Duke Digital Collections


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View the highlight item: Migrant Worker Juke Joint, Camden, North Carolina
Migrant Worker Juke Joint, Camden, North Carolina ahpst002028
View the highlight item: My papa is going to buy me a pair of...
My papa is going to buy me a pair of... A0128
View the highlight item: New York City: Washington Square Park
New York City: Washington Square Park rrpph02001014

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Behind the Scenes of Documenting the Patron Request Workflow

by asc47 25 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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