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Digital Scholarship and Distinctive Collections

We partner across JMU and in the surrounding communities to create, collect, steward, and imaginatively share unique collections in a variety of media types. We leverage the latest technologies and best practices in digital scholarship to support the exploration and understanding of our shared cultural heritage. Our expertise includes rare books, manuscripts, archives, digital archives, primary source instruction, preservation, conservation, digitization, digital pedagogy, and digital and immersive projects. The Digital Scholarship and Distinctive Collections (DSDC) department combines the Digital Projects and Special Collections teams.

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Name Title Phone Email
Bodeene Amyot Cairdeas Digital and Audiovisual Archivist (540) 568-8858 amyotbm@jmu.edu
Faith Benavides Special Collections Public Services Coordinator (540) 568-3612 benavifm@jmu.edu
Caitlin Birch Director of Digital Scholarship and Distinctive Collections (540) 568-2885 birchjc@jmu.edu
Layne Carpenter Digital Archivist carpe2lx@jmu.edu
Tiffany Cole Special Collections Archivist (540) 568-5166 coletw@jmu.edu
Benjamin Cook Graduate Assistant cook3ba@jmu.edu
Kevin Hegg Head of Digital Projects (540) 568-6945 heggkj@jmu.edu
Kirsten Mlodynia Digital Projects Specialist (540) 568-6610 helferkn@jmu.edu
Kate Morris Head of Special Collections (540) 568-3444 morriskn@jmu.edu
Grover Saunders Immersive & Digital Projects Specialist (540) 568-3572 saundebn@jmu.edu
Joey Yizhou Sun Graduate Assistant sun5yx@jmu.edu