Little Falls Library Photo Digitization / Flickr Project August 21, 2008 Kevin Andreano [email_address]

Project Overview Flickr page Microsoft Access database back-end Wiki user manual and best practice guide Website with user-friendly instructions

Flickr page

Microsoft Access database back-end

Wiki user manual and best practice guide

Website with user-friendly instructions

Purpose – Why Digitize? Preserve local history Increase access to the collection Get the community involved

Preserve local history

Increase access to the collection

Get the community involved

Step 1: Re-housing Investigate standards Buy archival supplies Develop a numbering system

Investigate standards

Buy archival supplies

Develop a numbering system

Step 2: Metadata Microsoft Access database with rich descriptive, administrative, and preservation metadata Metadata schema incorporates Dublin Core elements

Microsoft Access database with rich descriptive, administrative, and preservation metadata

Metadata schema incorporates Dublin Core elements

Why so much metadata? More powerful search / query capabilities Administrative / preservation information Flexible reporting functionality Interoperability

More powerful search / query capabilities

Administrative / preservation information

Flexible reporting functionality

Interoperability

Step 3: Scanning (Finally!) Scan high, archival quality TIFFs Crop and export as JPEGs for Flickr

Scan high, archival quality TIFFs

Crop and export as JPEGs for Flickr

Step 4: Upload to Flickr Upload photos and add captions Ability to add tags Wait for the user comments to roll in

Upload photos and add captions

Ability to add tags

Wait for the user comments to roll in

Step 5: Wiki / Website User manual / best practices guide Wiki software enables easy collaboration http://littlefallslibrary.pbwiki.com Website to describe project and provide user-friendly instructions (Under construction)

User manual / best practices guide

Wiki software enables easy collaboration

http://littlefallslibrary.pbwiki.com

Website to describe project and provide user-friendly instructions

(Under construction)

Questions? Comments? http://www.flickr.com/photos/littlefallslibrary

http://www.flickr.com/photos/littlefallslibrary