The University of Scranton Archives and McHugh Special Collections

The University of Scranton Archives and McHugh Special Collections is an extensive archive of the University of Scranton’s digital and special/archival collections. The website integrates finding aids for all special/archival (non-digital) collections, includes detailed overviews for each collection, features dynamic news displays from RSS feeds, and allows searching and filtering of digitized and born-digital content via advanced search tools and custom database queries.

For more details on design decisions and the rationale behind combining Archives & Special Collections with Digital Collections, see: Jennifer Galas and Kristen Yarmey, A New Look for Special and Digital Collections, The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Memorial Library Information Update, Fall 2016, p. 2.

Sample collection landing page Map of University buildings Timeline of Library History Database grid view of digital objects Detail view of digital object Example of University history page with integrated feeds
A selection of screenshots from The University of Scranton Archives and McHugh Special Collections

Project type

Website

Technologies used

  • OCLC’s CONTENTdm digital collection management software.
  • Landing pages, collection guides, informational pages and University history pages custom designed and coded using jQuery and Bootstrap UI framework (2020 version) and PHP (2015 version).
  • Dynamic features integrated using React JavaScript framework.
  • Integration of content pulled from Library publications’ RSS feeds.
  • Maps developed from digital content using Leaflet mapping library and GeoJSON for storing geographic data.

Deployment method

  • Local development in Git repository, manual file upload to CONTENTdm server (the only method available at this time).