28 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Committee made up of members of the Special Collections Research Center, Digital Library Initiatives, and Cataloging
and Metadata Services
Digital collections are integrated within curator and collection manager collections/work and so outreach and promotion
is done by the curators, scholars for digital scholarship projects, partners for partner collections, and by specific people
(Digital Scholarship Librarian, Head of Digital Production Services, etc.) for overall supports and multiple collections.
Digital Scholarship Council with representation from throughout organization, plus functional experts in various units
with pertinent responsibilities, plus liaison librarians.
Each department responsible for own.
Effective July 1, 2014: single department (Research Support Services) responsible for activities associated with outreach/
promotion.
More than one department
Most outreach is done by the History of Medicine Division with its blog and exhibition program, but other divisions also
conduct outreach.
Primarily in the Scholarly Publishing unit, but informally across positions, and on an ad hoc basis
Responsibility distributed to several different library employees.
Shared among departments and individuals throughout the Libraries depends on the project.
Special Collections and Archives librarians are engaged in this. The Digital Humanities Interest Group focuses outreach
to librarians and faculty. The Digital Services Operations Team does outreach and promotion of services as well. The
Scholarly Communication Officer promotes services as exemplars for recruitment of new projects. Subject specialists
promote collections and services as appropriate. In addition, the marketing department provides resources and guidance
for marketing local digital collections.
Varies. Usually includes collection owners, digital content creators, Libraries marketing staff.
4. If there are library staff who are responsible for locally curated digital collection assessment and
outreach, please list the position title of the person or the name of the department or committee.
N=47
Single position responsible for assessment and evaluation N=9
Assessment Librarian (but not exclusively for digital collections) Head, User Experience and Digital Media Services
Assessment Librarian working with others
Digital Assets Librarian Digital Initiatives Librarian, Bibliographic Services
Digital Content Strategist
Digital Resources Library Librarian
Exhibition Educator Manager of Web Development and Social Media Curator of Prints and Photos Historians in the
Office of the Chief of NLM’s History of Medicine Division
Head, Research Enterprise and Scholarly Communication
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