WELCOME!SFDC Tour of the CDIDecember 10, 2009

INTRODUCTIONSROBIN M. KATZDigital Initiatives Outreach Librarianstarted July 2009

SIBYL SCHAEFERDigital Initiatives Metadata Librarianstarted October 2009

THE CDI WEBSITE

http://cdi.uvm.edu• 10 Collections– Over 11,000 digital objects

• Browse• Search

IMLS GRANTS

FIRST GRANT, 2005-2007• Hired Winona Salesky, Digital Initiatives

Librarian• Renovated CDI office• Established digital library infrastructure

– Hardware: servers, scanners– Native XML database– Design

• Website launched April 2007

IMLS GRANTS

SECOND GRANT, 2008-2010 (extended 2011)

GOALS

• For students, faculty, staff, scholars, and community members to participate as users and creators of digital resources in an open, collaborative environment.

• To help users integrate our digital resources in their research, teaching, and learning strategies.

COLLECTION PROPOSALS

http://cdi.uvm.edu/about/proposal• Anyone can submit a proposal• First target audience: UVM academic

depts.• Received two so far• More publicity to come

OTHER OUTREACH

ENGAGEMENT• EDSC 225: Teaching Social Studies in Secondary

Schools

PUBLICITY• Bookmarks• Brochures & Flyers• Facebook, Blog, Twitter. Flickr soon!• University Communications• PSAs on RETN Channel 16• Across the Fence

Project Process (the simplified version)

• Collection Development Committee Approval

• Scan time! Metadata from original captured

• Cataloging- descriptive metadata is added

• Item (or collection) published

McAllister Collection

• Pam scans- METS record is created.

• Metadata Administration page allows for catalogers to input descriptive metadata.

• Item is published upon clicking “publish”!

All types of Materials!

• Fletcher collection includes– Scans of letters– Transcripts

• Hay Harvesting collection includes:– Videos

SNEAK PREVIEWS

• Long Trail• Prospect School & Center