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Starting and Sustaining Digitization Projects:. The Utah Experience 2000-2008. Utah’s Digital Library Background. Successful digitization program http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/ 6 million+ digital objects Documents, photographs, maps, art prints, books, newspapers, audio & video streaming - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Starting and Sustaining Digitization Projects:
The Utah Experience
2000-2008
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J. WILLARD MARRIOTT LIBRARY
January 23, 2008 Kenning Arlitsch
J. WILLARD MARRIOTT LIBRARY
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J. WILLARD MARRIOTT LIBRARY
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J. WILLARD MARRIOTT LIBRARY
January 23, 2008 Kenning Arlitsch
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Utah’s Digital Library Background
• Successful digitization program – http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/– 6 million+ digital objects
• Documents, photographs, maps, art prints, books, newspapers, audio & video streaming
– ~ $2 million grant funding since 2001
• Hosted and aggregated collaborative projects– Mountain West Digital Library - http://mwdl.org
– Utah Digital Newspapers - http://digitalnewspapers.org
– Western Waters Digital Library - http://westernwaters.org
• All supported by CONTENTdm– Users since 2000
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IT Services• Digital Technologies (4 FTE)
– Digitization
• Application Development (6 FTE)– Software development– ILS– Web Services
• Library website and staff intranet, graphic design
• PC Systems (6 FTE)– Staff desktop support– Server administration– Edge networking
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Digital Library Hardware• Two CONTENTdm servers
– One exclusively for digital newspapers– 40Tb virtualized Dell server w/VMWare
• TomCat/MySQL and JRun/MSSQL• Scanners
– 5 flatbed (3 with document feeders)– 1 Nikon 4000 film scanner– 1 Zeutschel OS 10000 book scanner– 1 Hasselblad H3D camera with lights/copy stand– 1 Epson 10000 large format printer
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Reality Check• Nine years in the making
• In 2000– 1 librarian– 1 PT scanning technician
• “Space” on library’s web server
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Services offered• Scanning
– MWDL partners, faculty, students, public
• Printing– Large format (44” wide by proportional length)
• Hosting– Low and high resolution (Full Resolution Manager)– Harvesting into MWDL required
• Minimal website development (CQR tool)• CONTENTdm support
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January 23, 2008 Kenning Arlitsch
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Large Collaborative Aggregates• Mountain West Digital Library
– Utah Digital Newspapers– State-wide Digital Repository– State-wide EAD finding aid repository
• Western Waters Digital Library
• PKP OAI harvester
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Mountain West Digital Library• Aggregated collections of Utah and Nevada• 500,000 digital objects of every format
– (currently excludes newspapers, finding aids, IR)
• Led by Utah Academic Library Consortium• Six regional centers run CONTENTdm
– Host smaller partners– Common metadata standard– Open Source PKP harvester at UU
MWDL websitehttp://mwdl.org
MWDL websitehttp://mwdl.org
Utah StateCONTENTdm
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Utah StateCONTENTdm
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U of UtahCONTENTdm
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U of UtahCONTENTdm
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BYUCONTENTdm
Server(Linux)
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SUUCONTENTdm
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Partners
Partners
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MWDL Structure
Partners
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PKP OAI Harvester
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The MWDL Model• Partners retain control/identity of collections • Multiple access points to collections
– Local website– MWDL website– Object stored in only one place
• Digitization occurs in a uniform manner– High-end equipment, standards
• Revenue stream for regional centers– Structure is semi-self-sustaining
• Partners trained to apply metadata– Contribution and control
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Utah Digital Newspapers• 600,000 pages currently available
– Full-text search– Browse by newspaper titles/articles– Hosted at UU, BYU, and USU
• Harvested with CDM Multi-Site Server
• Scanned from paper and microfilm• Partnership with iArchives Inc. and OCLC• Funding from LSTA, IMLS, and NEH/LC
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Themes• Responsibility for the community
– Infrastructure that eases participation• Even for small institutions with no expertise/resources
– Ownership and identity with partners
• Standards-based– Imaging, metadata, harvesting, etc.
• Collections most important– Technologies are tools that get you there
• Can easily become a barrier
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Open Source Development• ZContent (Perl)
– Z39.50 searching of CONTENTdm
• X-EAD (Java)
– Forms-based finding aid creation tool
• Ecommerce software
– Shopping cart for CDM with hand-off to secure transaction
• Clip-Imp (PHP)– Streaming media management software
• SKIS (Perl, MySQL)
– IR workflow software with deposit into CDM
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Ecommerce service• Large-format photo-quality prints
• Credit card transactions
• Ship or pick-up
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Open Source Adaptations• PKP harvester
– OAI compliant databases– Currently CONTENTdm and DSpace
• Lucene indexer– EAD XML finding aids
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How did all this start?• Wrote proposal for digitization center in 1999• Personnel
– Me, one part-timer
• Funding– LSTA, IMLS, NEH
• Collection development committee– Difficulty making decisions
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Choosing a first project• What will have the most impact?
– Institutional strength/popularity– Don’t underestimate “flashy”
• What will be easiest?– Choose something manageable– Early success begets success
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Choosing a first project (cont’d)• What resources exist?
– Hardware/software/database– Systems administrator(s)– Scanning technician(s)– Metadata cataloger(s)– Web designer(s)
• Don’t let “perfect” be enemy of “good”– Jump in!– First projects are always learning processes
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Sustaining the Digital LibraryThe digital library has the same resource requirements as a print library
• Collection Development
• Cataloging
• Reference
• Preservation
What is your institution’s level of commitment?
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Contributing to the worldwide digital lib
• Exposing your data– Google– WorldCat
• Google Scholar
– OAISTER
• Keeping your data safe– Backup– Remote storage
• Digital archiving with OCLC
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