Scheduled to launch in the fall, the UI Women’s P.E. digital collection has quickly become a favorite work-in-progress around the DLS offices, allowing those of us spending the summer in the library to enjoy vicariously the biking, camping and canoeing activities of students past.

The synchronized swimmers of the Seals swim team series provide additional inspiration as we try to adopt a more coordinated approach to our scanning processes. Temporarily Fellow-free until the June school session starts, we’re using the extra time to refine our reformatting procedures, work on instructional documentation, and train new student assistants with a goal of creating more uniform and consistent digital objects. The improved efficiency will help support our plans to scale up digitization and “get into the flow” of the Libraries’ processes, mainstreaming our work into the cataloging and preservation departments. This goal of precision, speed, and a coordinated, team-based approach is one that we’re sure the Seals and their sister athletes would approve.

–Jen Wolfe
Metadata Librarian, Digital Library Services