Duke Digital Collections


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View the highlight item: Bill and Nat Davis playing music on their front...
Bill and Nat Davis playing music on their front... japph030060010
View the highlight item: Jordan, Brooklyn.
Jordan, Brooklyn. dscsi03304
View the highlight item: Keep your Beauty on duty!
Keep your Beauty on duty! BH0904
View the highlight item: Mlle. Beaumaine, Paris
Mlle. Beaumaine, Paris dscsi03002

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Behind the Scenes of Documenting the Patron Request Workflow

by asc47 13 days ago

This post was authored by  Behind the Veil/Digital Collections intern Kristina Zapfe. From the outside, viewing digitized items or requesting one yourself is a straightforward activity. Browsing images in the Duke Digital Repository produces instantaneous access to images from the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library’s collections, and requesting an item for digitization…
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