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User Engagement with Digital Archives: A Case Study of Emblematica Online.

User Engagement with Digital Archives: A Case Study of Emblematica Online.

A presentation for the Library Research Showcase at the University of Illinois.

Harriett Green

November 12, 2014
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  1. User Engagement with Digital Archives: A Case Study of Emblematica

    Online Harriett Green, Timothy Cole, MJ Han, and Mara Wade Library Research Showcase 2014
  2. What is an Emblem? Motto Pictura Subscriptio Peter Isselburg, Emblemata

    Politica, 1617 http://libsysdigi.library.uiuc.edu/OCA/B ooks2009-10/emblematapolitic00isel/ @greenharr [email protected]
  3. Emblematica Online • Currently funded by NEH Humanities Collections and

    Reference Resources • Provides single point of access to digitized emblem books from libraries in U.S., Germany, Netherlands, UK • Conducting a user study of the Open Emblem Portal http://emblematica.library.illinois.edu @greenharr [email protected]
  4. User responses Searching Teaching Research Improve Functionalities • Understand research

    practices of scholars who use emblem books • Understand behaviors of researchers working with Emblematica Online and similar digital archives • Gather input on functionalities and services in Emblematica Goals of study Expand reach of emblem scholarship
  5. http://emblematica.library.illinois.edu Functionalities • Improved search interface • Facets by institution

    • Emblem-level metadata • IconClass cataloging • Annotation Tool • Collection Building tool User Study • Winter 2014: Usability testing Open Emblem portal • ACRL 2015 paper on the full user study @greenharr [email protected] Coming Up Next….
  6. Photo Credits • Joseph Mayer, Vortrefflich-Hoch-Adeliches Controfeé, http://hdl.handle.net/10111/EmblemRegistry:E001 002 •

    "Magnifying Glass,” by Auntie P, on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/auntiep/17135231 • "Tunnel of black” by Shemsu.Hor, on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/shemsu_hor/14814 306629