A Map Through Time – Virtual Historic Cities: New Ways of Exploring Digital Collections

Presentation made by Jamie Rogers and John Nemmers at the Society of Florida Archivists annual meeting in Tallahassee, Florida. Jamie Rogers presented the "Coral Gables - Virtual Historic City" project at Florida International University. John Nemmers presented the "Unearthing St. Augustine’s Colonial Heritage" project at the University of Florida

Between the Graduate School and Cataloging: How a Digital Collections Center Contributes Quality to the ETD Process

This presentation was given at the 2015 USETDA (United States Electronic Theses and Dissertations Association) conference in Austin, Texas explores the history of Digital Collections Center at Florida International University and where and how it functions in the process of publishing, archiving, and promoting the university's electronic theses and dissertations. Additionally, the functionality of Digital Commons is discussed along with the use of Adobe Acrobat for creating archival quality PDFs. The final section discusses promotion techniques used via social media for increased discoverability of ETDs.