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Smithsonian Libraries Take Parisian Design Online Stephen Van Dyke Librarian Cooper-Hewitt , National Design Museum Library Martin R. Kalfatovic Head, New Media Office Special Libraries Association / 94th Annual Conference New York, New York 10 June 2003 Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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Martin R. Kalfatovic and Stephen Van Dyk, Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Special Libraries Association 94th Annual Conference. June 10, 2003. New York, NY
Transcript of Smithsonian Libraries Take Parisian Design Online
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
Le Garde meuble - In Print
Le Garde meuble - Online
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
Le Garde - Digitizing
Le Garde - Digitizing
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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
Le Garde - Access
– 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)
Le Garde - Access
– Desks and book cases
– Details– Dining chairs– Doors– Easy chairs
(comfortable -- upholstered)
– Etageres– Extension dining
tables– Fireplaces– Gaming tables– Etc.
Furniture Types (Narrow)
Le Garde - Access
• Styles– Gothic Revival– Louis XIV– Louis XV– Louis XVI– Renaissance Revival– Rococo Revival– Directoire– Troubadour
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Le Garde - Online
