Transcribing and Digitizing Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Letters for a Historical Digital Repository

Authors

Emily Dunster, MS, Digitization Librarian at Scott Memorial Library, Thomas Jefferson University, and now works at Grassroots Books, 660 E. Grove Street, Reno, NV 89502Follow
Daniel G. Kipnis, MSI, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
F. Michael Angelo, MA, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-14-2014

Comments

This article has been peer reviewed. It is the authors' final version prior to publication in Medical Reference Services Quarterly (MRSQ)

Volume 33, Issue 3, July 14, 2014, Pages 278-282.

The published version is available at DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2014.925671. Copyright © Taylor & Francis

Abstract

In the fall of 2011 the Scott Memorial Library purchased 53 letters belonging to an 1841 graduate of Jefferson Medical College, John Plimpton Green. The library staff transcribed and digitized the letters creating an online collection in the University institutional repository, Jefferson Digital Commons. This article will detail the process of transcribing and digitizing the collection along with sharing statistics and benefits of this project to global researchers.

Recommended Citation

Dunster, MS, Emily; Kipnis, MSI, Daniel G.; and Angelo, MA, F. Michael, "Transcribing and Digitizing Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Letters for a Historical Digital Repository" (2014). Academic Commons and Scott Memorial Library Staff Papers and Presentations. Paper 34.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/aisrpubs/34