Shrinking the world: Digitising the ‘world’s most experienced airline’ and creating an aviation portal for the Digital Public Library of America

Gabriella Williams, Jacqueline Reid Wachholz, Leah Tams, Scott Williams and Adriana J. Millares
Additional contact information
Gabriella Williams: University of Miami Libraries, USA
Jacqueline Reid Wachholz: Hartman Center for Sales, USA
Leah Tams: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, USA
Scott Williams: Digital Public Library of America, USA
Adriana J. Millares: HistoryMiami Museum, USA

Journal of Digital Media Management, 2023, vol. 11, issue 4, 341-354

Abstract: In 2018, three peer institutions came together to digitise their respective collections related to Pan American World Airways, Inc., the self-proclaimed ‘world’s most experienced airline’. The institutions partnered with the Digital Public Library of America to engineer an innovative, subject-based portal related to commercial aviation, including a digital exhibit and primary source set. This paper discusses the challenges of creating such an innovative research tool, the lessons learned, and the overall sustainability of the project.

Keywords: Pan American World Airways; grant-funded digitisation; content aggregation; public history; digitisation; aviation history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M11 M15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://hstalks.com/article/7919/download/ (application/pdf)
https://hstalks.com/article/7919/ (text/html)
Requires a paid subscription for full access.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aza:jdmm00:y:2023:v:11:i:4:p:341-354

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Digital Media Management from Henry Stewart Publications
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Henry Stewart Talks ().