Harold B. Lee Library. Digital Initiatives

Digital Initiatives was officially created in 2007 following the renaming of the Digital Imaging Dept. Directors have included: Scott Eldredge (2007-)

Variant names

Digitization

Digital Reformatting

Digital Reformatting Dept.

Digital Initiatives Dept.

Description

Established: 2007

Location: Provo, Utah (2007-)

Functions

Digital Initiatives provides digital content management for university and library personnel, scanning and uploading large collections at the request of either subject librarians, patrons, university officials, or departments. The department includes the Digital Imaging Lab.

Assets and Administrative Structure

The department manager reports to the AUL of Library Information Technology.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Harold B. Lee Library. Library Information Technology Division (2007-2008)

Superior unit: Harold B. Lee Library. Office of Digital Content Management (2008-2010)

Superior unit: Harold B. Lee Library. Library Information Technology Division (2010-)

Subordinate unit: Harold B. Lee Library. Digital Imaging Lab (2007-)

Earlier unit: Harold B. Lee Library. Digital Imaging Dept. (2007)

Sources

Phone call to Scott Eldredge, Oct. 5, 2012: (is formally a department; Digital Initiatives, name; under a manager who reports to AUL of Library Information Technology; interaction with OCDM; evolution of function; formal relationships with university and library administration; Digital Library interaction)

UA 1015 “Harold B. Lee Library Annual Report January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007”, Box 3, Fol. 3, p.2 (“In September 2007, the Library Information Systems Department became the Library Information Technology Division. The division includes three departments: 1) digital initiatives, 2) web programming/design, and 3) library information systems"), p. 8-9 (Digital Initiatives: digital lab, Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collections, digitizing collections), Appendix 1 (“The digital library consists of storage, processors, software, and LIS staff to support it. Digital library issues related to selection of collections, metadata, and organization are handled by other units within the library.”)

UA 1015 “Harold B. Lee Library Annual Report January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009” Box 3, Fol. 5, p.7 (Bill Lund served on several university committees to tie LIT to Computer Science Dept.; Programming and Design, Primo and Ex Libris (unit), Office of Digital Content Management under LIT), p. 8 (Office of Digital Content Management handles digital preservation now)

UA 1015 “Harold B. Lee Library Annual Report January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010” Box 3, Fol. 6, Appendix Organizational Chart (under LIT, Library Information Systems, Web Programming and Design, and Digital Content Management)

Harold B. Lee Library, via WWW, October 4, 2012: Library Directory Information Technology page (Digital Reformatting Unit, variant name)

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2012-00068

Creator: ARC