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Digital Projects: Print Collections

OSU WEBooks

The Ohio State University Libraries has preserved through imaging and mounted on the OhioLINK electronic books server the page images of volumes from the Libraries' collections. When damaged or deteriorated books are in continuing demand, but are not available as a readily-accessible reprint, the title is reproduced both as a paper facsimile and also as a series of PDF page images. These books are cataloged in the OSU Libraries online catalog, the OhioLINK online catalog and the OCLC WorldCAT. A clickable link to the book is included in the catalog record. Currently, over 500 titles have been placed on the OhioLINK server in this process. Some titles, especially longer works, may also receive text markup. Examples are:

Project manager: Wes Boomgaarden, Preservation Office
Funding source: OSU Libraries
Status: Ongoing


Geology Library Digital Projects

This site includes a technical report from the Ohio State University Institute of Polar Studies, several Antarctic expedition reports, a series of maps from an OSU Masters Thesis, Geology of Ephraim Area, Utah, and other important resources.

Project manager: Mary Scott, Geology Library
Status: Ongoing
Link: http://library.osu.edu/sites/geology/digital/osu.php


Molecular Spectroscopy Archives

This is a joint project of The Spectroscopy Institute and the University Libraries. The project is intended to provide and enhance access to and preserve archival material in the field of molecular spectroscopy. Two archives are available. The OSU International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy has met annually for over 60 years. The archive in the OSU Knowledge Bank contains the programs and abstracts of papers presented at this conference from 1946 to the present. The Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy Supplementary Material Archives contains supplementary material in electronic format for articles appearing in this journal, volume 182 (1997) to the present.

Project manager: Jose Diaz, Science/Engineering Library
Status: Ongoing
Links:


Ohio Journal of Science

The Ohio Journal of Science, official organ of the Biological Club of the Ohio State University and of the Ohio Academy of Science from 1900-1974, is a rich source of peer-reviewed material on natural history and earth science in Ohio. Later volumes also include articles in engineering, technology, and education. Under various titles (OSU Naturalist, Ohio Naturalist) the OJS has been published in 4-6 issues (250-400 pages) a year since 1900. Older volumes are in black and white.

In 1973, the Ohio Journal of Science became the official organ of the Ohio Academy of Science alone. OAS is pleased that Ohio State University Libraries has digitized v.1-103 (1900-2003) of this journal, making it available to interested users without access restrictions.

Project manager: Bruce Leach, Biological Sciences/Pharmacy Library
Funding source: OSU Libraries
Status: Ongoing
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/686


OSU Oral History Project

This program is administered by The Ohio State University Archives. The purpose is to document the history of The Ohio State University by interviewing important faculty members and administrators. Ultimately, the goal is to collect information that is unavailable in traditional print sources and to preserve the history of the university for future generations of researchers. Currently transcripts of 47 interviews are available.

Project manager: Rai Goerler, University Archivist
Funding source: OSU Libraries
Status: ongoing
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/403

Ohio State University Press Publications

This collection currently includes over 100 titles published by The Ohio State University Press since 1960 and currently not in a traditional paper edition. These books in PDF format are publicly available to all interested readers through the OSU Knowledge Bank. Topical focus of this collection is broad, with particular strengths in literary criticism, history, urban policy and planning. Additional titles will be added to this collection.

Project manager: Tom Cetwinski, Program Manager, Knowledge Bank
Funding source: OSU Libraries
Status: ongoing
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/131


OSU Theses and Dissertations

In January 2001, OhioLINK established the Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center (ETDC), which is a free online database of masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from graduate students in participating Ohio colleges and universities. The Ohio State University Graduate School was an early participant, with PhD and Masters students having the option to submit their dissertation or thesis to the ETDC. Beginning with Autumn Quarter 2002, all OSU doctoral dissertations have been submitted electronically. The Graduate School is considering the same requirement for the Masters theses. OSU Libraries are also digitizing pre-1954 PhD dissertations and Masters theses where a copy has been lost or been borrowed many times.

Project manager: Daniel Dotson, Mathematical Sciences Librarian
Ownership: Microform copies reside in the OSU Libraries
Dates of coverage: PhD from December 2002 to present; Masters and Pre-1954 have a small representation
Funding source: Current submissions: Ohio State University graduate students; Older submissions: Ohio State University Libraries
Status: New dissertations and theses are added and, after approval by the Graduate School, released for open access, which happens nearly immediately after submission. The digitizing of the older dissertations and theses is an ongoing project.
Links:


Polar Oral History Project

This program is administered by The American Polar Society and The Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program and funded by the National Science Foundation. The purpose is to document the early years of American polar exploration by interviewing those who were in the polar regions since the 1930's. Ultimately, the goal is to preserve the heritage of American polar exploration for future generations of researchers and scientists. This collection consists of transcripts of these oral interviews.

Project manager: Laura Kissel, Polar Archives Curator
Funding source: OSU Libraries
Status: ongoing
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6039

Projects in development, 2006


COINTEL Papers

The COINTEL (Counter-Intelligence Program) papers are reports on FBI surveillance of the Black Panther Party, Cleveland, Ohio, between 1967-1973. They were acquired by a donor, who obtained them from a Freedom of Information Act filing. These papers (approximately 1500 pages), which are now in the public domain, are photocopies of the originals, with portions (presumably names) blacked out. Some newspaper clippings and other documents are included.

Project manager: Linda Krikos, Women's Studies / Black Studies Subject Specialist
Funding source: OSU Libraries
Status: in development


Cooper Manuscript

Prof. Donald B. Cooper's unpublished manuscript on the social and political history of the yellow fever epidemics in nineteenth century Brazil is a thorough and important study of this significant episode. It is of considerable urgency due to the spread of diseases like HIV, SARS, TB, dengue, West Nile fever, and the threat of smallpox, anthrax, cholera, and others.

Project manager: John M. Bennett, Rare Books & Manuscripts
Funding source: OSU Libraries
Status: in development
Link: Finding Aid for Cooper Collection [detailed listing of all items in this OSU Rare Books collection]


The Lantern

The Lantern is a community newspaper for the Ohio State University campus and surrounding geographic areas. Chartered in 1881, The Lantern is one of the oldest college newspapers in the country. The Lantern became an integral part of the School of Journalism in 1914, serving both as a laboratory for journalism students and the official newspaper for the third-largest single enrollment campus in the country. Today, with a daily circulation of 28,000 papers during the regular school year and a readership of about 75,000 per day, as well as a presence on the Internet at www.TheLantern.com, The Lantern is the third-largest college newspaper in the country.

Funds from the University and the Libraries will be used to digitize back issues of The Lantern that are currently available only in paper or microfilm formats. The first phase of this project will provide searchable online access to issues beginning with 1960 and ending with 1997, the year The Lantern began providing digital archives. Later phases will produce a digital version of the complete run of this paper, beginning with 1881.

Project manager: Amy McCrory, Preservation Office
Funding source: Ohio State University and OSU Libraries
Status: in development


Million Book Project

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in partnership with universities in India and China and supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) is in the midst of a project to digitize one million books. To date over 600,000 volumes have been digitized. Approximately 135,000 volumes are in English. They anticipate completion of the project during 2007.

Agriculture has become a collection focus for the project, and plans are being developed to create a knowledge network aimed at improving rural community access to critical agricultural information. Cornell University has been asked to coordinate the participation in the Million Book Project of land-grant or agricultural libraries to supply materials in the broad subject area of agriculture.

Ohio State University Libraries is contributing agricultural research reports, extension bulletins, monographs, and serials to this project. All resources will be online at Carnegie Mellon University's site, now called the Universal Library [http://tera-3.ul.cs.cmu.edu].

Project manager: Constance J. Britton, OARDC Library
Funding source: National Science Foundation
Status: in development


Mills Atlas

This resource, Archaeological Atlas of Ohio, by William C. Mills, was digitized at the request of the Geology library and Geology professors who desired a scan of this oversize book for preservation purposes, and the ability to zoom in to see minute detail. It contains approximately 90 maps and 180 pages describing the maps. The maps were published in 1914 and are still quite popular for historical research.

Project manager: Amy McCrory, Preservation Office
Funding source: OSU Libraries
Print copies: http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b1650034
Status: in development