UWF Digital Library Resources Access and Digital Collections

http://library.uwf.edu Ray Uzwyshyn, MLIS, Ph.D.

Head, Digital and Learning TechnologiesUniversity of West Florida Libraries

February 2010

Researching a Topic

This is Definitely No longer the Case

Academic Research 15 years ago

Libraries used to purchase most of our research, academic journals and all books in print

Research Today – Access to Electronic Information

The Libraries Pay for Access for 323 Vendor Databases, 42,000 Academic E-Journals, 713k/year, 30%, Access to 3.2 million/year as part of State University System

Essentially We are Paying for Information Access(From Anthropology to Chemistry to Zoology)

Library Catalogs Through History

Navigating bodies of knowledge to enable relationships, augment intelligence, create new knowledge.

Katalogos/Scroll/Stroll Metaphor

200 B.C 1950 2010 2025

Current Library Homepage

http://library.uwf.edu

Getting Help Online

http://library.uwf.edu

Instant Search for Books and Other Materials

http://library.uwf.edu

Articles and Online Help

http://library.uwf.edu

Library WeblogNews and Announcements

http://librarydigitalservices.uwf.edu/library

Published Articles of What’s Important and New Published Articles of What’s Important and New at the Libraries at the Libraries

Online Suggestions Box

UWF Digital Libraries

Visual Virtual Exhibit and Website

Opening Physical Archives Online

Archon: Archives Online

Beginning to Place the Archives Online

Guides: 477 Finding Aids

Archives and Finding Aids Online

http://fusionmx.lib.uwf.edu/archon/

West Florida Photo History

http://library.uwf.edu/About/SpecialCollections/SpecialCollections.htm

From Book Warehouse to Information Commons

• New Library Services

PrintingResearch Tools (Wordprocessing)Basic and Advanced Computing

Future Plans: Digital Media Lab/Multimedia Studio

(Digital Literacy)

New Physical ComputingResearch Services

Thank You For Coming

Questions?Contact Information: Ray Uzwyshyn

ruzwyshyn@uwf.edu