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Botts, Laura M.
Faculty research from Laura M. Botts, Assistant Dean for Archives and Digital Initiatives, Mercer University Library -
Building the Beloved Community Symposium
Oral History Interviews on the Civil Rights Movement -
Harper, Elizabeth
Research by Elizabeth Harper, assistant professor of English at Mercer University -
Morton, Gail
Faculty, University Library -
Olson, Lee
Faculty, University Library -
Sharma, Meenakshi - For the Love of Science!
Research by Meenakshi Sharma, assistant professor of Science Education at Mercer University -
Street, Leslie
Research by Leslie Street, Director of the Mercer Law Library and Associate Professor of Law -
Trogden, Bridget G.
Research by Dr. Bridget G. Trogden, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Director of QEP -
Walthall, Sabrina
Research by Sabrina Walthall, Associate Professor of Science at Mercer University
Recent Submissions
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ALL Aboard! Destined for PromotionWhile promotion is not mandatory, ALL library faculty are expected to advance their careers through professional development. Those activities take many forms that go above and beyond in their various librarianship roles. Promotion ultimately is the final destination and is available to and encouraged for all.
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South Carolina Archival Association Meeting 2018 PresentationDigitizing Black Life and Culture in Middle Georgia is a Digital Humanities (DH) collaboration between Mercer University’s Department of Africana Studies, Mercer University Library, and the Macon-Bibb County Clerk’s Office to digitize and create a searchable database of primary source materials that document slavery and African American life in Macon, Georgia and the surrounding areas. These records reside in the Macon-Bibb County Courthouse and include property records detailing the sale/purchase of slaves, Chain Gang records, and plantation maps. Ultimately, this project will provide access to primary source documents for researchers, local community members, and the public to better understand of the breadth and consequences of slavery in Middle Georgia before, during, and following the Civil War period. As the first Digital Humanities project Mercer University Library has initiated, building the framework alongside our partners was a learning experience.This project originated with the hope of supporting students, faculty, and the community while simultaneously kickstarting Mercer University’s DH program. We will present the genesis of this project, the resources we investigated to digitize the materials at the courthouse, and the challenges we encountered working with community partners. Furthermore, we will discuss the conflicts that arose between digital humanities and digital archiving.
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Georgia Library Conference 2018 PresentationDigitizing Black Life and Culture in Middle Georgia is a Digital Humanities (DH) collaboration between Mercer University’s Department of Africana Studies, Mercer University Library, and the Macon-Bibb County Clerk’s Office to digitize and create a searchable database of primary source materials that document slavery and African American life in Macon, Georgia and the surrounding areas. These records reside in the Macon-Bibb County Courthouse and include property records detailing the sale/purchase of slaves, Chain Gang records, and plantation maps. Ultimately, this project will provide access to primary source documents for researchers, local community members, and the public to better understand of the breadth and consequences of slavery in Middle Georgia before, during, and following the Civil War period. As the first Digital Humanities project Mercer University Library has initiated, building the framework alongside our partners was a learning experience.This project was initiated with the hope of supporting students, faculty, and the community while simultaneously kickstarting Mercer University’s DH program. We will discuss the genesis of this project to its successful implementation and the library’s role facilitating DH research. Our discussion will include working as partners with faculty, building institutional support, applying for funding, training students, creating workflows, and promoting and launching the resource. Additionally, we will discuss specific challenges and lessons learned in developing our particular DH project and collaborating with community partners. Finally, we will address the future of the project which will involve going into the community to educate the public about the history and impact of slavery in Middle Georgia.
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Prologue to Perfectly Parsing Proxy PatternsAs libraries spend an increasing percentage of precious collection funds on electronic resources, important questions arise to drive collection management decisions: What is being used? How much? and finally Who is using our resources? Vendor supplied statistics can help answer the first two questions, but we have encountered specific questions about our users at Mercer University. To help answer this question, we turned to our proxy server logs and began a pilot study in the spring semester 2017. This presentation will explain the methodology we used in mining data from our proxy server logs in combination with our existing user database. It will describe the demographic information we were able to glean from this combination of information resources. We uncovered valuable insights to our database usage including: usage pattern over time, database popularity by program, database usage by enrollment status, usage by faculty/employee group, and usage by campus group.
