Tutorial
Welcome to the University Libraries Digital Archives & Exhibitions Omeka Database! Here is a quick introduction to selected features available on our site. To access subtitles/closed captions, click the Youtube link followed by the the CC Icon on the video panel. In addition, "Show Transcript" enables time stamped navigation. If you have any additional questions or concerns, you may contact us promptly at uldigitalarchives@gmail.com.
Transcript
0:04-To locate our University Library's digital archives and exhibitions, go to the RFK Library website and click on the University Library's Digital Team link at the bottom of the left column of links.
0:18-This will take you to the UL Digital team page that describes our project and what resources we have available.
0:25-You can go directly to the website by clicking on any one of the images that depict our resources or scroll down to the Omeka CMS section and click on the link there.
0:36-You can browse our digital archives and exhibition site by items or collections, or you can use the keyword search at the top right of the screen.
0:48-On the main web page, we offer a featured collection and an item from that collection is displayed in the center column of the page.
0:57-Below that, our archived resources are listed individually, starting with the most recently added items.
1:04-Let's take a look at the featured collection.
1:08-In collaboration with the UOG Press and the Guam Department of Education, the Young Men's League of Guam has provided access to over 200 items written in the CHamoru language.
1:20-There are workbooks and stories among the collection items.
1:24-A click on the resource will open a PDF viewer where if one clicks on the double arrow, the drop down menu provides choices such as page rotation, download, print or document properties.
1:40-You can also open the item in presentation mode and while in presentation mode, one only needs to scroll down to view the pages or right click to exit the viewer.
1:52-This third grade workbook is under a fair use copyright.
1:55-Please go to copyright.gov to learn more about the fair use doctrine and how it applies to your research.
2:04-Our collections include Storyboard, the Guam Recorder, Xanadu, The Guam Times Weekly Pasifika and and Micronesian History Podcast Collection, The Young Men's League of Guam CHamoru Language Collection, the UOG Thesis collection 2021, and the Guam Collections of images or GC for short.
2:32-As our collections grow, the search bar becomes a focal point for students doing research in our region.
2:39-It is best to use only one or two keywords in the search bar.
2:43-If you were looking for images of Admiral Chester Nimitz for example, and you put the keywords Admiral Chester Nimitz in the search bar, you will bring up 27 pages of assets about Admiral Nimitz.
2:58-A query with only the word Nimitz in the search bar will bring up 9 pages of items, files or collections.
3:08-These results will include all assets that have the word Nimitz as A tag in the descriptive metadata.
3:16-Let's look at some of those resources.
3:19-Here is one of Admiral Nimitz at a press conference.
3:24-There are aerial views of Nimitz beach in Hågat and images of Admiral Nimitz's house as well.
3:33-In this photo from the Guam Times Weekly, volume one, women tour a house in Tamuning.
3:39-The image is part of a longer article about prominent homes in Guam, including a home on Nimitz Hill.
3:46-The metadata associated with these items includes the word Nimitz and will be part of the results for your keyword search.
3:56-The University Library's digital archives is still in its infancy, but our digital team is diligently scanning the tremendous resources from the Richard F Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center to make them available for student research and public use.