Digital Collections and The Digital Preservation and Access Unit at Mississippi State University

Creator

Mississippi State University Libraries

Alternative Title

Cultural Conversations

Contributor

Smith, Fred--Interviewer; Ishee, Jenifer--Interviewee; Mississippi State University Television Center, Producer

Description

Jenifer Ishee, Coordinator of the Digital Preservation and Access Unit (DPAU), discusses how materials and archives are digitized, preserved, and made available to the public on-line with host, Fred Smith. Ishee shares photographs of the various unique methods the unit employs to photograph or scan, and photoshop oddly shaped or oversized materials. She goes on to show the digital collections webpage available on the Libraries' website, what types of materials and collections are available, and where to find information about the items.

Subjects

Smith, Fred; Ishee, Jenifer; Libraries--Special collections--Digital images; Repositories, Digital

Date

10-1-2019

Time Period

2010-2019

Object Type

moving image

Format (original)

ditigal video

Format (digital)

MPEG-4

Identifier

CulturalConversationsOct2019

Rights

This material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code), which governs reproduction, distribution, display, and certain other uses of protected works. The user of this material is responsible for compliance with the law.

Contact information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Mississippi State University Libraries, "Digital Collections and The Digital Preservation and Access Unit at Mississippi State University" (2019). Cultural Conversations. 14.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/libep-productions-culturalconversations/14