Digitization: Expanding Access to Special Collections: The still image digitization team will introduce the library community to their staff, equipment, and services. They will highlight their position as a service point and display their use of advanced digitization techniques through examples of exciting projects done in recent years.
Partnering with Community-Based Outreach for High School Students: WashU Medicine Office of Diversity’s Health Professions Fair and Saturday Scholars Programs introduce high school students in the St Louis area to a variety of health-care-related professions. These programs also help students understand the preparation and commitment needed to succeed as the next generation of physicians and health care professionals. This presentation describes Becker Medical Library’s contributions to these community outreach programs and how they support WashU’s commitment to St Louis – In St. Louis, For St. Louis (
https://stlouis.washu.edu/).
Scroll Through Time: Preserving the Web at WashU: WashU Libraries began archiving websites in 2014, starting with the now-historic wustl.edu domain. What started as a University Archives project has since expanded to include topics from Special Collections—and it’s primed for continued expansion. In this talk, I’ll explain what a web archive is, why it matters, and how WashU created its version of the Wayback Machine.
