1. Introducing the newly redesigned CONTENTdm March 31, 2011 Suzanne Butte, OCLC Digital Services Consultant
2. Today’s agenda Overview of CONTENTdm Suzanne ButteOCLC Digital Services Consultant Experience with CONTENTdm Kristen YarmeyDigital Services LibrarianThe University of Scranton
3. CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software A complete software solution Stores, manages and provides access for all your digital collections Your digital collections reside on a CONTENTdm Server, either installed locally or on an OCLC-hosted server For organizations of all types and sizes Academic libraries, public libraries, historical societies, museums, state libraries, special and others Offers open architecture; standards-based for staff efficiencies and cost effectiveness Dublin Core, JPEG2000, OAI Harvesting, PHP API and more Showcases a wide range of media types Photos and documents to audio and video files
4. CONTENTdm manages all types of materials Images -photographs, posters, postcards, paintings, etc. Historical documents –journals, diaries, letters, etc. Printed materials – newspapers, yearbooks, reports, PDFs, etc. EAD Finding Aids Audio/video – oral histories, historic films, lectures, etc.
5. CONTENTdm user community More than 2,000 libraries, archives, museums and other cultural heritage institutions worldwide use CONTENTdm Engaged user community Regional Users Group Meetings Forums and blogs CONTENTdm Metadata Working Group Beta programs
6. CONTENTdm 6: newly redesigned The result of extensive usability testing An end-user interface that consistently has passed usability tests with 97% of users able to accomplish their tasks It now offers even simpler access to digital items, easier navigation paths and more avenues for discovery
7. New CONTENTdm end-user interface Enhanced image viewer for zooming, panning and improved viewing of many file types: compound objects, images, PDFs, video/audio Featuresthat support discoverability: QuickView, suggested topics, sharing, RSS feeds, image carousels The ability to sharedigital items via e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and many more
12. Current CONTENTdm user “CONTENTdm 6 is a great step forward. Using the new website configuration tools made it really simple and quick to customize our digital archive Web site—I probably only needed a couple of hours work. And avoiding coding is really handy for sites like us with no in-house technical support. The long-term sustainability of our CONTENTdm instance is much more assured knowing that minimal technical input is required from our end.” Edward KirklandProject Manager, My Leicestershire Digital ArchiveUniversity of Leicester
13. See the new CONTENTdm… CONTENTdm 6 Sandbox: http://sandbox.contentdm.org/
22. Evaluate CONTENTdm 6 A hosted evaluation that enables you to try the fullCONTENTdm right away We set everything up for you No charge 60-day evaluation Just complete the evaluation form at www.oclc.org/contentdm/evaluate/
The Southeastern ContentDM User Group meeting will take place May 11-13 at the College of CharlestonDates: Monday - Wednesday, August 1 - 3, 2011,Host: Towson University, Towson, MDThe Eastern CONTENTdm Users Group Planning Committee is accepting proposals to present a pre-conference workshop, conference talks, and/or panel discussions at its 2011 Annual Meeting being held this August at Towson University in Towson, MD. Please consider participating as a speaker or part of a panel discussion. Proposals are due by Monday, April 18, 2011.More information about the conference is available on its website, http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/ecdmug.html.
