Western Writers Series

Wrangling a Digital Collection into Existence: The Boise State Western Writers Series Digital Editions Rick Stoddart

I am not..
A digital collections guru
A Special Collections Librarian I am only a librarian

Warm-Up
Match the Moo Cards to the Covers
Answer the questions First group to Finish = Prize Basket!

Br – O – N – C - O

What we did is what we did
There is the right way
Then there is what we did

It all started with a…

Cost
23 titles @ 50 pages = cheap

If it is that cheap, why involve the library?
Cataloging – gets these in OPACS
“Natural Fit” Library has the technology to create and support Shared cost – Common interest Prestige

WIN – WIN - WIN

Got the Okay

< Smile >

Get a MOU! What’s a Mou?

To OCR or not to OCR that is the question!

Copyright, right?

Decide on format (PDF)

Take to Print Shop

< breathe >

Hold your horses! CHANGE FORMAT (ARCHIVE PDF)

New Hire in Special Collections

Enter Content-DM wearing a white hat

Meanwhile back on the ranch… Catalogers help with OCLC records

EXCEPT!!!! ContentDM upgrade changes URLS

Catalogers Freak!

Meanwhile back on the ranch… Splash Page – Too many cooks

What does WEST mean? Which begs the question…

Nobody likes the Splash Page

Flaming arrows of promotion

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Everybody freaks out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Circle the Wagons!

Launch?

On campus? FOOD? Cost?

Enter THE CABIN (stage right)

< breathe > All done right?

It disappeared into the dust-cloud of the web! After launch…

Why bother?

THIS IS LIBRARIANSHIP

Website is up & in ContentDM

Launch was a success on many levels

Lessons
Never enough communication
Don’t be the only conduit
Planning is fine but expect things to change.
Don’t lock yourself in
Put the collection before perfection
It won’t be perfect – accessibility should be your goal
It is a process – it really never ends
Celebrate your victories

It might be helpful to think of the project like this:
Instead of this: website+digitization=WWS
Digitization Wikipedia Website Launch Party Catalog Records WWS

Don’t let it die on the virtual shelf!
Upcoming
Wikipedia links
More digitized volumes possibly coming
Move to Scholar Works?

So… What did I do right/wrong? What would you do different?

http:// guides.boisestate.edu /digital Links to standards, collections, & resources for Digital Collections

It all started with a…

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Western Writers Series

by Rick Stoddart

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