contentdm and archival projects

CONTENTdm andArchival Projects

Presented atEndless Images: A SoCal Summer Program

Laguna College of Art + DesignAugust 15, 2016

Overview• The CCDL• CONTENTdm• Archival Projects– Maps– Photo essays– 35mm slides– Scrapbooks

• Things to consider• References

Claremont Colleges Digital Library

• Fall 2003• Spring 2006• 9 original collections• 85 collections currently• 65 collections published• 128,240 items

DAM Systems

• 13 software platforms– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/

collection/adl/id/8• No open source software• Went with CONTENTdm

Material Types

Glass Plate Negatives

Photographs

Documents

Books

35 mmSlides

LanternSlides

Scrapbooks

OversizedMaterials Videos

Metadata

CONTENTdm and Dublin Core

Metadata Crosswalks

http://www.getty.edu/research/publications/electronic_publications/intrometadata/crosswalks.html

Archival Projects

• Provenance

• Original Order

Maps and Mapping at The Claremont Colleges

Photo Essays

Additional Linking

35 mm slides

Compound Object

Scrapbooks

• Lindley Scrapbook Collection

• Wheeler Scrapbook Collection

• Edward Ellerker Williams Notebook

Organization and Structureof Digital Object

• What do we serve up in CONTENTdm?– The entire scrapbook– The scrapbook page– The item on a

scrapbook page

Entire Scrapbook

• Advantages– Original organization and structure– Fewer objects

• Disadvantages– Search-ability– Continuity problems– Readability

Scrapbook Page

• Advantages– Navigation– Narrowed focus

• Disadvantages– Loss of organization/structure– Continuity problems– Readability

Individual Items

• Advantages– Search-ability– Finer focus– Continuity– Readability

• Disadvantages– Loss of organization/structure– Many objects

Lindley Scrapbook Collection

• Items• Two new fields– Series– Scrapbook name

• Source field– Scrapbook name– Page number– Box storage number

• Downloadable PDFs?

Lindley’s Indexes

Wheeler Scrapbook Collection

• Pages

Wheeler Scrapbook Collection

Wheeler Scrapbook Collection

Page description

Item description

Edward Ellerker Williams Notebook

• Single collection - pages

Scrapbooks Summary

• Lindley– Provenance maintained; original order not; but

offered through metadata and PDFs• Wheeler– Provenance maintained; original order maintained

• Williams– provenance maintained; original order maintained

Things to Consider

• Interoperability of metadata• Provenance and original order• Customize as needed• Don’t edit through omission• Organization and structure• Capitalize on your software features• Object file names

Object File Names

• Backbone of collection• Keep simple• aaa#####• aaa#####_####• Easy to check

References

• Claremont Colleges Digital Library– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu

• Growing a Digital Library– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/adl– Strategic plans, operating plans, background research, task

force reports, work groups, user surveys, etc.

• Getty Institute, Metadata Standards Crosswalk– http://www.getty.edu/research/publications/electronic_

publications/intrometadata/crosswalks.html

References• Maps and Mapping at The

Claremont Colleges– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/

landingpage/collection/p15831coll14

• Elisa Leonelli, Photojournalist– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/

collection/p15831coll13

• Larry Oglesby Collection– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/

collection/loc

References

• Dr. Walter Lindley Scrapbooks– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/

cdm/landingpage/collection/lsc

• Edward Ellerker Williams Notebook– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/

collection/joe

• Wheeler Scrapbook Collection– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/

collection/wsc

Lisa Crane, Western Americana Manuscripts Librarian

Special Collections, Claremont Colleges LibraryClaremont University Consortium

800 N. Dartmouth AvenueClaremont, CA 91711Phone: 909-607-0862

Email: Lisa_Crane@cuc.claremont.edu

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