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CONTENTdm andArchival Projects
Presented atEndless Images: A SoCal Summer Program
Laguna College of Art + DesignAugust 15, 2016
Overview• The CCDL• CONTENTdm• Archival Projects– Maps– Photo essays– 35mm slides– Scrapbooks
• Things to consider• References
Claremont Colleges Digital Library
• Fall 2003• Spring 2006• 9 original collections• 85 collections currently• 65 collections published• 128,240 items
DAM Systems
• 13 software platforms– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/
collection/adl/id/8• No open source software• Went with CONTENTdm
Material Types
Glass Plate Negatives
Photographs
Documents
Books
35 mmSlides
LanternSlides
Scrapbooks
OversizedMaterials Videos
Metadata
CONTENTdm and Dublin Core
Metadata Crosswalks
http://www.getty.edu/research/publications/electronic_publications/intrometadata/crosswalks.html
Archival Projects
• Provenance
• Original Order
Maps and Mapping at The Claremont Colleges
Photo Essays
Additional Linking
35 mm slides
Compound Object
Scrapbooks
• Lindley Scrapbook Collection
• Wheeler Scrapbook Collection
• Edward Ellerker Williams Notebook
Organization and Structureof Digital Object
• What do we serve up in CONTENTdm?– The entire scrapbook– The scrapbook page– The item on a
scrapbook page
Entire Scrapbook
• Advantages– Original organization and structure– Fewer objects
• Disadvantages– Search-ability– Continuity problems– Readability
Scrapbook Page
• Advantages– Navigation– Narrowed focus
• Disadvantages– Loss of organization/structure– Continuity problems– Readability
Individual Items
• Advantages– Search-ability– Finer focus– Continuity– Readability
• Disadvantages– Loss of organization/structure– Many objects
Lindley Scrapbook Collection
• Items• Two new fields– Series– Scrapbook name
• Source field– Scrapbook name– Page number– Box storage number
• Downloadable PDFs?
Lindley’s Indexes
Wheeler Scrapbook Collection
• Pages
Wheeler Scrapbook Collection
Wheeler Scrapbook Collection
Page description
Item description
Edward Ellerker Williams Notebook
• Single collection - pages
Scrapbooks Summary
• Lindley– Provenance maintained; original order not; but
offered through metadata and PDFs• Wheeler– Provenance maintained; original order maintained
• Williams– provenance maintained; original order maintained
Things to Consider
• Interoperability of metadata• Provenance and original order• Customize as needed• Don’t edit through omission• Organization and structure• Capitalize on your software features• Object file names
Object File Names
• Backbone of collection• Keep simple• aaa#####• aaa#####_####• Easy to check
References
• Claremont Colleges Digital Library– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu
• Growing a Digital Library– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/adl– Strategic plans, operating plans, background research, task
force reports, work groups, user surveys, etc.
• Getty Institute, Metadata Standards Crosswalk– http://www.getty.edu/research/publications/electronic_
publications/intrometadata/crosswalks.html
References• Maps and Mapping at The
Claremont Colleges– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/
landingpage/collection/p15831coll14
• Elisa Leonelli, Photojournalist– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/
collection/p15831coll13
• Larry Oglesby Collection– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/
collection/loc
References
• Dr. Walter Lindley Scrapbooks– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/
cdm/landingpage/collection/lsc
• Edward Ellerker Williams Notebook– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/
collection/joe
• Wheeler Scrapbook Collection– http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/
collection/wsc
Lisa Crane, Western Americana Manuscripts Librarian
Special Collections, Claremont Colleges LibraryClaremont University Consortium
800 N. Dartmouth AvenueClaremont, CA 91711Phone: 909-607-0862
Email: [email protected]
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