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

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

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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 green19@illinois.edu
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 green19@illinois.edu
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 green19@illinois.edu Coming Up Next….
6. Thank you! Harriett Green English and Digital Humanities Librarian University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign green19@illinois.edu Twitter: @greenharr
7. 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