Library Hi Tech: Volume 23 Issue 2

Collaborative digitization programs: a multifaceted approach to sustainability

Ken Middleton

To provide an introduction to the eight articles in the issue that deal with collaborative digitization programs.

Development of a portal to Texas history

Cathy Nelson Hartman, Dreanna Belden, Nancy K. Reis, Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, Mark Phillips, Doug Dunlop

To help information professionals learn about issues and considerations in portal building.

Meeting metadata challenges in the consortial environment: Metadata coordination for North Carolina Exploring Cultural Heritage Online

Katherine Wisser

The purpose of this article is to focus on the approaches to metadata pursued by North Carolina's Exploring Cultural Heritage Online (NC ECHO), a statewide digitization project…

Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook: creating a statewide digital library

Laurie Gemmill, Angela O'Neal

To provide a model for statewide collaborative digitization projects, based on the development of the Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook.

Educating future digitizers: The Illinois Digitization Institute's Basics and Beyond digitization training program

Amy Lynn Maroso

The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed description of the Illinois Digitization Institute's Basics and Beyond digitization training program and to describe how…

Empowerment for digitization: lessons learned from The Making of Modern Michigan

Ruth Ann Jones

The purpose of this paper is to examine the planning and implementation of a project (The Making of Modern Michigan) which was undertaken to develop a digital collection on…

Aggregating distributed digital collections in the Mountain West Digital Library with the CONTENTdmTM multi‐site server

Kenning Arlitsch, Jeff Jonsson

The purpose of this paper is to describe the creation of the Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL), a cooperative regional program distributed throughout Utah and Nevada. Its…

AlabamaMosaic: sharing Alabama history online

Sherida Downer, Sue Medina, Beth Nicol, Aaron Trehub

This paper aims to summarize a three‐year federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to create a statewide digital collection.

The Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Archive: A tri‐state online history database and learning center

Leslie Wykoff, Laurie Mercier, Trevor Bond, Alan Cornish

This paper aims to describe the three state digital archive collaboration between the Washington, Oregon, and Idaho state historical societies, and Washington State University, a…

Accessibility and usability of online library databases

Ron Stewart, Vivek Narendra, Axel Schmetzke

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that all library services, programs and activities be accessible to people with disabilities. Web‐based indexes and databases…

The evolution of electronic reference sources

Amy S. Van Epps

To provide a historical look at the development of web versions of reference materials and discuss what makes an easy‐to‐use and useful electronic handbook.