Digital Initiatives project records
Scope and Contents
Contains digital images of archival and manuscript materials associated with scanning projects conducted by Digital Initiatives, stored on M-Discs (DVDs). Scanned materials date from between 1531 and 2011.
Dates
- 1531-2011
Creator
- Harold B. Lee Library. Digital Initiatives (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Digitized materials are primarily in English, but some Spanish, Italian, and French items are also included.
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted. Closed for 35 years from the date of creation of the records, and thereafter open to the public in accordance with the University Archives Policy.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Digital Initiatives project records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Administrative History
Digital Initiatives is a division of the Harold B. Lee Library Special Collections Department that specializes in the conversion of academic resources into digital collections.
Established in 1996, the Digital Initiatives team was originally called "Digital Imaging" and had only one part-time member, Scott Eldredge. When Digital Imaging became the Digital Initiatives Department, Scott Eldredge and two others- Jerry Jump and Brandon MacArthur- became full-time. The development of the Digital Initiatives project can be largely attributed to Robert J. Espinosa, a Digital Imaging specialist who acquired the necessary funding for the project. Though the department has been relocated several times, it currently resides under the Special Collections Department of the Harold B. Lee Library.
Extent
14 boxes (7 linear ft.)
Custodial History
Transferred from Digital Initiatives in installments in 2014.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; Digital Initiatives; March 2014.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; Digital Initiatives; September 2014.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; Digital Initiatives; September 2014.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; Digital Initiatives; August 2014.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; Digital Initiatives; October 2014.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; Digital Initiatives; December 2014.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; Digital Initiatives; September 2018.
Appraisal
Part of University Archives; departmental records (University Archives collecting policy, February 2010).
Processing Information
Processed; Sarah Markle; March 2014.
Processing Information
Processed; Hannah Waddel; September 2014.
Processing Information
Processed; Hannah Waddel; September 2014.
Processing Information
Processed; Hannah Waddel; December 2014.
Processing Information
Processed; Hannah Waddel; February 2015.
Processing Information
Processed; Brynne Karlinsey; June 2019.
- Title
- Register of Digital Initiatives project records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Markle
- Date
- 2014 March 4
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US