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Presentation delivered at NJLA's 2012 annual conference. Includes hyperlinks for examples of digital libraries throughout.
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Digital Library Toolkit:Building a small digital library on
a shoestring
Miraida Morales [email protected] @MiraidaM on Twitter
The project:to build a digital library of heraldry design for the
National Library of Puerto Rico
Sketch of flag of Vieques
Cataño, studies for coat of arms
Cataño, Sketches for coat of arms & flag
The man:Roberto Beascoechea Lota
b. 1915-d. 2004
1956: went to work at the newly formed Institute of Puerto Rican Culture as a historian and advisor
Eventually to become Director of the National Library of Puerto Rico
The collectionUnprocessed
Organized in folders by municipality only
Handmade sketches, handwritten notes, bibliographies, correspondence, invitations to official unveilings, telegrams, drafts of heraldry description, glossaries of heraldic terms, official memoranda
The process
PlanningInventory
& Selection
Platform, metadata scheme
DigitizationUploading files
& metadata creation
Prototype & Digital Library
3 months
ChallengesBudget: $0
Government holidays: 5 in July alone
AC system in the Library broke
No access to scanner or hard drive until last week in June
Government closures due to tropical storms
An organized collection of resources For a specified group of users
What is a digital library?
Planning
Users Collection
Choices!
So many choices
Evaluate
Resources
• Drupal in Libraries (ALA Tech Source) book and website
• LYRASIS Digital Toolbox best practices, guidelines• LYRASIS Mass Digitization Collaborative• Open source software documentation• User communities• “A checklist for evaluating open source digital library
software.” OIR, 30 (4).• A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital C
ollections (NISO)
Workflow
Coda
• Don’t forget to test!• Fail fast• Tweak, adjust• Re-test• Add more stuff!