W E S T E R N L I B R A R I E S H E R I T A G E R E S O U R C E S Volume 7, Issue 2 Heritage Highlights Fall 2019 New Digital Collections Platform 1 & 4 Director’s Letter 2 Winter 2020 Distinguished Speaker 2 Enhancing Access Through Digital Exhibits 3 Acknowledgments 4 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Newsletter content contributed by Annie Avila, Elizabeth Joffrion, Rozlind Koester, Ruth Steele, Tony Kurtz, and Clarissa Mansfield. Edited by Rozlind Koester. Contact: [email protected]; (360) 650-7534; library.wwu.edu/hr. Specific Heritage Resources collections currently in MABEL include: Associated Students of WWU Archival Records Board of Trustees of WWU Meeting Minutes Campus History Collection Charts & Engravings of Vancouver’s Expeditions Galen Biery Photographs Klipsun Yearbooks KVOS Channel 12 Films Vehicle Research Institute Historical Records Wallie V. Funk Photographs Western Front Historical Collection WWU Centennial Oral History Project Records Women’s Recreation Association Records And many more! We are also continuing to develop new collections as well as migrating legacy content over to the new platform. Earlier this fall, Western’s Multimedia Archives Based Electronic Library (MABEL) became available to the university and broader community. This cen- tral repository allows for online discovery, sharing, and preservation of Western's digital assets, which include images, video and sound recordings, and textual documents. You can check out MABEL now at the following link: mabel.wwu.edu. MABEL was developed to provide increased and improved access to online digital content in support of communications, research, and teaching & learn- ing activities. It also supports more effective “behind the scenes” management of unique materi- als and valuable digital assets created by or man- aged by Heritage Resources and other contributing departments of Western. It is the result of an inten- sive, multi-year cross-campus university partnership involving numerous stakeholders, content creators, archivists, and library professionals. New Digital Collections Platform (MABEL) Now Available ~ “MABEL” continued on page 4 Screenshot image of MABEL’s landing page showing search box and options to browse by collection or by format.
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W E S T E R N L I B R A R I E S H E R I T A G E R E S O U R C E S
Volume 7, Issue 2
Heritage Highlights Fall 2019
New Digital Collections Platform 1 & 4
Director’s Letter 2
Winter 2020 Distinguished Speaker 2
Enhancing Access Through Digital Exhibits 3
Acknowledgments 4
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Newsletter content contributed by Annie Avila, Elizabeth Joffrion, Rozlind Koester, Ruth Steele, Tony Kurtz, and Clarissa Mansfield.
Edited by Rozlind Koester. Contact: [email protected]; (360) 650-7534; library.wwu.edu/hr.
Specific Heritage Resources collections currently in
MABEL include:
Associated Students of WWU Archival Records
Board of Trustees of WWU Meeting Minutes
Campus History Collection
Charts & Engravings of Vancouver’s Expeditions
Galen Biery Photographs
Klipsun Yearbooks
KVOS Channel 12 Films
Vehicle Research Institute Historical Records
Wallie V. Funk Photographs
Western Front Historical Collection
WWU Centennial Oral History Project Records
Women’s Recreation Association Records
And many more!
We are also continuing to develop new collections
as well as migrating legacy content over to the new
platform.
Earlier this fall, Western’s Multimedia Archives
Based Electronic Library (MABEL) became available
to the university and broader community. This cen-
tral repository allows for online discovery, sharing,
and preservation of Western's digital assets, which
include images, video and sound recordings, and
textual documents. You can check out MABEL now
at the following link: mabel.wwu.edu.
MABEL was developed to provide increased and
improved access to online digital content in support
of communications, research, and teaching & learn-
ing activities. It also supports more effective
“behind the scenes” management of unique materi-
als and valuable digital assets created by or man-
aged by Heritage Resources and other contributing
departments of Western. It is the result of an inten-
sive, multi-year cross-campus university partnership