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Starting and Sustaining Digitization Projects:

Starting and Sustaining Digitization Projects:. The Utah Experience 2000-2008. Utah’s Digital Library Background. Successful digitization program http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/ 6 million+ digital objects Documents, photographs, maps, art prints, books, newspapers, audio & video streaming

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Starting and Sustaining Digitization Projects:

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  1. Starting and Sustaining Digitization Projects: The Utah Experience 2000-2008 Kenning Arlitsch

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  7. Utah’s Digital Library Background • Successful digitization program • http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/ • 6 million+ digital objects • Documents, photographs, maps, art prints, books, newspapers, audio & video streaming • ~ $2 million grant funding since 2001 • Hosted and aggregated collaborative projects • Mountain West Digital Library - http://mwdl.org • Utah Digital Newspapers - http://digitalnewspapers.org • Western Waters Digital Library - http://westernwaters.org • All supported by CONTENTdm • Users since 2000 Kenning Arlitsch

  8. IT Services • Digital Technologies (4 FTE) • Digitization • Application Development (6 FTE) • Software development • ILS • Web Services • Library website and staff intranet, graphic design • PC Systems (6 FTE) • Staff desktop support • Server administration • Edge networking Kenning Arlitsch

  9. Digital Library Hardware • Two CONTENTdm servers • One exclusively for digital newspapers • 40Tb virtualized Dell server w/VMWare • TomCat/MySQL and JRun/MSSQL • Scanners • 5 flatbed (3 with document feeders) • 1 Nikon 4000 film scanner • 1 Zeutschel OS 10000 book scanner • 1 Hasselblad H3D camera with lights/copy stand • 1 Epson 10000 large format printer Kenning Arlitsch

  10. Reality Check • Nine years in the making • In 2000 • 1 librarian • 1 PT scanning technician • “Space” on library’s web server Kenning Arlitsch

  11. Services offered • Scanning • MWDL partners, faculty, students, public • Printing • Large format (44” wide by proportional length) • Hosting • Low and high resolution (Full Resolution Manager) • Harvesting into MWDL required • Minimal website development (CQR tool) • CONTENTdm support Kenning Arlitsch

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  31. Large Collaborative Aggregates • Mountain West Digital Library • Utah Digital Newspapers • State-wide Digital Repository • State-wide EAD finding aid repository • Western Waters Digital Library • PKP OAI harvester Kenning Arlitsch

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  33. Mountain West Digital Library • Aggregated collections of Utah and Nevada • 500,000 digital objects of every format • (currently excludes newspapers, finding aids, IR) • Led by Utah Academic Library Consortium • Six regional centers run CONTENTdm • Host smaller partners • Common metadata standard • Open Source PKP harvester at UU Kenning Arlitsch

  34. Partners Partners Partners Partners Partners Partners Partners Partners Utah State CONTENTdm Server (Solaris) MWDL Structure MWDL website http://mwdl.org U of Utah CONTENTdm Server (Windows) BYU CONTENTdm Server (Linux) PKP OAI Harvester SUU CONTENTdm Server (Linux)

  35. The MWDL Model • Partners retain control/identity of collections • Multiple access points to collections • Local website • MWDL website • Object stored in only one place • Digitization occurs in a uniform manner • High-end equipment, standards • Revenue stream for regional centers • Structure is semi-self-sustaining • Partners trained to apply metadata • Contribution and control Kenning Arlitsch

  36. Utah Digital Newspapers • 600,000 pages currently available • Full-text search • Browse by newspaper titles/articles • Hosted at UU, BYU, and USU • Harvested with CDM Multi-Site Server • Scanned from paper and microfilm • Partnership with iArchives Inc. and OCLC • Funding from LSTA, IMLS, and NEH/LC Kenning Arlitsch

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  44. Themes • Responsibility for the community • Infrastructure that eases participation • Even for small institutions with no expertise/resources • Ownership and identity with partners • Standards-based • Imaging, metadata, harvesting, etc. • Collections most important • Technologies are tools that get you there • Can easily become a barrier Kenning Arlitsch

  45. Open Source Development • ZContent (Perl) • Z39.50 searching of CONTENTdm • X-EAD (Java) • Forms-based finding aid creation tool • Ecommerce software • Shopping cart for CDM with hand-off to secure transaction • Clip-Imp (PHP) • Streaming media management software • SKIS (Perl, MySQL) • IR workflow software with deposit into CDM Kenning Arlitsch

  46. Ecommerce service • Large-format photo-quality prints • Credit card transactions • Ship or pick-up Kenning Arlitsch

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