Between 1926 and 1968, a rare bookseller removed leaves from a 16th century German manuscript to sell to collectors and libraries. This process diminished the leaves’ original context and usefulness to researchers today. We tracked down 26 of these leaves in an attempt to create a digital reconstruction of the original bound manuscript and learn additional information about the anonymous author(s) of this work. Through this process, we also evaluated 24 libraries’ reproduction request policies in order to create a recommendation for best practice for digital reproduction requests of Special Collections materials for Stanford University Libraries.

The Martyn Mallory Historical Photograph collection is the legacy of Martyn Mallory (1880-1936), consisting of 2,500 positives and 1,500 glass plate negatives, depicting early 20th-Century life & topography in Idaho. It was entrusted to the Hailey Public Library in 1995 and digitized through grant funding in 2008. Our Capstone entailed migrating the digital collection of 1,717 files into the LYNX Consortium repository, crafting a controlled vocabulary at LCSH standard to describe the collection, & implementing a metadata schema using the Dublin Core standard. Bringing the collection to library standard increased its value, usability, & increased access to this historical treasure.

In 2016, Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) started the process of digitizing their physical archive. For this project, I analyzed every item in each of the exhibitions in the digital archive and assigned metadata descriptors (tags) in order to make the exhibition items in the digital archive easier to find through online searches.

Jean Walkinshaw is a Seattle native and Emmy award winning documentary film producer. She has worked for local outlets like KING-TV and KCTS, as well as national channels including The History Channel. She has produced more than 45 documentaries on topics such as Mt. Rainier, the Columbia River, Northwest artists, homelessness, and more. She donated more than 400 of her films and tapes to the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections. The moving image material was processed during this project and will shortly be available to researchers across the globe.

My project is the Rainbow Outreach GLBT Center Library Metadata Creation for The University of Nebraska Omaha, Archives and Special Collections, Queer Omaha Archives. None of the several thousand books donated had been cataloged prior to the beginning of my project. The sheer volume of material paired with a limited number of staff hampered the efforts to make holdings available to researchers and members of the LGBTQAI+ community. I created constant data and MARC records for the book collection, and over 450 books have been cataloged to date and can now be accessed through the UNO Criss Library catalog.

Shelves transforms KEXP's library of 70,000 vinyl and CD albums into a digital curation tool that preserves the sonic identity of the world's premier listener-supported radio station. It amplifies radio hosts’ abilities to craft creative broadcasts by augmenting the physical music library with tools for searching, organizing, and discovering music in the collection. In response to a musical landscape dominated by algorithmic suggestion, Shelves uses technology to aid KEXP in its mission to preserve “robot-free radio” and place human curation and connection back at the heart of the listener experience.

The online video archive at Slavic Christian Center church is neither easily browsable nor searchable. By utilizing Google Sheets and a freemium AwesomeTable tool, it is possible to transform the look and feel of the digital archive into a beautiful and easy to navigate table. This cost efficient and low maintenance method is expected to greatly increase the number of video views and user satisfaction. Anyone who visits the church’s archive will be able to easily sort and filter the content by desired categories. It solves the problem of organization of content and searching (filtering) – crucial to large collections.

Gay City's LGBT Library provides LGBT materials to Seattle's queer communities. However, with an outdated database and no Reader's Advisory in place, volunteers often had a difficult time finding what patrons needed. Liz and Rachel helped update the browsing process by transferring Gay City to a new database, taking inventory of the entire library, and creating Reader's Advisory lists on a variety of topics based on patron feedback. Available both online and in print, the lists include Gay Fiction, Lesbian Fiction, Transgender & Genderqueer Fiction, Transgender & Genderqueer Nonfiction, Young Adult Fiction, and Science Fiction.

The University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Department is marking the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic with a new online exhibit. This retrospective will highlight the effects of the epidemic on the city of Seattle and its residents. We have created an online resource in order to fill a vital gap in our understanding of this historical event. We used a number of digital and physical resources to gather genealogical and historical information about the influenza epidemic, focusing on Seattle and highlighting a small number of local victims and institutions.

The Costume Shop at Millikin University holds thousands of costuming items. Unfortunately, there is no inventory, no organizational system, nor a database of the items in the collection. This is a major problem for everyone in the shop, which includes students, staff, and any guest designers they may have for a show. I built a database for them in FileMaker Pro, which could be used by both experienced designers and less experienced student workers. Over the next two years, they will continue to add items to the database to make the transition to their new building a smooth one.