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The Portal to Texas History: Building a Partnership Model for a Statewide Digital Library

The Portal to Texas History: Building a Partnership Model for a Statewide Digital Library
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Author(s): Dreanna Belden (University of North Texas, USA), Mark E. Phillips (University of North Texas, USA), Tara Carlisle (University of Oklahoma, USA)and Cathy Nelson Hartman (University of North Texas, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 24
Source title: Library Science and Administration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3914-8.ch017

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Abstract

The Portal to Texas History serves as a gateway to Texas history materials. The Portal consists of collections hosted by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries in partnership and collaboration with over 280 Texas libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, genealogical societies, state agencies, corporations, and private family collections. With a continuously growing collection of over half a million digital resources, The Portal to Texas History stands as an example of a highly successful collaborative digital library which relies heavily on partnerships in order to function at the high level. The proposed book chapter will describe all aspects of establishing the collaborations to create the Portal including the background of the project, marketing the initiative to potential partners, partnership roles and agreements, funding issues and development, technical infrastructure to support partnership models, preservation of all digital master files, research studies to understand user groups and partner benefits, and sustainability issues.

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