http://www.biblioboard.com/

http://library.biblioboard.com/

http://creator.biblioboard.com

By Samantha HarlowMedia& Digital Resource Librarian

BiblioBoard for Libraries

Started as an partnership with British Library

– Started with creating a 19th century historical

books app for tablets and mobile devices.

– Because of the success of this app, created a

platform that makes it easy for any museum,

library, and other historical institutions to

create and organize thematic anthologies.

– Then all of these anthologies are available on

Biblioboard libraries

Biblioboard for Libraries

Creating BiblioBoard Account

• To get the materials to be downloaded, personalized, etc.

• At top of the page, click on “Login”

• Click on “Sign Up Now!”

• Use HPU email address and create a password.

• Now you/students/faculty have the ability to create favorites, bookmarks.

• Can also download from the iTunes App store for iPad (not iPhone)

Introduction to BiblioBoard

Creator

Please watch this 12 minute video to

get acquainted with the BiblioBoard

Creator process.

https://vimeo.com/62740578

BiblioBoard Creator at HPU

• Faculty/librarians/class projects can create themed anthologies from public domain materials.

• Can have multiple creators, so freedom of creation throughout all of HPU.

• Class and faculty projects or for Humanities departments.

• Tool to teach students about Public Domain/Copyright.

• Archival materials can be digitized and displayed

To create a digital anthology,

your project will go through three

phases:

Discovery, Enhancement, and

Marketing

Discovery

You can “Upload" custom

content

If you are uploading your own

content, make sure that it has

correct copyright

• You own the

copyright

• Public Domain

• Creative Commons

Licenses

• CC-Attribution

• CC-Attribution

Discovery -

Upload

When you upload an

item, this (*) is the

required field metadata

fields that you will

need to add.

• License Type

• File Type

• Title

• Creator

• Publication Date

• Description

The more information

you put in the more

complete your

anthology will become.

File types:

Books/articles: PDF

Images: jpg, png, gif

Audio: mp3

Video: have to be put through

YouTube,

Vimeo, or Internet Archives

Media Type:

License Type:

Discovery - Search

Search can be a powerful tool for finding items to add to

anthology. “BiblioBoard Search” automatically searches a

database of public domain/creative commons materials which

you can use to create your anthology.

The creator has the option of searching by keywords or Media

Type. Be sure to carefully look at and browse the items to see if

they fit your anthology.

Discovery - Review

Review is where you can organize and removes items before your

enhancement stage. This will give you the same view you had of materials

during Upload and Search phase.

This is mostly an opportunity for you to review or remove your work one

more time before starting the enhancement phase (editing metadata, adding

text, and finalizing contributor information).

Anthology Overview

You must include a document during your

Discovery phase called Anthology Overview.

This is a document that is a 1-2 pages that

should tell viewers more about your anthology,

yourself as a creator, and/or more about your

organization.

You cannot complete the Discovery phase of

your anthology unless you have submitted this

statement.

Please contact the Media Resource Librarian at

sharlow@highpoint.edu for a template of the

Anthology Overview

Discovery - Finish

Once you select the “Finish Discovery” phase, you might

have to wait a couple of hours-day for the next state of your

project to begin.

Enhancement

Enhancement – Files Pass or

Fail

Sometimes your files will fail to process

the first time you go through discovery. Be

sure to click the button to “Reprocess

Failed Files” to get get the failed files

through to the Enhancement phase. If

your files continue to fail, it might be due to

a corrupt or bad file or misuse of copyright.

Enhancement – Review QualityYou need to Accept or Reject every

item in your collection in order for the

item to be featured in your final

anthology.

To review an item, click on the

title.

Enhancement – Item Review

If your book is of poorer

quality than you imagined,

then you can reject the

book and give a reason

why.

Enhancement – Item Review

From here you can

set a title page, set as

a thumbnail page,

add to visual browse

stream, or hide page.

If you right click on

an page, you can

set as title page,

set as thumbnail

page, add to visual

stream or hide

page.

Title Page – Page that represents the

biographic information of the book.

Thumbnail – Page you want to visually

represent your book on BiblioBoard, and

functions as the cover of the book. Can be

the same as your title page.

Visual Browse Stream (VBS) –these image are important because they

enable your anthology to be more

searchable, use them later for

collection/anthology images later in the

process. Pick any image that is of good

quality – do not pick text based images.

Hide pages – perform this action for

blank pages that you do want to take up

space in your anthology

Example of a title

page

Example of a good

Thumbnail

Example of a good VBS

image

Enhancement – Save and

Accept

Once you are done

with designating

different parts of your

image during your

review, you can Reject

or Save and Accept.

Enhancement - Describe

When you first enter this phase of Enhancement, every item

will say “Pending.” Click on the item to enhance the

description or metadata of the item. If you have uploaded

your own item, the metadata is done and just needs to be

reviewed. If you uploaded an item from the BiblioBoard

database, this is where you add a description.

The metadata fields are

identical to the fields you

used to input your own

items during the discovery

phase.

You will have to fill in:

Title

Language

Publication Date

License type

The license type will

automatically be filled in as

“Public Domain” since the

BiblioBoard database is

public domain.

Enhancement – Highlight

Content

You have the option of

highlighting 6 items of

content in your collection.

Highlighted content should

be the best content in your

collection, and text based.

Enhancement – Book Info

Most of this section is

optional, but remember,

the more information the

better.

This will make your

collection more

searchable and findable

on the Internet.

You have to put in a

“Primary Category”

which you can choose

from a list.

If you fill like your object

fits into more than one

category, fill out the

secondary and tertiary

categories.

Enhancement – Contributor Info

Click on the pencil tool in order to fill out your creator

information. This will need to be done for all items.

You will need to fill in:

Type

Role

Full Name (Last name, First name)

Last Name

Enhancement – Collections

Now you you need to think about dividing your content into 4-

8 collections. All of you content will appear on the left hand

side of the screen.

To add a collection, click “Add Collection” at the top of the

screen.

Enhancement – Collections

Once you select “Add Collection” you will need to select the

Name and Description of your collection.

You also have the option of selecting an image to present

your collection, but this is optional. You can upload an image,

or select from your Visual Browse Stream images.

Enhancement – Collections

Once you create your collections, you can

drag and drop content into the collection

that you believe that it should live. You

can also click and drag the content into a

different order.

Enhancement – Finish

Once you click on the “Finish

Enhancement” button, you can then

immediately enter into the Marketing

stage.

Marketing

Marketing – Anthology Image

Choose an “Anthology Image” that will represent your

collection on BiblioBoard and function as your cover to

your anthology. You can either choose your own

image or upload an image form you Visual Browse

Stream.

Marketing

Anthology Logo and Browse Icon

Logo

You will need to upload your anthology logo and

browse icon logo (the same image). HPU libraries

has a set anthology logo and browse icon logo for

each project produced by HPU. Please email

sharlow@highpoint.edu to receive this logo.

Marketing

Adding Marketing Info

Click on Add Marketing Information to start adding different marketing fields.

Marketing

Adding Marketing Info

Description:

Introduction to

Anthology. This

should be a lengthy

paragraph.

Info:

This is where you can

change your title, add a

subtitle, and choose an

abbreviated title.

Marketing

Adding Marketing Info

SEO:

SEO stands for Search

Engine Optimization.

Keywords: You are required

to have at least 16

keywords, but can choose

as many as that will fit in

4000 characters.

SEO Description: short

sentence with as many

keywords as possible.

Audience Description: Fill in

the sentence: “This

anthology is ideal for

individuals interested in . . .”

Premium Content:

This field is not required and functions

the same way as your anthology

overview. You can use up to 4000

characters in this field if you choose to

fill it out.

Once you are done filling out your

all of your marketing information,

remember to save this information.

You can also upload your

marketing information in

another language if you

desire.

Marketing - Categories

Now you can go back to categories

for your entire anthology, instead of

just one piece of content. The

process of choosing is the same as

in the Enhancement phase.

Marketing – Creator Info

This is an optional tab to allow for

the creator to tell the audience more

about himself or herself.

Marketing – Pricing

You have the option of

pricing your anthologies,

but currently HPU is not

pricing any anthology.

Please contact the

Media Resource

Librarian Samantha

Harlow at

sharlow@highpoint.edu

if you are interested in

charging for your

anthology.

Marketing – Finish

Now you are ready to truly finish your

anthology. Once you click “Finish Marketing”

your anthology will be sent to the BiblioBoard

team for a final review. They will

communicate through the review and let you

know when your anthology is published.