The document discusses plans to develop an innovative online portal called The Women's Library @ LSE timeline to increase access to the collections of The Women's Library at the London School of Economics. The timeline will showcase collections, demonstrate the synergy between collections, and continue to develop audiences through the use of LSE's groundbreaking Digital Library. Initial steps include forming a digitization working group and selecting initial content to digitize and add to the timeline. The project aims to provide a dedicated online space for collections, demonstrate innovation in practice, and increase awareness and opportunities for the Digital Library and collections.

1. The Women’s Library @ LSE timeline
Developing innovation within LSE Digital Library
Ellie Robinson, Assistant Archivist
LSE Library

2. What is it?
• New and innovative showcase for TWL@LSE
collections
• Online portal that increases access
• Shop window for LSE and its digital capabilities

3. Wider framework
LSE Library Vision:
A: an ASSET for LSE
B: to provide services BEYOND our desks and walls
C: inspire CONFIDENCE and COLLABORATION as
we innovate

4. Wider framework
Library strategy:
“Build partnerships with the School and the wider public who use the Library
to ensure that our services are dynamic, relevant and useful”
“Build and preserve distinctive collections to support
research and learning, and represent a record of thought in the social sciences”
“Improve work practices across the Library and ensure that our staff have
the skills needed for our progress in the digital world”

5. LSE Digital Library - launch
• Strong link with the history of the School
• Innovative use of open tools
• Provide access to unavailable or fragile analogue
materials
• Developed digital expertise

6. LSE Digital Library
Unique visitors
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Nov 2011: Mar 2012: Jun 2012: Oct 2012: May 2013:
DL Launch Street Life
Poster The Beaver Online
(no data) in London collections
exhibitions

7. The Women’s Library @ LSE
“A clear identity for the collection”
“Excellent access to the collection”
“Clear synergy between the collections”
“Continuing audience development through the
use of LSE’s ground-breaking Digital Library”

8. First steps
Digitisation working group
Various academics
External digital humanities experts
External women’s history experts
Collection users
Established research trends and what’s popular

9. Next steps
1) Content selection
2) Digitise content
3) Apply to timeline
4) Change time!

10. Project outcomes
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Dedicated online space for TWL@LSE collections
Demonstrated synergy
Innovation in practice
Increased maturity
Platform for further fundraising opportunities
Greater awareness of DL within Library and School

11. What’s next?
World War One
exhibition
Women’s Walks app
Public Lectures