High-Impact Digital Library

Anna Neatrour, Head of Digital Library Services at the University of Utah, manages programs in Operations, Utah Digital Newspapers, Digital Preservation, and Digital Initiatives and Metadata. She enjoys partnering with faculty and students on digital projects and developing collaborative best practices. She received her MILS from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.Jeremy Myntti, Associate University Librarian for Metadata and IT at Brigham Young University, is responsible for the administration of the library’s cataloging, metadata, archival processing, IT operations, software engineering, and user experience units. He has worked on digital library projects at multiple academic institutions and a library vendor for over 20 years. He received his MLIS from the University of Alabama.As the Digital Curation Librarian at the University of Utah, Rachel Jane Wittmann creates metadata for digital collections and develops digital exhibits that document historic and current events in Utah. In addition, Rachel enjoys exploring ways to interpret metadata with data visualizations. She received her MLIS from Pratt Institute’s School of Information.Rebekah Cummings is the Digital Matters Interim Director at the University of Utah. In her role, Rebekah coordinates digital scholarship activities between the Marriott Library, College of Humanities, College of Fine Arts, College of Architecture and Planning, and School for Cultural and Social Transformation. Rebekah’s research interests include data management for the arts and humanities, digital humanities, and library advocacy. She received her MLIS from the University of California, Los Angeles.As the Digital Collections Librarian at the Oregon Historical Society, Jane Monson focuses on the development, description, and promotion of the organization’s digital collections. She previously spent 15 years as an academic librarian, coordinating digital library efforts at institutions in Missouri and Colorado. Jane received her MLS from the University of Iowa.Megan Myres McMillan is pursuing a Master of Public Administration at Brigham Young University. She worked on research projects regarding cataloging, IT, and digital libraries at the BYU Library for seven months during her undergraduate education. She received her B.A. in International Relations from BYU.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Literature Review Chapter 2 Survey and Interview Findings Chapter 3 Instruction: Teaching, Training, and Open Pedagogy Chapter 4 Outreach: Partnerships, Programs, and Projects Chapter 5 Digital Scholarship and Digital Humanities Chapter 6 Rapid Response Collecting Chapter 7 Final Thoughts and Future Directions Annotated Bibliography of Select Digital Library Projects Appendixes Appendix A: Survey Email Appendix B: Survey About the Authors Index