UNLV Special Collections: Expanding Our Reach and Use in the 21st Century

Web 2.0 Defined: Temple University’s Urban Archives:

“Virtual Reference” Feature

Web 2.0 Defined: Haags Gemeentearchief/Hague City Archives:

“Tagging/Folksonomy and Comments” Feature

Web 2.0 Defined: Polar Bear Expedition Digital Collections:

“Recommender Systems” Feature

Web 2.0 Defined: Polar Bear Expedition Digital Collections:

“Recommender Systems” Feature

Web 2.0 Defined:Biodiversity Heritage Library:

“Mashups” Feature

UNLV Special Collections and Web 1.0

UNLV Special Collections and Web 1.0:Virtual Exhibits

UNLV Special Collections and Web 1.0:“Dino at the Sands” Virtual Exhibit

UNLV Special Collections and Web 1.0: “Dino at the Sands” Virtual Exhibit

UNLV Special Collections and Web 1.0: “Dino at the Sands” Virtual Exhibit

UNLV Special Collections and Web 1.0:“Search Box” Feature

UNLV Special Collections and Web 1.0:Digital Collections

UNLV Special Collections and Web 1.0:“Las Vegas and Water in the West”

Digital Collection

UNLV Special Collections and Web 1.0:“Southern Nevada and Las Vegas in Maps”

Digital Collection

UNLV Special Collections and Web 1.0:“Showgirls” Digital Collection

UNLV Special Collections and Web 2.0

UNLV Special Collections and Web 2.0:“What’s New” Blog

UNLV Special Collections and Web 2.0:“Staff Wiki” Page

UNLV Special Collections and Web 2.0:Digital Collections with Web 2.0 Features

Steps to Creating A Digital Collection

with Web 2.0 Features

1. Special Collections provides the content.

2. UNLV Libraries’ Web and Digitization Services (WDS) scans the items provided (e.g., photos, documents, and maps).

3. WDS creates the metadata.

4. WDS designs the website

Howard Hughes Digital Collection and

Web 2.0 Features

Howard Hughes Digital Collection with

“Comment on Object” Feature

Howard Hughes Digital Collection with

“Comment on Object” Feature (cont.)

Howard Hughes Digital Collection with

“Rate It” Feature

Howard Hughes Digital Collection with

“RSS Feed” Feature

Southern Nevada: The Boomtown Years Digital Collection and

Web 2.0 Features

Southern Nevada: The Boomtown YearsDigital Collection

with“Recent Comments” Feature

Southern Nevada: The Boomtown YearsDigital Collection

and“Tags” Feature

Southern Nevada: The Boomtown YearsDigital Collection

and“Google Maps” Feature

UNLV Special Collections Facebook Homepage

UNLV Special Collections:Expanding Our Reach and Use in the 21st Century