UCDLFx 2019

Virtual Reading Rooms (VRRs) hold a promise to enable remote, mediated access to born-digital and digitized collections. In this panel colleagues representing Special Collections & Archives, Digital Library Development, and Information Technology will lift the lid off two distinct approaches to Virtual Reading Room development currently underway at UC Irvine and UC San Diego including their motivations for providing this form of access, the technologies and technological approaches involved in the products’ ongoing development, and the partnerships and collaborations that underpin each project. Panelists will address past successes and challenges, provide updates on their work-to-date, share the vision each campus holds for future progress, and seek feedback from participants regarding their institutional limitations and considerations for implementing a VRR