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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
Ap
plica
tion
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
Sta
nd
ard
s
[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
WrongPTBW_1347-01.tifPTBW_1347-02.tif
RightPTBW_1347_01.tif
PTBW_1347_02.tif
Wrong Right
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
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