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Digital Collection
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Project Background: Digital Management
Strategy
The Library and Museum have two distinct
collections of photos, journals, artifacts, maps, and other items
held in two locations, one at the Library and the other at the
Barnes Museum. The Library has developed a long-range plan for the
inclusion of all archival and museum objects into a digital format
to be formatted as metadata for bibliographic description and
integration into the
Library/Museum catalog. The benefit of this project is based in
the fact that the Museum collection is bibliographically inaccessible and not described in any
standardized format. This multifaceted problem will be solved by
describing and digitizing these disparate collections and
integrating them into one traditional bibliographic catalog as a
digital object storage resource. The digitization project will be
a tremendous asset to the Town and the greater community.
Project Goals
Increase access to Historic Library & Museum collections during
and beyond hours when the Library and Museum are open.
Facilitate access to photos, manuscripts and historic items
through the Millennium web portal.
Preserve the collection through digitization of photos,
manuscripts and historic items.
Provide easy access to photos, manuscripts and historic items and
information related to those items.
Project Definition
Select the Library materials which have demonstrated the highest
interest through time and create the metadata records and files
for those items and integrate them into the library/museum
database utilizing full MARC format. Catalog Museum photos,
journals, artifacts, maps, and other items utilizing full MARC
format and integrate them into the database.
Project Decisions
Fully catalog items utilizing MARC format.
Select criteria for Metadata inclusion (interest level, image
quality, avoid redundancy when appropriate).
Project Technology
The scanning station consists of a PC and
scanner. Media Manager software (Internal
image linking) will be used to catalog and
digitize photos.
Catalog Search
Providing a standardized, searchable interface, utilizing photo
thumbnails of the subject collection and descriptive content in
the form of subject headings and note fields.
Expected outcomes Expanded Use of Collection for: School Children,
Genealogists, History projects, Anthropology studies, Economic
development, etcetera.
-Library Director Jay
Johnston
The Digitization Project Team:
Mila Fidi, Mark Henne, Michelle Lord.
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