Creative collaboration: student creative works in the institutional repository
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/DLP-03-2017-0010 |
| Pages | 20-31 |
| Date | 12 February 2018 |
| Published date | 12 February 2018 |
| Author | Rose Sliger Krause,Andrea Langhurst Eickholt,Justin L. Otto |
| Subject Matter | Library & information science,Librarianship/library management,Library technology,Records management & preservation,Information repositories |
Creative collaboration: student
creative works in the
institutional repository
Rose Sliger Krause,Andrea Langhurst Eickholt and Justin L. Otto
Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington, USA
Abstract
Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to describethe music performance collection preserved in Eastern
Washington University’s institutional repository (IR). This collection of recordings of student music
performancesis the result of an ongoing collaborationbetween the university’s library and music department,
which serves to provide discoverability, preservation and access to a collection of student creative works,
which had heretoforebeen a hidden collection.
Design/methodology/approach –This collection of studentcreative work was identified as a suitable
project for the Eastern Washington University’sIR while it was still in the planning stages because it was
identified as an existing need that the new IR could address.Much of the groundwork for the collaboration
between the library and music departmentwas completed prior to IR implementation. Thus, the library was
ready to beginwork on this collection once the IR was operational.
Findings –The student music performance collection has been a successful project for the IR, which
benefits the music departmentby making student performances discoverable and accessible,and benefits the
library by providing the opportunity to demonstrate that the then-new IR could support the university’s
student-centeredfocus on teaching and learning.
Originality/value –While there is a growingbody of literature on IRs emphasizing student work, there is
little literature on music or other creativeworks’collections in IRs, much less on creative worksby students.
This paper adds to the limited body of literature on student creative works in the IR by describing the
development,implementation and lessons learned fromthe successful music performances collection.
Keywords Institutional repositories, Music, Preservation, Access, Creative works, Student works
Paper type Case study
Introduction
Managing creative works in institutional repositories (IRs) is a relatively recent
development, as the traditional use of IRs has been to manage primarily text-based
materials, rather than multimedia complemented by text. Using its IR, the Eastern
Washington University (EWU) Libraries launched a collaboration with the EWU Music
Department to collect, describe and make student music performance recordings
accessible –these recordings constitute an orphan collection that had never found the
right “fit”because of access and permission restrictions. This article describes why
EWU Libraries prioritized student creative works in its IR, highlights the unique
challenges in managing student and creative works and articulates collaborative
strategies used to engage department faculty, technology specialists and librarians.
Literature review
The implementation and evaluation of IRs make up a significant percentage of current
scholarly literature in the information science field. However, literature on creative works –
including music-related materials –in IRs is limited. An emerging trend is the addition of
DLP
34,1
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Received6 March 2017
Revised16 May 2017
Accepted16 May 2017
DigitalLibrary Perspectives
Vol.34 No. 1, 2018
pp. 20-31
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