2012/04/01 by Rebecca Altermatt, Adrien Hilton · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Digital and Traditional Archives Management #Digital Humanities and Scholarship #Ephemera #World Wide Web #Process (computing) #Metadata #Endowment #Computer science #Resource (disambiguation) #Library science #Digital collections #Visual arts #Art #Political science
paper · doi:10.17723/aarc.75.1.6538724k51441161
openalex publication_date 2012/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/11
In May 2009, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Tamiment Library at New York University a grant to process its 650-linear-foot hidden of printed ephemera. As a whole, the collection is a unique and important resource. The library hoped that with improved description and enhanced access, the Printed Ephemera Collections would attract wide-ranging scholarly use. This case study explores the project staff's approach in adapting archival methods to process this backlog of printed ephemera. The study analyzes the complexities and nuances of this project to help other repositories learn from the Tamiment experience as they process their own ephemera holdings. Tamiment's Printed Ephemera Collections continue to grow; this case study reflects on what it means to accommodate and nurture a living collection.