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DPLA Exhibition: The Show Must Go On! American Theater in the Great Depression

The Show Must Go On! American Theater in the Great Depression, is an exhibition created in LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives for the DPLA Digital Curation Pilot. The exhibition was launched on the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) in Spring 2014

Creating Dancers on Dance: Oral Histories of Ballet

The Dancers on Dance: Oral Histories of Ballet digital archive collects audio interviews with ballet greats and makes them available through a browsable and searchable Omeka interface, with improved discoverability provided by Dublin Core metadata elements.

Archiving Cemeteries

Archives store, maintain and organize a variety of primary sources, which can range from letters to audiovisual recordings along with any primary documentation in-between. Archiving cemeteries offer an…

Vanishing Histories: A Look at Loss and Theft in Archives

Theft of unique items from special collections and archive departments is not a new phenomenon, nor is it a thing of the past. Understanding the seedier side of the industry can help librarians secure history for future generations.