Christopher Vinson

Funded Research Projects

• Digitizing Resource Management Records of Big Cypress National Preserve: $25,000
  National Park Service, South Florida Collections Center, Homestead, FL
  Christopher Vinson, Principal Investigator 
• Digitization and Migration Project for Virgin Islands National Park and Martin Luther King National Historic Site: $101,611
  Services subcontract with AQuate II, LLC, in partnership with National Park Service
  Christopher Vinson, Project Coordinator
• Digitize Photographic Materials for Everglades, Biscayne, Big Cypress, and Dry Tortugas National Parks: $88,750
  National Park Service, South Florida Collections Center, Homestead, FL
  Christopher Vinson, Principal Investigator
• Digitize and Transcribe Historical Documents, Oversized Documents, Videotapes, Audiotapes, and Photographic Materials: $45,958
  Jean LaFitte National Historical Park and Jazz National Historical Park, New Orleans, LA
  Christopher Vinson, Principal Investigator
• Digitize Archeological Oversized Documents and Photographic Materials: $25,000
  National Park Service, Southeast Archeological Center, Tallahassee, FL
  Christopher Vinson, Principal Investigator 
• Open Parks Network 3.0: $87,497
  National Park Service, Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta, GA
  Brett Wright, Principal Investigator; Christopher Vinson, Co-PI
• Digital Public Library of America Hubs Pilot Project: $225,000
  Sub-awards from Open Knowledge Commons, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and Arcadia Fund
  Christopher Vinson, Principal Investigator
• Open Parks Grid: The Gateway to Parks Information: $773,444
  Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant LG-05-10-0117-10
  Christopher Vinson, Principal Investigator and Project Director (Sept. 2011 – Sept. 2014); Emily Gore, Principal Investigator and Project Director (Sept. 2010 – Sept. 2011); Elizabeth Baldwin, Co-PI (Clemson University); Michael Witt, Co-PI (Purdue University)

Publications

• “Making a List and Checking it Thrice: Three Universities Implement Ex Libris’ Leganto.” Albro, Maggie; Baker, Ariana; Gilbert, Heather; Hughes, Jennifer; Rock, Edward; Rodriguez, Elena; Rook-Schilf, Suzanne; and Vinson, Christopher. South Carolina Libraries 5.2 (Fall 2021). https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/scl_journal/vol5/iss2/16/
• “The South Carolina Digital Library (SCDL): What Is It and Where Is It Going?” Boyd, Kate; Gilbert, Heather; and Vinson, Christopher. South Carolina Libraries 2.1 (2016).
  http://scholarcommons.sc.edu/scl_journal/vol2/iss1/3/
• “Cracking the Egg: The South Carolina Digital Library’s New Perspective.” Vinson, Christopher and Boyd, Kate. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship 20.2 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1080/19411260802298144

Presentations

• “Managing Occupancy through Tech Solutions during COVID-19.” December 2020. With Kelsey Sheaffer and Suzanne Rook-Schilf, Coalition for Networked Information Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting.
• “Technology Equipment Loan Programs: Impact, Modifications, and Trends.” October 2020. With Kelsey Sheaffer and Fredda Owens, South Carolina Library Association 2020 Virtual Conference.
•  “Emergency Planning in a Time of Crisis.” May 2020. With Christopher Cox, Coalition for Networked Information Spring 2020 Virtual Meeting.
• “Open Parks Network: A Cross-Governmental Approach to Open Access and Sustainability.” June 2018. With Rachel Wittmann, Joshua Morgan, and Colleen Curry, Open Repositories 2018, Bozeman, MT.
• “Interdisciplinary Thinking and Collaboration: Environment and Sustainability Panel.” October 2017. With Martin Brook (Duke), Ben Horst (Georgia Tech), Steve Yanoviak (Louisville), Lexi Lord (Smithsonian), ACCelerate: The ACC/Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, DC.
• “Experimental Learning Environments at Clemson University Libraries.” April 2016. With Robert Hollandsworth, Wesley Smith, and Patricia Carbajales-Dale, Coalition for Networked Information Spring 2016 Membership Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
• “Open Parks Network: The Next Century of Digital Park Stewardship.” April 2016. Coalition for Networked Information Spring 2016 Membership Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
• “Open Parks Network: An Open Government Information Resource.” January 2016. ACRL Science and Technology Section, Government Information Committee, American Library Association Midwinter Conference, Boston, MA.
• “South Carolina Digital Library Roundtable.” November 2015. With Kate Boyd and Heather Gilbert. South Carolina Archival Association Annual Conference, Columbia, SC.
• “Getting a DPLA Service Hub off the Ground: Sharing Experiences, Challenges, Best Practices, and Replicable Hub Models.” October 2015. With Patricia Hswe, Delphine Khanna, Sandra McIntyre, and Kerri Willette. Digital Library Federation Forum, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• “Open Parks Network.” September 2015. With Rachel Wittmann; Robert Powell, PhD; and David White, PhD. National Association of State Park Directors Conference, Greenville, SC.
• “Open Parks for the People.” August 2015. Invited keynote presentation to the joint Society of Georgia Archivists/Special Libraries Association-Georgia Chapter Meeting, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA.
• “What Digitization Can Do For You.” October 2014. With Kate Boyd and Heather Gilbert. South Carolina Library Association Annual Conference, Columbia, SC.
• “Bringing Parks to the People: Online Access to the Scenery and History of our National Parks.” June 2014. With Morag Hutchison (National Parks Canada). Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• “Turning the Corner on ETDs.” April 2014. With Andrew Wesolek and Ellen Ramsey. Digital Initiatives Symposium, San Diego, CA.
• “Overview of Digital Public Library of America, and How ASERL Libraries are Supporting It.” September 2013. With Emily Gore and Kay Wall. ASERL Webinar Series.
• “The Open Parks Network: Connecting Parks to Resources.” August 2013. Department of the Interior Library Council Webinar.
• “Breaking Up with CONTENTdm.” July 2013. With Heather Gilbert, Emily Gore, Tyler Mobley, and Midge Coates. American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
• “‘Thinking Digital’ Panel Discussion.” April 2013. With Heather Gilbert and Elise Lewis. SC Archival Association Spring Workshop, Florence, SC.
• “Connecting the Highly Distributed Parks Network.” March 2013. With David White, PhD. George Wright Society Conference on Conservation, Denver, CO.
• “New Digital Efforts in South Carolina.” October 2012. With Angela Flenner, Heather Gilbert, and Virginia Pierce. South Carolina Library Association Annual Conference, Columbia, SC.
• “The Open Parks Grid: Uniting the Highly Distributed Parks Community to Enhance Stewardship of Parks.” February 2012. With Betty Baldwin, PhD. Healthy Parks/Healthy People Symposium, Clemson, SC.
• “The Open Parks Grid: A Collaborative Project Combining HubZero and Fedora.” October 2011. With Emily Gore and Michael Witt. Digital Library Federation Forum, Baltimore, MD.
• “Open Parks Grid: Connecting the Parks Community.” Presentation to the Hon. Jon Jarvis, Director of the National Park Service. October 2011. With Brett Wright, PhD; David White, PhD; and Emily Gore. George Hartzog Lecture Series, Clemson, SC.
• “Preserve and Persevere: Digital Preservation and Library Advocacy.” October 2010. South Carolina Library Association Annual Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Posters

• “Download, Clean, Repeat: Creating a Sustainable Data Dashboard Workflow.” November 2022. Poster presentation with Klar, Lili; Maye, Kaypounyers; Palmer, Megan; Sheaffer, Kelsey; and Sheffield, Megan, Library Assessment Conference 2022 (Online). 
• “Find Your Park Metadata.” October 2015. With Rachel Wittmann and Joshua Morgan. Digital Library Federation Forum, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• “JCDL 2013 Poster Abstract: The Open Parks Network.” Yu, Yongyang; Witt, Michael; Abdelfattah, Mohamed; Vinson, Chris; and Hammel, Scott. JCDL ’13: 13th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Proceedings (2013). https://doi.org/10.1145/2467696.2467779