Digital Services supports the John Hay Library’s Strategic Collecting Directions by facilitating broad, public access to unique collections through focused digitization projects, on-demand scanning for researchers, and a digital preservation program.
DS Staff
- Lindsay Elgin, Digital Photographer
- Nadine McAllister, Senior Library Specialist
- Shashi Mishra, Senior Library Technologist
- Robin Ness, Senior Library Technologist
- Ariel Flowers, Project Archivist
- Hilary Wang, Digital Archivist
- Andrew Majcher, Head, Digital Services and Records Management
Reproductions/Digitization
Access Digitization– Digital Services provides access digitization support to patrons of the John Hay Library through low-resolution digitization of special collection materials. To learn more about submitting requests for access reproductions please visit the John Hay Library’s reproduction page. Requests are completed in a predetermined time frame and provided to patrons as they are available. Staff adhere to US Copyright Laws which may limit the amount of material that can be provided.
Brown University instructors should utilize the Library’s course reserve portal (https://library.brown.edu/reserves) to request digital access to special collections materials for their courses.
High-Resolution Reproductions- Digital Services supports the John Hay Library & Special Collections through the creation of preservation-level digital surrogates of collections materials. Our staff adheres to imaging best practices established by the cultural heritage and library communities. For more information visit: https://www.digitizationguidelines.gov, Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI).
Digital Stewardship
Digital Service establishes digital preservation workflows to manage, preserve, and make accessible digital objects in the John Hay Library collection.
Metadata and Repository Ingest for John Hay Library & Special Collections digital collections materials:
- MODS Metadata creation and revision from catalog records and finding aids
- Quality control on digital collections materials to ensure associated metadata and digital materials tasks have been completed before Brown Digital Repository ingest.
- Ingest digital files and associated metadata are added to the BDR following existing workflows and ensure that digital collections uploaded are accessible and discoverable through library tools.
Web Archiving
Digital Services conducts web archiving for the John Hay Library with a primary focus on:
- Websites and social media content produced by Brown University administrative offices, schools, academic departments, institutes, centers, special programs, student organizations, and alumni relations.
- Websites from organizations and individuals whose records or papers are held in the John Hay Library Special Collections.
For more information on Web Archiving please refer to the John Hay Library Web Archiving Policy (PDF).
Questions about Reproductions, Digital Stewardship, or Web Archiving should be directed to hay@brown.edu.
Other Brown University resources for digitization:
Video or AV and Media Services, Office of Information Technology (OIT)
https://it.brown.edu/services/media-services
KIC Bookeye scanners are available in the Rockefeller Library and John Hay Library for self-scanning.
Former DPS Departmental Blog:
The Internet Archive has an archived version of the former departmental blog Curio, which was published from 2012-2015.