Digital Initiatives
Boatwright Memorial Library's Digital Initiatives supports the teaching and learning mission of the University and serves users through the creation and delivery of online digital collections. The department focuses on creating digital collections that present materials that would be of interest to students and faculty at the University of Richmond, and to the wider scholarly community. Current projects concentrate on Civil War-era Richmond, World War II, and the history of the University of Richmond. As part of Digital Initiatives, Digital Production Services images materials for online collections, electronic reserves, interlibrary loan, and faculty projects and publications. Digital Initiatives has three main functions:
- Digitization and digital preservation: Digital Production Services, a component of Digital Initiatives, is responsible for the conversion of text- and image-based material to digital formats appropriate for numerous purposes, including online delivery and preservation.
- Digital collection building and maintenance: Digital Initiatives maintains numerous existing digital collections hosted at the University of Richmond, and is responsible for providing access to collections digitized by Digital Production Services.
- Participate in the broader effort on campus to create and leverage digital content for teaching and learning, and to promote the use of open access materials in the classroom and beyond.
Digital materials included in collections provided by Digital Initiatives are generally open to the public, but are intended for educational and research purposes only. Any other use, including but not limited to reproduction, redistribution, publication or transmission, is prohibited without specific written consent.
