South Carolina Digital Library, Part 3 - Episode 136

In the final installment of this 3 part series, Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the South Carolina Digital Library and the Upstate Region Collections with Chris Vinson and Rick Jones. Chris is the Upstate Regional Coordinator for the SC Digital Library and is also the Head of Library Technology at Clemson University Libraries and Rick is the Upstate Regional Co-Coordinator and is also Manager of the Digital Collections Center at Furman University’s James B. Duke Library.

Transcript of South Carolina Digital Library, Part 3 - Episode 136

Additional resources mentioned in this episode:

• Digital Library Federation - Council on Library and Information Resources 
• Digital Public Library of America 
• Furman’s Legacy of Slavery 
• Carolina Textile Mills digital collection 
• Bob Campbell Geology Museum 
• Clemson’s Cooperative Extension Service Photographs 1880-1979
• Open Parks Network 

South Carolina Digital Library, Part 2 - Episode 135

In part 2 of this 3 part series, Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the South Carolina Digital Library and Lowcountry Digital Library with Heather Gilbert and Tyler Mobley. Heather is Associate Dean of Collection & Content Services and Interim Director of Special Collections and Archives at the College of Charleston Libraries and Tyler is the Digital Services Coordinator for the College of Charleston Libraries and together they are co-directors of the Lowcountry Digital Library. 

Transcript for South Carolina Digital Library, Part 2 - Episode 135

Additional resources mentioned in this episode:

• Digital Preservation (American Library Association) 
• PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata (Library of Congress) 
• Colleton County Memorial Library digital collections 
• Beaufort County Library digital collections 
• South Carolina Historical Society digital collections 
• LGBTQ Life in the Lowcountry Oral Histories 
• Jack Keilen Slide Collection 

Call My Name, Clemson with Dr. Rhondda Thomas - Episode 133

Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the African American history of Clemson University with Dr. Rhondda Robinson Thomas. Dr. Thomas is the Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University, specializing in early African-American literature, culture, and history. She is the author of Claiming Exodus: A Cultural History of Afro-Atlantic Identity, 1774-1903 and co-editor of The South Carolina Roots of African American Thought, A Reader. Her most recent publication, by the University of Iowa Press, is Call My Name, Clemson: Documenting the Black Experience in an American University Community.

Transcript of Call My Name, Clemson with Dr. Rhondda Thomas - Episode 133

• Call My Name Project website 
• Dr. Thomas' Clemson faculty page
• Call My Name, Clemson – Ebook Central at SC State Library
• Historical Black Newspapers Database 
• The Power of Calling a Name. Article in Clemson World Magazine 
• TEDx Greenville Talk - The Power in Calling a Name 

From Our Collection - Children’s Books - Episode 132

Dr. Curtis Rogers learns about some of the children's books found in the State Library's collection with staff members Sarah Pettus, Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, and Kerry Jeyschune, Digital Projects Coordinator.

Transcript of From Our Collection - Children's Books - Episode 132.

• How High The Moon by Karyn Parsons
• Sisters Against Slavery: A Story about Sarah and Angelina Grimke by Stephanie McPherson with illustrations by Karen Ritz
• The Lizard Man of Crabtree County by Lucy Nolan, illustrated by Jill Kastner
• Beauty, Her Basket by Sandra Belton, illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera

Additional resources:

• Lucy Nolan 
• Sandra Belton 
• Sweet Blackberry - Sweet Blackberry’s mission is to bring little known stories of African American achievement to children everywhere.
• National Historical Park in New York State – Women’s Rights Exhibit featuring the Grimke sisters
• South Carolina’s lizard man
• South Carolina sweetgrass baskets

101 African Americans Who Shaped South Carolina - Dr. Bernie Powers - Episode 130

Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the newly published University of South Carolina Press book, 101 African Americans Who Shaped South Carolina with the editor, Dr. Bernie Powers. Dr. Powers is a professor emeritus of history at the College of Charleston and was also the founding director of the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, South Carolina. He is also the author of Black Charlestonians: A Social History 1822–1885 and coauthor of We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel. Dr. Powers is a founding board member and interim chief executive officer of the International African American Museum in Charleston.

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