Presentation Type
Lightning Talk
Date
2021-11-17
Description
The UMB Digital Archive (DA) is the institutional repository for the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), the health sciences and human services campus of the University System of Maryland. The Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) launched the DA over ten years ago. Its purpose is to collect, preserve, and distribute the academic works and history of UMB as well as highlight special collections within the HSHSL. Content in the DA ranges from historical collections such as the original James Carroll, Yellow Fever Commission Letters to current UMB dissertations. This lightning talk will focus on a unique collection within the DA. Nine years ago the University of Maryland School of Social Work – the only social work program with a dedicated Employee Assistance (EA) curriculum as part of the larger MSW program – collaborated with the HSHSL to create the EA Archive. Its purpose is to provide a global repository for the field of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) to preserve historical documents and share current publications and presentations. Content accepted for inclusion must have a significant focus on historical or current EAP topics, including workplace COVID management, occupational alcoholism programs, occupational health, workplace social work, occupational nursing, and other programs closely related to EAPs. This session will highlight the evolution of the EA Archive and discuss the role of each partner.
Keywords
institutional repositories, health sciences, Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries, MIRL, MIRL 2021, Employee Assistance (EA), archive
Open Access
1
Rights and Permissions
Copyright © 2021 Hinegardner and Lin
Repository Citation
Hinegardner, Patricia and Lin, Na, "Building a Unique Collection through Collaboration" (2021). Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL). 25.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/mirl/2021/program/25
Building a Unique Collection through Collaboration
The UMB Digital Archive (DA) is the institutional repository for the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), the health sciences and human services campus of the University System of Maryland. The Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) launched the DA over ten years ago. Its purpose is to collect, preserve, and distribute the academic works and history of UMB as well as highlight special collections within the HSHSL. Content in the DA ranges from historical collections such as the original James Carroll, Yellow Fever Commission Letters to current UMB dissertations. This lightning talk will focus on a unique collection within the DA. Nine years ago the University of Maryland School of Social Work – the only social work program with a dedicated Employee Assistance (EA) curriculum as part of the larger MSW program – collaborated with the HSHSL to create the EA Archive. Its purpose is to provide a global repository for the field of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) to preserve historical documents and share current publications and presentations. Content accepted for inclusion must have a significant focus on historical or current EAP topics, including workplace COVID management, occupational alcoholism programs, occupational health, workplace social work, occupational nursing, and other programs closely related to EAPs. This session will highlight the evolution of the EA Archive and discuss the role of each partner.