We Are All Teachers: A Collaborative Approach to Digital Collection Development. Issue 3 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shell-Weiss, Melanie; Benefiel, Annie; McKee, Kimberly
• Is Part Of: Collection management. Volume 42:Issue 3/4(2017)
• Page Start: 317
• Page End: 337
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: Academic libraries -- collaboration -- collection development -- digital collections -- Native Americans -- oral histories; Collection management (Libraries) -- Periodicals; 025.205
• DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2017.1344597
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0146-2679

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In libraries and archives, efforts to document underrepresented communities and diversify collections can be fraught with political tension. We explore an interdepartmental collaboration to create and preserve a digital collection documenting the Urban Native Relocation Program of the mid- to late-twentieth century in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Involving the Grand Valley State University Libraries, the Kutsche Office of Local History, and the university's Native American Advisory Board, the project serves as a model not just for collaborative collection development but also for community engagement and outreach. We find that process is as important as product in developing collaborative digital collections.