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Wrangling a Digital Collection into Existence: The Boise State
Western Writers Series Digital Editions
Rick Stoddart
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I am not..
A digital collections guru
A Special Collections Librarian
I am only a librarian
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Warm-Up
Match the Moo Cards to the Covers
Answer the questions
First group to Finish = Prize Basket!
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Br – O – N – C O
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What we did is what we did
There is the right way
Then there is what we did
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It all started with a…
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Cost
23 titles @ 50 pages = cheap
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If it is that cheap, why involve the library?
Cataloging – gets these in OPACS
“Natural Fit”
Library has the technology to create and support
Shared cost – Common interest
Prestige
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WIN – WIN - WIN
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Got the Okay
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< Smile >
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Get a MOU!
What’s a Mou?
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To OCR or not to OCR that is the question!
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Copyright, right?
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Decide on format (PDF)
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Take to Print Shop
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< breathe >
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Hold your horses!CHANGE FORMAT
(ARCHIVE PDF)
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New Hire in Special Collections
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Enter Content-DM wearing a white hat
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Meanwhile back on the ranch…
Catalogers help with OCLC records
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<breathe>
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EXCEPT!!!!ContentDM upgrade changes
URLS
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Catalogers Freak!
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Meanwhile back on the ranch…Splash Page – Too many cooks
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What does WEST mean?
Which begs the question…
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Nobody likes the Splash Page
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Flaming arrows of promotion
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everybody freaks out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Circle the Wagons!
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Launch?
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On campus?
FOOD?
Cost?
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Enter THE CABIN (stage right)
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< breathe >
All done right?
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It disappeared into the dust-cloud of the web!
After launch…
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Why bother?
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THIS IS LIBRARIANSHIP
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Website is up & in ContentDM
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Launch was a success on many levels
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Lessons• Never enough communication
– Don’t be the only conduit
• Planning is fine but expect things to change.– Don’t lock yourself in
• Put the collection before perfection– It won’t be perfect – accessibility should be your
goal
• It is a process – it really never ends
• Celebrate your victories
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It might be helpful to think of the project like this:
Instead of this: website+digitization=WWS
Digitization
Wikipedia Website
LaunchParty
CatalogRecords
WWS
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Don’t let it die on the virtual shelf!
• Upcoming– Wikipedia links– More digitized volumes possibly coming
• Move to Scholar Works?
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http://guides.boisestate.edu/digital
Links to standards, collections, & resources for Digital Collections
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It all started with a…