North Carolina State Special Collections Research Center

https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/scrc

SPECIAL FORMATS

REPOSITORY STATEMENTS

  • Use Materials‘ guide includes collecting areas description and appointments information.

COMMUNITY DOCUMENTATION

CURATORIAL AND INTERACTIVE

Rockefeller Archive Center

https://rockarch.org/

REPOSITORY STATEMENTS

The gold standard for documentation.

COMMUNITY DOCUMENTATION

CURATORIAL AND INTERACTIVE

Chicago Collections

https://chicagocollections.org/

INTERACTIVE AND CURATORIAL
  • Links to a portal built for digital exhibitions featuring material from across the city of Chicago.
COMMUNITY DOCUMENTATION
  • Detailed guide offers tips for users during the research process.
  • Resources section highlights blogs, social media, activities, and other information of interest to the research community.

Maintained by
“The work of this collaboration is led by a Board of Directors drawn from the participating institutions. Their work is accomplished with guidance from several standing and advisory committees.” (source)

Digital Library of Georgia

https://dlg.usg.edu/

  • Over 200 contributing repositories.
COMMUNITY DOCUMENTATION
  • Links to a blog: The DLG B.
  • Provides micro-site with public documentation for their contributors: DLG Docs.
CURATORIAL AND INTERACTIVE
  • Map that shows geographical source of materials from the collections.

Maintained by
“The Digital Library of Georgia is part of the GALILEO Initiative and located at The University of Georgia Libraries.” DLG is also a service hub for DPLA. (source).

Connecticut Digital Archive

https://www.ctdigitalarchive.org/

  • 62 contributing repositories.
COMMUNITY DOCUMENTATION
CURATORIAL AND INTERACTIVE
SOFTWARE
  • Islandora

Maintained by
“Digital Preservation Repository Program at the University of Connecticut.” The CTDA is a service hub of DPLA. (source).