kentucky digital library
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Kentucky Digital Library. From Boutique to Mass Digitization. Content. Content. Content. Content. Content. Boutique. Early projects – looked good Not cost effective Not scalable But formative . Beyond the Shelf - 2002. M icrofilm to digital (books) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Kentucky Digital LibraryFrom Boutique to Mass Digitization
+Content
Finding Aids
Photographs
+Content
Photographs Maps
+Content
Images Books on Microfilm
+Content
Books on Microfilm
Newspapers
+Content
ObjectsOral
History transcripts
+Boutique
Early projects – looked goodNot cost effectiveNot scalableBut formative
+Beyond the Shelf - 2002
Microfilm to digital (books)Focused on making perfect digital objects
Labor intensive
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How About Newspapers????
+Newspaper digitization
NDNP Standards set by LCHigh volumeDo parts of the process that require our expertise
+Didn’t really learn our lesson
Daily Racing FormVery complicated specificationVery expensive
+Archival Collections
More Product Less ProcessArchivist’s ToolkitExport EAD
+Archival Collections
Tweak Workflow for VolumeProcess collections at folder level
Digitize collections as they are in the folders
+Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS)Making oral history searchableTime stamp transcriptMoving beyond the transcriptPlug ins for other CMS
+Education and Training
Metamorphosis film to digital workshops
Moving to an online learning environment
+CollectionsNewspapers (800,000 pages)Books (300,000 pages)Finding Aids (5,000)Photographs (110,000)Archival folder contents (22,000)Oral Histories (800)Maps (4,700)Other paginated publications (200,000)
+Jewels in the Crown
Kentucke Gazette – 1789 – 1849Civil War collectionsWPA materialsCivil rights materialsFrom Combat to KentuckyDaily Racing Form
+Grants1998 – NHPRC Planning Grant $10,0002000 = INSO Corp Dynaweb SGML -
$30,0002002 – IMLS National Leadership
“Beyond the Shelf” - $230,0002005 – NEH NDNP - $310,0002005 – NEH Appalachian Collections -
$250,503
+Grants
2006 – Keeneland Daily Racing Form - $625,000
2007 – NEH NDNP2 - $399,8862009 – NEH NDNP - $393,0812011 – NEH NDNP - $107,2522011 – IMLS NLG OHMS - $195,853
+Infrastructure
1999 – Dynaweb SGML2001/2002 – SiteSearch2003/2004 – migrated to DLXS2011/12 – migrated to micro-services repository with Blacklight discovery layer
+Repository Infrastructure
BlacklightDAITSS
Micro servicesFile Store
+Going forward
Automating everything that we canFocusing on creating tools and servicesContinuing to streamline digitization
workflowCreating more structure and guidelines