Categories: All - preservation - navigation - usability - integration

by Deborah Holmes-Wong 10 years ago

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A project focuses on enhancing digital accessibility and preservation of cultural and academic materials through advanced technological solutions. It involves the integration of various functionalities such as image-based object search and Reflectance Transformation Imaging (

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integration

Functionality

discovery of related objects
Images
Search for similar objects based on part of image
Change lighting, light spectrum to see different things, read better, texture in painting -- Inscriptifact
RTI Specular enhancement - change reflectivity of surface

Grant funded training available contact West Semitic Research Center

Story telling

Supporting digital scholarhsip

Differs by academic discipline

Data management needs

Consultation services

subject liaison
Technical liaison

Subtopic

Usability

Findings

topic facets are not hierarchical
Search box behaves like home page, wanted to search within results
Users don't scroll
thought it would work like Google

8 sets of tasks to test navigation and layout

Surface problems

Navigation
Layout

5 users

Preservation

Legacy archival media platform

Capture & convert older file formats to newer

Access

Select collections with minimal rights issues

Deliver files from native environment

Working with instructors to use collections

Copyright protected work

Legal requriemnets
Relationships

Comparative scholarship

allow scholars to use your materials with materials from other collections

Meeting the user in their environments

Providing formats they need

Open Content Program

Metatdata
Generating new files renditions
Third party

Internet Archive

Public Domain files

Higher res copy protected for publication

Sustainability

Sustainable programs

Plan for sustainability
Widely adopted technologies
Need community support
use widely adopted standards
Require staff
Cost money

Legacy library choices

Programs are not projects,

Embed metadata in files

Alternative funding streams

Discussions about finding ways to fund DL beyond institutional funding and grants

adding something

Publicity & Marketing

Gateway to Special Collections

Virtual browse, table of contents, front back cover
Collections posting to Twitter, Instagram, etc.

Traditional media

Social media

KCET LA as Subject

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