primary research online at the g.w. blunt white library
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Primary Research Online at the G.W. Blunt White Library
G.W. Blunt White Library
•Digital Access Projects
•Access via:
–Catalog records
Records and Images
Online Catalog
Catalog Records
•Access via:
–Catalog records
–Finding aids
Records and Images
Finding Aids
Manuscript Collection Registers
Metadata: Presently created and stored in several Access tables.
Every entity has:One entry in the main database which contains descriptive data
An entry for every image in an associated database
•Access via:
–Catalog records
–Finding aids
–Web presentations
Records and Images
G.W. Blunt White Library
•Scholars’ Survey
Survey Topics
• Audience• Comfort with and willingness
to use digital resources• Specific resources of interest
– Resource discovery tools– Digital newspapers– Demographic databases
•Resource Discovery
•Demographic Databases
•Historical Newspapers
Scholarly Priorities
Teaching with Digital Primary Sources
Results
• Comprehensiveness Rules
• Ease of Use is Mandatory
• Libraries Need to Explore New Search Methods
Exploring Digital Resources
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/survey/survey.cfm
http://schooner.mysticseaport.org