Commons South Eastern User Group, Winthrop University, SC
  • Andrew Wesolek, Clemson University
  • Joshua Morgan, Clemson University
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
6-1-2015
Abstract

Both institutional repositories and cultural heritage institutions have broadly defined collection development policies. As such, many collections could appropriately reside in both. However, at many institutions digital libraries that support cultural heritage collections are often supported by CONTENTdm, while institutional repository initiatives are supported by another platform--in Clemson's case, DigitalCommons. Librarians at Clemson University identified several key collections that fit both the scope of its institutional repository and digital library. In order to leverage the "google-ability" of the institutional repository with the discoverability that comes with inclusion in the DPLA, we embarked on a process to describe our collection and work with the South Carolina Digital Library to have a pilot collection harvested from Digital Commons to SCDL and DPLA. This presentation will walk through that process and show how others can have their collections harvested as well.

Citation Information
Andrew Wesolek and Joshua Morgan. "Enhancing Discoverability: How to describe DigitalCommons content for harvest into cultural heritage institutions" Digital Commons South Eastern User Group, Winthrop University, SC (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joshua_morgan/6/