Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green State University, University Libraries)

The University Libraries of Bowling Green State University will produce videos and text records using visual identification, demonstration, dramatization, and expert commentary to interpret non-textual items in its Special Collections that are impossible or difficult to digitize. The videos will be linked to the online catalog as part of the standard record and uploaded to YouTube. The project team will evaluate whether such “enacted metadata” helps users find materials relevant to their research, and whether it promotes increased use of special collections among scholars, faculty, and students.