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THEY SHALL NOT PERISH: DEVELOPING A DIGITAL GATEWAY TO MILITARY HISTORY RESOURCES
Maren L. ReadAmanda A. HurfordCarolyn F. RunyonBall State University Libraries
Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group Fourth Annual MeetingMarch 20, 2009
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Rationale for developing a digital gateway to military history resources available in online collections
Introduction
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• Manuscript Collections• Physical Objects• Films and Oral Histories• Maps and Posters• Photographs
Overview of Collections
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Manuscript Collections, Ephemera and Realia Joseph Fisher World War II Scrapbook U.S. Civil War Resources of East Central
Indiana Collections French Revolution Pamphlets
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Films and Oral Histories
World War II Historic Film Collection Robert F. Kennedy Primary Campaign
Address Eleanor Roosevelt Speech Collection Middletown Digital Oral History
Collection Cantigny First Division Oral Histories
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Maps and Posters
Ostland Atlas Posters from the US Civil War Resources
of East Central Indiana Collections Elizabeth Ball Collection of War I Posters
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Photographs
Ball State University Military Education Photographs
Photographs from the US Civil War Resources of East Central Indiana Collections
Photographs from the Joseph Fisher World War II Scrapbook
Photographs from Robert F. Kennedy Primary Campaign Address
Photographs from the Middletown Digital Archives
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Providing better access to collections:•Zoomify•Embedded players•Google Maps
Enhancements and Customizations
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Zoomify
Easy access button in the toolbar View, zoom, and pan efficiently Ability to save and print zoomed portion
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Ostland Atlas
Example of Zoomify
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Embedded Players
Allowing audio and video to play in-line No confusing links to follow Media and transcript available
simultaneously
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Middletown Digital Oral Histories
Example of embedded audio player
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Cantigny First Division Oral Histories
Example of embedded video player
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Google Maps
Gives a collection spatial context Smarter than simple browsing Lots of possibilities for military history
collections Joseph Fisher World War II Scrapbook Ostland Atlas U.S. Civil War Resources for East Central Indiana
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Sanborn® Fire Insurance Mapsof Muncie
Example of Google Maps application
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Identifying and Accessing Resources •By conflict•By format
Revisiting the Metadata and Creating Custom Queries
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Using Existing Data
Subject Fields – A few snags Different controlled vocabularies Items not tagged Non-relevant hits
Format Fields – More snags! More granular than needed Not enough consistency across collections
Results not very clean or easily understandable
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Query Using Existing Data
Civil War Photographs Query using Existing Data
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The Solution: A “Key” Field
Identify portal materials at the outset Add the key field to each collection Tag those materials using shared controlled
vocabulary Allows consistency for both subject and format (LCSH
and TGM) Map to subject Key field works in addition to existing data Less time consuming than reworking all the fields
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Shared Controlled Vocabulary
Terms from Portal Key Shared Controlled Vocabulary
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Developing Custom Queries
Exact phrase search for CV terms yields a combination of specific conflict and format
More complicated queries: Use exact phrase in conjunction with AND and/or OR searches to get
relevant material across all collections Use whole or portions of CV terms as needed
Users can see and understand what was searched in results view
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Query Using Portal Key Field
Civil War Photographs Query using Portal Key
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Query Using Portal Key Field
All military history correspon-dence using Portal Key
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Digital Gateway Design
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Design Considerations
W3C compliance Easy and intuitive navigation Common design and navigation between
DMR and website
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Comparison
Digital Media Repository
http://libx.bsu.eduDigital Gateway
http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/archives/militaryresources/
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Lessons LearnedFuture Plans
Conclusions