1. Shared Shelf at Gettysburg College
Supporting Instruction and Research with Primary Sources
in the Virtual Classroom
Carolyn Huber Sautter, Director of Special Collections and College Archives
Molly Reynolds, Digital Scholarship Assistant
Musselman Library

2. Special Collections and College Archives – 4th Floor Musselman Library
Staff
Director of SC & CA
College Archivist
Digital Projects Manager
Digital Scholarship Assistant
Conservator
Special Collections Assistants
Interns/Student workers
Collaborations with faculty: Class Visits and Exhibits

3. Class Visits to Special Collections
Custom visits
History Department
First Year Seminars
English Department
Art History
Theatre Arts
Sciences and
Natural History
History 106 – The Atlantic World
class visit with instructor Barbara Sommer

4. Shared Shelf in the Classroom
September 23rd - welcoming students from Barbara Sommer’s History 106: The Atlantic World to visit the maps in person & demonstrating Shared Shelf viewer
Students will use Shared Shelf to support viewing the maps in the classroom and for research
In preparation for the class, 42 previously digitized maps uploaded/published into Shared Shelf
Metadata
Authority control

5. Metadata

6. Authority Controlled Lists
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Tooley’s Dictionary of Mapmakers

7. Next plans for Shared Shelf: Art Collection
Inventory of art collection
Identified ~500 two-dimensional works in storage or on display throughout campus
Used Excel and PastPerfect 5 for inventory and cataloging
Using Shared Shelf for virtual sharing for class visits, exhibition planning, and intellectual interest
Shared Shelf can act as a public face for the College’s art collection
Andy Warhol. Sitting Bull. Screen print on Lenox Museum Board, ” x 36”.

8. Collaboration Listen and collectively think creatively
Look for the natural fit to curriculum
Draw from talent/expertise already present
Discuss a feasible timeline
Anticipate and facilitate ways for collaborators to balance the expected steps with all the unexpected challenges
Communicate progress throughout
Address challenges together
Celebrate unexpected benefits
Collaboration is synergy – welcome help
Document successes and lessons

9. Director of Special Collections and College Archives
Feel free to contact us:
Carolyn Huber Sautter
Director of Special Collections and College Archives
Musselman Library, Gettysburg College
Molly Reynolds
Digital Scholarship Assistant and Gallery Preparator
Musselman Library and Schmucker Art Gallery
John James Audubon. Carolina Parrot. New York, Chromolithograph by J. Bien. Double elephant folio approx. 36+" x 26+". Rare print from the second full-size edition. Gift of Geoffrey Jackson ‘91.