Digital Archives in the Discovery Layer: A Successful Collaboration between Archivists and Technical Services Librarians

Effective collaboration between archivists and technical services librarians can increase the discoverability of special collection materials. In this panel presentation, archivists and a technical services librarian from a medium-sized institution discussed archival tools available to preserve collections of digital content and how to make the collections available universitywide. Working together, the panelists had created a plan to integrate these collections into the discovery layer so that metadata was indexed on a single user-friendly platform. After advertising the collections, they collected usage statistics to determine impact. Attendees had the opportunity to discuss their own digital archive collections with others and to explore how to increase the collections\u27 visibility