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Documenting the American South : 

Documenting the American South A Digital Library Case Study by Gabriel Venditti Digital Libraries, LIS 60638

Goals and Scope : 

Goals and Scope Documenting the American South is a digital library that seeks to provide access to a variety of digitized materials that offer “Southern perspectives on American history and Culture.”

Goals and Scope cont’d : 

Goals and Scope cont’d It was made and is supported by the University Library of the University of North Carolina. These materials are meant to aid in research in all forms of study for “teachers, students, and researchers at every educational level.”

Goals and Scope cont’d : 

Goals and Scope cont’d The Documenting the American South digital library is essentially a digital representation of the “premier Southern collections” of the University Library of the University of North Carolina, including but not limited to the Southern Historical collection, the North Carolina Collection, the Rare Book Collection, and the Davis Library.

Goals and Scope cont’d : 

Goals and Scope cont’d Some Special Collections within the Documenting the American South digital library: The Church in the Southern Black Community The Colonial and State Records of North Carolina First-Person Narratives of the American South North American Slave Narratives North Carolinians and the Great War The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865

Selection Criteria : 

Selection Criteria Since the Documenting the American South digital library is a digital representation ofthe University Library of theUniversity of North Carolina’sphysical holdings, selectioncriteria are based on the actualcollection development plans ofthe individual physicalcollections.

CopyrightPrivate and Educational Use : 

CopyrightPrivate and Educational Use “Material on this site may be quoted or reproduced for private purposes or student or instructor use in a classroom or classroom assignment without prior permission as long as a proper citation is given.”

CopyrightCommercial Use : 

CopyrightCommercial Use “Any commercial use of this material is prohibited without prior permission from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Library. Requests for permission to use DocSouth materials should be submitted using our online request form.”

CopyrightCopyright Infringement : 

CopyrightCopyright Infringement “In adherence to the copyright policies of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and copyright law, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reserves the right to terminate computing services of any user who commits copyright infringement.“

MetadataDescriptive Metadata : 

MetadataDescriptive Metadata Source Description Title Author Call # (collection) Languages Used Library of Congress Subject Headings Summary (abstract)

MetadataAdministrative Metadata : 

MetadataAdministrative Metadata Revision History Text scanned by… Images scanned by… Text encoded by…

MetadataAccess : 

MetadataAccess “This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.”

File FormatsText : 

File FormatsText HTML Text XML/TEI source file

File FormatsImages : 

File FormatsImages GIF JPG

Interface Features : 

Interface Features Search All Collections by Keyword (Powered by Google) Search by Collection Browse Alphabetically Browse Images by Subject Browse Collection by Topic Browse by Authors Browse by Titles Browse by Subjects

Interface Features cont’d : 

Interface Features cont’d Search by Geographic Location US Map by State North Carolina Map by County

Interface Features cont’d : 

Interface Features cont’d Classroom Resources Teacher’s Toolkit Guide to Citing DocSouth Materials Other Southern Americana Sources

Interface Features cont’d : 

Interface Features cont’d Lesson Plans US History North Carolina History African American History

EvaluationProfessional Reviews : 

EvaluationProfessional Reviews Winner of the SOLINET Award for Preservation and Electronic Information   “This project brings Southern history, literature, and culture to the World Wide Web by supplying teachers, students, and scholars with a wide array of carefully selected electronic monographs, manuscript items, maps, letters, broadsides, and many other kinds of materials.”   -Library Journal

EvaluationProfessional Reviews cont’d : 

EvaluationProfessional Reviews cont’d “By creating a digital archive for seldom-seen materials and presenting them in such an easy-to-use yet flexible manner, Documenting the American South is revolutionizing the accessibility of primary source research. Students eager to learn about the South can now do so in a way that no classroom experience can duplicate.”   - Ben Bruton

EvaluationPersonal Evaluation : 

EvaluationPersonal Evaluation

Resources Cited : 

Resources Cited 1. Bruton, B. (2003). Web watch. Library Journal, 128(16), 28-30.   2. (2000). SOLINET names award winners. Library Journal, 125(9), 28. All images and screen shots were pulled from the Documenting the American South digital library.