Webinar Wrap-Up: Discover how Skidmore College amplifies its special collections

Watch the recording, read audience questions, and learn more about sharing your own institution's collection on JSTOR

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Posted on April 9, 2024 in Blog

On March 14th, Bruce Heterick, Senior Vice President of Open Collections & Infrastructure at JSTOR, part of nonprofit ITHAKA, and David Seiler, Head of Digital Projects and Collections at Skidmore College, presented on Skidmore’s partnership with JSTOR to widely and openly share its collections. This one-hour webinar, Academic insights: Discover how Skidmore College amplifies its special collections, provided background on the partnership and Skidmore’s collection management journey, including its transition to digitizing materials. Bruce shared his expertise on the inspiration behind JSTOR’s intent to platform and support institutions’ open collections globally and its discovery and reach thus far. David also discussed the long-term digital preservation of Skidmore’s materials, with Bruce displaying Skidmore’s increased usage and reach on the JSTOR platform and a behind-the-scenes look at JSTOR’s analytics.

It was an informative discussion that generated plenty of insightful questions and comments from our audience. You can watch the webinar in its entirety on YouTube, and read the live audience Q&A. We’ve included links to both below. Thank you to Bruce and David for taking the time to present on this topic! Learn more about sharing your collections on JSTOR.

Witness how Skidmore College’s special collections transcend paywalls, granting researchers open access to primary source materials alongside relevant scholarly content.

Audience Q&A with Bruce Heterick and David Seiler

• Can you explain the rational for having Skidmore’s collection spread about multiple platforms rather than just one? [48:38]
• Can you tell us more about JSTOR’s work with research assistants and large language models (LLMs)? Do schools have the option to opt out of including local collections for the LLM? [49:37]
• How does Skidmore deal with born digital objects as it relates to access and presentation? [50:58]
• What are the metadata standards for JSTOR? How is metadata entered? [52:07]
• Does JSTOR have integration with EBSCO Discovery Service or with ArchivesSpace? [54:38]
• Is there integration with Omeka, Digital Commons, or DPLA? [55:33]
• How could institutions network digital collection or share resources on JSTOR? [56:51]
• If you have a book in a special collection and a PDF of that book already exists in an open access collection through Internet Archive or Google, does Skidmore still digitize that material? [58:43]

Resource List

• Learn more about JSTOR’s special collections platform
• Johns Hopkins collections on the JSTOR platform
• Demos and background information on the JSTOR platform
• Success Story: How Southwestern partnered with JSTOR to amplify its special collections

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