Rescuing Texas History:Institutional Repository Development at The

University of North Texas

Marcia McIntoshUNT Digital Production

LibrarianDigital Initiatives Symposium, April

29, 2015

UNT Willis Library

Outline

•UNT Digital Libraries

•Rescuing Texas History

•Cardinal Rules of RTH

•Results

•Benefits

Pocket compass, Star of the Republic MuseumPortal to Texas History

Texas tourism map. 1968?The Portal to Texas History.

UNT Digital Libraries

Digital Curation Unit

Digital Projects Lab

Digital Newspapers Unit

Software Development Unit

The Portal to Texas History

UNT Digital Library

UNT Scholarly Works

Gateway to Oklahoma History

User Interface Unit

Digital Repositories

UNT Libraries Main Page

Digital NewspapersNational Digital Newspapers Program

(NDNP)

Texas Digital Newspaper Program (TDNP)

Fahm & Chapman.Texas Heart and Hand (Alvarado, Tex.),

Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1Wednesday, July 27, 1887, Newspaper,

Portal to Texas History

Digital Projects Lab

The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1955, Newspaper, Portal to Texas History

Context: Digital Projects Lab

Once upon a Time in 2002…

Rescuing Texas History Through Digitization of At-Risk Photographic and

Maps• 2006

• 19 Applications

• 11 Funded Projects

• $7,500 grant from

[Rescuing Belongings From a House on Fire], Photograph, ca. 1980-1989Dallas Firefighters MuseumPortal to Texas History

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Logistics: Pre-Arrival

Received and Processing

Received and Processing

Received and Processing

Project’s Digital Location

Scanning

• 2 Large Epson 1100XL and 1000XL Flatbed Scanners

• 2 Plustek Optibook 3600 Bookedge Scanners

• 2 Fujitsui 6670 Document Scanners

• 4 negative Epson Perfection V700 Scanners

• 1 oversized Zeutschel Omniscan Planetary Scanner

Fujitsui 66770 Duplex document

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[Young Woman Sewing],Photograph, n.d.; Austin History Center, AustinPublic LibraryPortal to Texas History

File NamesPTBW_AR2000-025_01.tifPTBW_AR2000-025_02.tif

Quality Control

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Adobe Bridge,ScreenshotUNT Digital Libraries

Metadata

• Title

• Creator

• Contributor

• Publisher

• Date

• Language

• Description

• Subject and Keywords

• Primary Source

• Coverage

• Source

• Relation

• Institution and Collection

• Resource Type and Format

• Identifier

• Note

https://www.library.unt.edu/digital-projects-unit/metadata

Metadata Editor,ScreenshotUNT Digital Libraries

jEdit, Metadata Editor,ScreenshotUNT Digital Libraries

Post-Upload

[Portrait of a Man ] – Portal to Texas History

Rescuing Texas History Results

130 Partners

37,000 Objects

So Far

• Digital Copies

• Hosting

• Increased Access to Materials

• Statistics

Teacher Retirement System of Texas. A great value for all Texans, Report, January 2011;Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan at Table]. February 13, 1963 Texas Southern University Portal to Texas History

Benefits to UNT

“Texian Loan of One Million Dollars” Star of the Republic Museum, Washington, TexasPortal to Texas History

Cardinal Rules for Digitization at UNT

• Label everything

• Count your blessings

• Expect irregularities… All the time

• Check it once, Check it twice

• Tell it like it is

• Give [back] as it was given to you

• Sow and you shall reap

Gammel's Rules of the Courts of Texax (1922) - Portal to Texas History

Questions?Marcia McIntosh

Marcia.McIntosh@unt.edu