Smithsonian Libraries Take Parisian Design Online

Stephen Van DykeLibrarianCooper-Hewitt ,

National Design Museum Library

Martin R. KalfatovicHead, New Media

Office

Special Libraries Association / 94th Annual Conference

New York, New York

10 June 2003

Smithsonian Institution Libraries

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Smithsonian Institution Libraries

• 20 branch libraries between New York City and The Republic of Panama

• 121 staff• ~ $8 million

budget

New Media Office and SIL Digital Library

New Media Office and SIL Digital Library

• 5 staff• Imaging Center• Web design• Contract imaging

management

New Media Office and SIL Digital Library

• Science (Taxonomic Literature)

New Media Office and SIL Digital Library

• Trade Literature

New Media Office and SIL Digital Library

• History of Science

New Media Office and SIL Digital Library

• “Treasures”

New Media Office and SIL Digital Library

• Art and History

Smithsonian Libraries Imaging Center

• Located “Off the Mall” at 1111 North Capitol St.

• 2 regular staff• Interns and

Volunteers

Smithsonian Libraries Imaging Center

• 2 Digital scanning back cameras

• 2 flatbed scanners

• All Mac environment

Le Garde - Digitizing • Volumes mostly

disbound• Flatbed vs. Digital

Camera• Introduction by

Cynthia Van Allen Schaffner

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• 465 Plates• 783 “detail”

illustrations• 1,248 total

images

Le Garde - Access • Creation of a set

of terms drawn primarily from AAT

• Application of these terms by SIL Cataloging staff

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– Beds (furniture)– Benches– Cabinets (case

furniture)– Canterburies

(storage furniture)– Chairs

– Library steps– Cornices and

Moldings– Desks– Detail Drawings– Fire Screens– Interior Elevations – Etc.

Furniture Types (Broad)

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– Desks and book cases

– Details– Dining chairs– Doors– Easy chairs

(comfortable -- upholstered)

– Etageres– Extension dining

tables– Fireplaces– Gaming tables– Etc.

Furniture Types (Narrow)

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• Styles– Gothic Revival– Louis XIV– Louis XV– Louis XVI– Renaissance Revival– Rococo Revival– Directoire– Troubadour

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