It is our great pleasure to announce that the entire issues of “Tempo” (or Miami Tempo in early years of the publication) magazine from October 1949 to April 1971 is digitized and full-text searchable at the link below.
We think Tempo is historically significant publication in student journalism, and it’s an excellent teaching material on the university and student lifestyle in the time period.
In January 2012, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) launched an innovative crowdsourcing program called “National Archives Transcription Pilot Project,” which allows participants to look at historical photographs and documents to identify the people, transcribe the documents, and add comments to them.
http://transcribe.archives.gov/
Such information would be shared with others, who could add to the work or correct it. The Archivist and Metadata librarian will review the information, verify facts, and post the information on the website.
Crowdsourcing can help build a virtual community, engage students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and build a large knowledge database about the people and programs of the University of Miami.
Can you name someone in the picture above? Are you there or do you know someone in the group? When was it taken? Where on campus? What was the occasion? Currently, we can only describe the image as a group of female students, and we assume it was taken during the 1950s.
Please go to the link below and click the words “Tags” and/or “Comments” at the bottom of the page to name the students and tell us something about the picture.
http://merrick.library.miami.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/um_students/id/108/rec/68
My colleague Matt Carruthes, Metadata Librarian, has written a wonderful instructional document titled “UM Historical Photographs Crowdsourcing Guidelines and Directions.” Please contact me if you would like to obtain it by email.
We look forward to hearing from you on thousands of images in the historical image collection! Please contact me if you have any questions or need further assistance.
http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/photographs.php
The Carrell: Journal of the Friends of the University of Miami Library was published from 1960 to 1996 to promote Richter Library and its notable special collections. It featured articles, poetry, and artwork by a range of contributors including Clark Mixon Emery , Theodore Bolton, Charlton Tebeau and many others. The entire run of the journal was digitized in 2012 to commemorate Richter’s golden anniversary.
The Friends of the University of Miami Library, now called the Friends of the University of Miami Libraries, is a library support organization founded in 1960 by a group of University of Miami faculty, alumni, and community leaders. The Friends play a vital role in supporting programs, securing gifts, and funding projects for the Libraries. The first president was the renowned Everglades preservationist and author Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
Digitization of rare and unique special collections has been one of the major initiatives of the University of Miami Libraries in the last decade. It takes a library-wide collaboration assisted by Richter departments in preservation, digitization, metadata, and digital repository. In the last few short years, the University Archives has made accessible The Miami Hurricane Archive Online and the University of Miami Historical Photograph Collection, which are among the most popular digital collections Richter offers.
Please go to the link below to browse and research the collection.
http://merrick.library.miami.edu/archives/asu0660/
University of Miami Archives -- Let's Archive It 