The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is a freely accessible public portal to cultural heritage information that contains more than 10 million images (photographs, maps, posters, postcards) textual items (manuscripts, correspondence, pamphlets, newspapers, yearbooks, eBooks), oral histories, sound and video files. Temple University Digital Projects Librarian and DPLA Volunteer Community Representative Doreva Belfiore discusses how the DPLA can help one find cultural and family heritage information to supplement genealogical research.
How to use the DPLA fullversion - color - june 2014Jennifer Birnel
CE: Technology
DPLA is a portal that delivers resources through different searching and browsing possibilities. Far more than a search engine, the portal provides innovative ways to search and scan through the united collection of millions of items, including by timeline, map, virtual bookshelf, format, subject, and partner. Learn about this amazing portal of digital content.
The document provides guidance on effectively searching for information on the internet for history projects. It explains that searching the internet is like finding a needle in a haystack but there are techniques that can help attract the right information. These include using advanced search features, Boolean logic operators, and focusing searches on specific domains like .edu to find more relevant sources. A list of recommended history and archives websites for primary sources is also included.
The document provides guidance on researching primary sources for a Michigan History Day project. It recommends starting with secondary sources like libraries to identify keywords, then searching local historical societies, museums, archives and government sites for primary sources. It lists several credible online research sites that contain primary sources, like the Library of Congress and National Archives. The document also provides tips for evaluating website credibility and examples of good and poor online sources. It concludes by offering specific Michigan-focused online archives containing primary sources.
This document provides an introduction to linked data and RDF. It discusses:
1. The principles of linked data, which involve using URIs to identify things and including links to other related resources.
2. The goals of linked data, which are to transfer information between machines without loss of meaning by identifying data on the web using shared vocabularies and RDF.
3. An overview of RDF, which structures data as subject-predicate-object triples and can be serialized in formats like RDF/XML and Turtle to represent typed links between resources.
This document discusses how archives can use semantic web technologies like linked data to improve access to archival descriptions and resources. It provides background on the semantic web and linked data, and examples of how libraries are already using these approaches. While archival description standards like EAD currently focus on human-readable documents rather than linked data, the presenter argues the standards should evolve to represent information in a more computer-friendly and interoperable way, such as the emerging EAC standard. Overall, the presentation promotes the idea that archives can benefit from adopting semantic web best practices to better connect and expose archival information online.
This document discusses BIBFRAME, a new bibliographic framework being developed as a replacement for the MARC cataloging standard. It provides an overview of BIBFRAME, including its goals of utilizing linked data and resolving issues with MARC. The document also examines the BIBFRAME model and vocabulary, experiments being conducted with it, and questions around its future adoption.
From: Linked Data: what cataloguers need to know. A CIG event. 25 November 2013, Birmingham. #cigld
http://www.cilip.org.uk/cataloguing-and-indexing-group/events/linked-data-what-cataloguers-need-know-cig-event
Accompanying write-up from Catalogue & Index 174: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1449460/
How to use the DPLA fullversion - color - june 2014Jennifer Birnel
CE: Technology
DPLA is a portal that delivers resources through different searching and browsing possibilities. Far more than a search engine, the portal provides innovative ways to search and scan through the united collection of millions of items, including by timeline, map, virtual bookshelf, format, subject, and partner. Learn about this amazing portal of digital content.
The document provides guidance on effectively searching for information on the internet for history projects. It explains that searching the internet is like finding a needle in a haystack but there are techniques that can help attract the right information. These include using advanced search features, Boolean logic operators, and focusing searches on specific domains like .edu to find more relevant sources. A list of recommended history and archives websites for primary sources is also included.
The document provides guidance on researching primary sources for a Michigan History Day project. It recommends starting with secondary sources like libraries to identify keywords, then searching local historical societies, museums, archives and government sites for primary sources. It lists several credible online research sites that contain primary sources, like the Library of Congress and National Archives. The document also provides tips for evaluating website credibility and examples of good and poor online sources. It concludes by offering specific Michigan-focused online archives containing primary sources.
This document provides an introduction to linked data and RDF. It discusses:
1. The principles of linked data, which involve using URIs to identify things and including links to other related resources.
2. The goals of linked data, which are to transfer information between machines without loss of meaning by identifying data on the web using shared vocabularies and RDF.
3. An overview of RDF, which structures data as subject-predicate-object triples and can be serialized in formats like RDF/XML and Turtle to represent typed links between resources.
This document discusses how archives can use semantic web technologies like linked data to improve access to archival descriptions and resources. It provides background on the semantic web and linked data, and examples of how libraries are already using these approaches. While archival description standards like EAD currently focus on human-readable documents rather than linked data, the presenter argues the standards should evolve to represent information in a more computer-friendly and interoperable way, such as the emerging EAC standard. Overall, the presentation promotes the idea that archives can benefit from adopting semantic web best practices to better connect and expose archival information online.
This document discusses BIBFRAME, a new bibliographic framework being developed as a replacement for the MARC cataloging standard. It provides an overview of BIBFRAME, including its goals of utilizing linked data and resolving issues with MARC. The document also examines the BIBFRAME model and vocabulary, experiments being conducted with it, and questions around its future adoption.
From: Linked Data: what cataloguers need to know. A CIG event. 25 November 2013, Birmingham. #cigld
http://www.cilip.org.uk/cataloguing-and-indexing-group/events/linked-data-what-cataloguers-need-know-cig-event
Accompanying write-up from Catalogue & Index 174: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1449460/
Presentation given to the American Art Collaborative on November 13, 2014.
Introduction to IIIF, with a focus on linked data and the Presentation API. Particularly targeted at Museums, but also other Cultural Heritage institutions.
The document discusses the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) and its use of JSON-LD. IIIF provides APIs for delivering images and presenting them, with the goal of enabling sharing and reuse of images across cultural heritage institutions. It has a growing community of adopters and provides open-source software implementations of its APIs. The document provides an overview of the key aspects of IIIF's image API, including how to specify regions, sizes, rotations and other parameters in image URLs.
This document provides guidance on using library resources at the University of Omaha. It outlines the layout of the library and where to find different materials. It describes various sources and tools available, such as the library catalog, databases, and the internet. It provides guidance on evaluating the reliability of sources and how to search and use the different tools. Help and assistance is available from library staff.
Publishing and interlinking music-related data on the WebYves Raimond
This document discusses publishing and interlinking music-related data on the web as linked data using semantic web standards like RDF, URIs, and ontologies. It describes existing music ontologies that can be used to represent information about musical works, performances, recordings and other related concepts. It also outlines how the BBC is publishing its music and other media-related data as linked open data and using ontologies to represent relationships between resources.
From Feb 19 2014 NISO Virtual Conference: NISO Virtual Conference: The Semantic Web Coming of Age: Technologies and Implementations
Kevin Ford, Semantic Web Applications in Libraries: The Road to BIBFRAME
The document discusses the opportunities and challenges of using Linked Data to connect libraries and their resources on the web. It describes what Linked Data is, how libraries can make their data available on the semantic web by following Linked Data principles, and the benefits this could provide including sending users to library resources and providing a richer experience. However, it also notes challenges in getting libraries to make this change and fully participate in the web of data.
The document discusses adding semantic web and linked data capabilities to the TYPO3 FLOW3 framework. It proposes exporting domain models to RDF, generating RDFa in Fluid templates, and enriching long texts through cross-linking and machine learning. This will help integrate linked data more deeply into FLOW3 and make it more production-ready and developer-friendly.
You may have heard that Twitter, Facebook, and other sites like LinkedIn, Tumblr or Pinterest are great tools for getting the library’s message out to your patrons and stakeholders. This is true, but these tools are even more useful and powerful when you think of them as ways to build relationships with members of your community. Learn what each of these tools has to offer and how you can use them to build relationships through social media outreach.
Presentation includes examples of promoting SirsiDynix tools and resources.
The document provides an overview of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). It summarizes that the DPLA is a portal that aggregates over 10 million items from libraries, archives, and museums, and provides metadata records that link to the original items. It works by normalizing metadata to a common standard and enriching records. The document outlines future plans such as pilot projects on digital hubs and educational uses, and partnerships with public libraries. It encourages involvement through activities like introducing patrons, following on social media, using the open API, volunteering, donating, and digitizing local collections.
Ahmed Mohamed Mitwaly El-Tantawy is seeking a position in information technology. He has a Bachelor's degree in information systems and technology from Zagazig University. He has over 7 years of experience working in IT roles, including as an IT engineer, technical support engineer, and in sales and marketing. He has skills in programming languages like Oracle, SQL Server, and Visual Basic, as well as tools like Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, and Macromedia Flash.
Los mejores consejos para cuidar la piel de tu semblante.evasivezero5044
Las cuatro mejores formas de cuidar la piel del rostro son: 1) Usar máscaras de algas para protegerse de las quemaduras solares, ya que contienen compuestos protectores contra los rayos UV; 2) Aplicar manteca de karité para aliviar la inflamación debido a sus propiedades antiinflamatorias; 3) Humectar regularmente la piel con aceite de semilla de uva, que forma una película hidratante e impermeable; 4) Elegir cremas con vitamina E para prevenir manchas de enve
En la clase del 29 de septiembre, los estudiantes presentaron prototipos de estructuras que fueron evaluados por los profesores Marianella y Rodolfo mediante preguntas, mientras que los estudiantes eran llamados uno por uno para someter sus prototipos a pruebas. La clase enseñó que la distribución correcta de cargas a través de barras es clave para que una estructura soporte peso, y que el material y su rigidez determinan la resistencia. El prototipo del autor no soportó el peso debido a la ausencia de barr
1) The document provides guidance for different plenary activities that can be used to summarize and reflect on a math lesson. It includes instructions for completing tasks like filling out success criteria triangles, writing key words, describing what was learned, and providing peer feedback.
2) Students are directed to work with partners to discuss what they learned and found challenging, and write responses in each other's books. They also create and answer their own math questions to demonstrate understanding.
3) The document emphasizes self-assessment and reflection on areas of strength and growth to improve, with the goal of helping students internalize the most important aspects of the lesson.
This document does not contain any meaningful content to summarize. It consists only of repeated letters with no discernible words, sentences, or ideas. A summary cannot be generated from this document as there is no substantive information present.
This document discusses diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating and its potential application to an industrial adhesive tape. It provides background on the history and development of DLC coating, describing the chemical and mechanical properties that make it useful for reducing friction. The document outlines different methods for depositing DLC coatings, such as plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition and cathodic arc deposition. It also reviews previous studies applying DLC coatings to materials like polymers and discusses how DLC coating can improve tool lifetime, reduce wear, and lower friction in applications like machining and bone cutting. The document aims to assess whether DLC coating could feasibly reduce the friction of an industrial adhesive tape for uses like attaching to drawer surfaces.
This document discusses EnerTermoPac (ETP), a cogeneration module that can provide heated/cooled water, heated/cooled air, and electricity using various fuel sources. ETP aims to reduce gas consumption compared to traditional boilers. It is shown that ETP consumption is half that of cogeneration and one third that of a boiler for equivalent thermal energy produced. The document outlines ETP product lines for industrial, commercial, and portable applications with engine sizes from 2 to 71 liters. Options like CO2 and absorption modules are mentioned. Virtual power plant and hybrid configurations using ETP with batteries, heat pumps and renewable energy are also discussed.
Energyes division ener termopac line 2015 ev v02Christian Moreau
This document discusses EnerTermoPac (ETP), a multi-energy hybrid system that can provide heating, cooling, hot water, and electricity using various energy sources. ETP aims to reduce natural gas consumption compared to traditional boilers. It claims a 40% reduction in gas usage versus traditional boilers and consumes half as much gas as cogeneration systems for equivalent thermal energy production. The document outlines ETP product lines for industrial, commercial, and residential applications with engine sizes from 2 to 71 liters providing 50kW to 1200kWe. It also describes ETP control and interface features and provides an example of a system combining ETP modules with heat pumps, energy storage, photovoltaics, and other technologies
The document provides a resume for Hany Harby Awais, a senior PHP web developer with over 6 years of experience developing websites using technologies like PHP, MySQL, WordPress, Joomla, and CodeIgniter. It outlines his objectives, technologies experience, portfolio of projects, work history including roles as a freelancer and at various companies, and skills in areas like PHP frameworks, mobile development, databases, and web tools.
Este documento presenta 9 actividades para mejorar la memorización de hechos numéricos en estudiantes. Algunas actividades incluyen juegos como el encuadramiento, la doble guerra y el bingo, donde los estudiantes comparan y suman números. Otras actividades usan materiales como dominós, triángulos y cuadrados para formar pares con sumas iguales. El objetivo general es que los estudiantes desarrollen estrategias como descomposiciones numéricas para resolver problemas numéricos.
Presentation given to the American Art Collaborative on November 13, 2014.
Introduction to IIIF, with a focus on linked data and the Presentation API. Particularly targeted at Museums, but also other Cultural Heritage institutions.
The document discusses the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) and its use of JSON-LD. IIIF provides APIs for delivering images and presenting them, with the goal of enabling sharing and reuse of images across cultural heritage institutions. It has a growing community of adopters and provides open-source software implementations of its APIs. The document provides an overview of the key aspects of IIIF's image API, including how to specify regions, sizes, rotations and other parameters in image URLs.
This document provides guidance on using library resources at the University of Omaha. It outlines the layout of the library and where to find different materials. It describes various sources and tools available, such as the library catalog, databases, and the internet. It provides guidance on evaluating the reliability of sources and how to search and use the different tools. Help and assistance is available from library staff.
Publishing and interlinking music-related data on the WebYves Raimond
This document discusses publishing and interlinking music-related data on the web as linked data using semantic web standards like RDF, URIs, and ontologies. It describes existing music ontologies that can be used to represent information about musical works, performances, recordings and other related concepts. It also outlines how the BBC is publishing its music and other media-related data as linked open data and using ontologies to represent relationships between resources.
From Feb 19 2014 NISO Virtual Conference: NISO Virtual Conference: The Semantic Web Coming of Age: Technologies and Implementations
Kevin Ford, Semantic Web Applications in Libraries: The Road to BIBFRAME
The document discusses the opportunities and challenges of using Linked Data to connect libraries and their resources on the web. It describes what Linked Data is, how libraries can make their data available on the semantic web by following Linked Data principles, and the benefits this could provide including sending users to library resources and providing a richer experience. However, it also notes challenges in getting libraries to make this change and fully participate in the web of data.
The document discusses adding semantic web and linked data capabilities to the TYPO3 FLOW3 framework. It proposes exporting domain models to RDF, generating RDFa in Fluid templates, and enriching long texts through cross-linking and machine learning. This will help integrate linked data more deeply into FLOW3 and make it more production-ready and developer-friendly.
You may have heard that Twitter, Facebook, and other sites like LinkedIn, Tumblr or Pinterest are great tools for getting the library’s message out to your patrons and stakeholders. This is true, but these tools are even more useful and powerful when you think of them as ways to build relationships with members of your community. Learn what each of these tools has to offer and how you can use them to build relationships through social media outreach.
Presentation includes examples of promoting SirsiDynix tools and resources.
The document provides an overview of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). It summarizes that the DPLA is a portal that aggregates over 10 million items from libraries, archives, and museums, and provides metadata records that link to the original items. It works by normalizing metadata to a common standard and enriching records. The document outlines future plans such as pilot projects on digital hubs and educational uses, and partnerships with public libraries. It encourages involvement through activities like introducing patrons, following on social media, using the open API, volunteering, donating, and digitizing local collections.
Ahmed Mohamed Mitwaly El-Tantawy is seeking a position in information technology. He has a Bachelor's degree in information systems and technology from Zagazig University. He has over 7 years of experience working in IT roles, including as an IT engineer, technical support engineer, and in sales and marketing. He has skills in programming languages like Oracle, SQL Server, and Visual Basic, as well as tools like Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, and Macromedia Flash.
Los mejores consejos para cuidar la piel de tu semblante.evasivezero5044
Las cuatro mejores formas de cuidar la piel del rostro son: 1) Usar máscaras de algas para protegerse de las quemaduras solares, ya que contienen compuestos protectores contra los rayos UV; 2) Aplicar manteca de karité para aliviar la inflamación debido a sus propiedades antiinflamatorias; 3) Humectar regularmente la piel con aceite de semilla de uva, que forma una película hidratante e impermeable; 4) Elegir cremas con vitamina E para prevenir manchas de enve
En la clase del 29 de septiembre, los estudiantes presentaron prototipos de estructuras que fueron evaluados por los profesores Marianella y Rodolfo mediante preguntas, mientras que los estudiantes eran llamados uno por uno para someter sus prototipos a pruebas. La clase enseñó que la distribución correcta de cargas a través de barras es clave para que una estructura soporte peso, y que el material y su rigidez determinan la resistencia. El prototipo del autor no soportó el peso debido a la ausencia de barr
1) The document provides guidance for different plenary activities that can be used to summarize and reflect on a math lesson. It includes instructions for completing tasks like filling out success criteria triangles, writing key words, describing what was learned, and providing peer feedback.
2) Students are directed to work with partners to discuss what they learned and found challenging, and write responses in each other's books. They also create and answer their own math questions to demonstrate understanding.
3) The document emphasizes self-assessment and reflection on areas of strength and growth to improve, with the goal of helping students internalize the most important aspects of the lesson.
This document does not contain any meaningful content to summarize. It consists only of repeated letters with no discernible words, sentences, or ideas. A summary cannot be generated from this document as there is no substantive information present.
This document discusses diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating and its potential application to an industrial adhesive tape. It provides background on the history and development of DLC coating, describing the chemical and mechanical properties that make it useful for reducing friction. The document outlines different methods for depositing DLC coatings, such as plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition and cathodic arc deposition. It also reviews previous studies applying DLC coatings to materials like polymers and discusses how DLC coating can improve tool lifetime, reduce wear, and lower friction in applications like machining and bone cutting. The document aims to assess whether DLC coating could feasibly reduce the friction of an industrial adhesive tape for uses like attaching to drawer surfaces.
This document discusses EnerTermoPac (ETP), a cogeneration module that can provide heated/cooled water, heated/cooled air, and electricity using various fuel sources. ETP aims to reduce gas consumption compared to traditional boilers. It is shown that ETP consumption is half that of cogeneration and one third that of a boiler for equivalent thermal energy produced. The document outlines ETP product lines for industrial, commercial, and portable applications with engine sizes from 2 to 71 liters. Options like CO2 and absorption modules are mentioned. Virtual power plant and hybrid configurations using ETP with batteries, heat pumps and renewable energy are also discussed.
Energyes division ener termopac line 2015 ev v02Christian Moreau
This document discusses EnerTermoPac (ETP), a multi-energy hybrid system that can provide heating, cooling, hot water, and electricity using various energy sources. ETP aims to reduce natural gas consumption compared to traditional boilers. It claims a 40% reduction in gas usage versus traditional boilers and consumes half as much gas as cogeneration systems for equivalent thermal energy production. The document outlines ETP product lines for industrial, commercial, and residential applications with engine sizes from 2 to 71 liters providing 50kW to 1200kWe. It also describes ETP control and interface features and provides an example of a system combining ETP modules with heat pumps, energy storage, photovoltaics, and other technologies
The document provides a resume for Hany Harby Awais, a senior PHP web developer with over 6 years of experience developing websites using technologies like PHP, MySQL, WordPress, Joomla, and CodeIgniter. It outlines his objectives, technologies experience, portfolio of projects, work history including roles as a freelancer and at various companies, and skills in areas like PHP frameworks, mobile development, databases, and web tools.
Este documento presenta 9 actividades para mejorar la memorización de hechos numéricos en estudiantes. Algunas actividades incluyen juegos como el encuadramiento, la doble guerra y el bingo, donde los estudiantes comparan y suman números. Otras actividades usan materiales como dominós, triángulos y cuadrados para formar pares con sumas iguales. El objetivo general es que los estudiantes desarrollen estrategias como descomposiciones numéricas para resolver problemas numéricos.
Este documento discute los tiempos escolares y los deberes. Argumenta que los horarios escolares actuales van en contra del sentido común y la ciencia, y propone cambios como periodos más cortos y flexibles. También analiza investigaciones sobre los deberes, concluyendo que tienen un efecto positivo moderado con 1-2 horas diarias pero que más tiempo no es más efectivo, y que la escuela no debe colonizar todo el tiempo de los estudiantes.
The document discusses plumbing systems for buildings. It describes that plumbing comprises pipes, tanks, fittings and other apparatus for water supply, heating and sanitation. The plumbing system includes a water supply system with distribution pipes, taps and valves. It also includes a drainage system with basins, toilets, traps and pipes. Water is collected and stored in tanks, then pumped to elevated storage tanks in buildings. Various pipe materials like copper, galvanized iron and polythene are used for supply lines. Valves like globe valves and gate valves are used to control water flow. Storage tanks are made of materials like steel, concrete or masonry and are situated on rooftops or at ground level to supply
The document discusses different views of public administration as both a field of practice and study. As a field of practice, public administration involves carrying out governmental functions like enacting laws and policies. As a field of study, it uses empirical research and social science methods to advance knowledge. Public administration is considered an applied discipline that prepares individuals for careers in public service. It is viewed as both an art that involves creativity and leadership, and a science with theories to explain phenomena in the field. Several definitions of public administration are provided that emphasize its role in implementing policies and delivering services to the public.
The document discusses the meaning and evolution of "public" in public administration and argues that voluntary sector management falls within the scope of public administration. It defines three meanings of "public" - as government organizations, as providers of public goods and services, and as governance for the public interest. All organizations exist on a continuum of publicness and privateness. Voluntary sector organizations, while not governmental, still aim to serve the public interest and provide public goods, placing their management within the domain of public administration.
The document provides an overview of the Pennsylvania Digital Collections Project (PDCP) and its efforts to aggregate metadata from cultural heritage institutions across Pennsylvania for inclusion in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). It discusses the importance of high quality metadata and outlines the PDCP's recommended metadata fields and guidelines. The presentation was given to institutions to help prepare their digital collections metadata for inclusion through the PDCP as the DPLA service hub for Pennsylvania.
Plays Well with Others: Getting Your Digital Collection Metadata Ready for th...William Fee
Presented at 2015 PaLA Annual Conference on November 6, 2015 by
Linda Ballinger, Penn State
Doreva Belfiore, Temple University
Bill Fee, State Library of Pennsylvania
Leanne Finnigan, Temple University
Kristen Yarmey, University of Scranton
NCompass Live - June 7, 2023.
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/
As more of the world has moved on-line, researchers are discovering items that they didn’t know were out there. We will share with you resources and tactics for finding unusual materials. For example, international libraries are open to sharing their collections but have unique challenges. Individual and regional libraries are creating online digital collections that can be accessed for free. We’ll also share some sites that you’ll want to avoid because they specialize in pirated information.
Presenters: Michael Straatmann, Associate Director for Collection Management; Joyce Melvin, ILL Manager; Amy Heberling, Borrowing/Resource Sharing Associate, University Libraries, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
HSLC held two-day POWER Library Users Conferences, in Cranberry, PA and King of Prussia, PA, for Access PA/POWER Library participants in April 2016 that included training for POWER Library services such as PA Photos and Documents.
How do scholars use the social networks to do research. Visit your library, first. Then, branch out as you use the tools and sites and communities of your scholarly network. Social and Scholarly are not the same even though the fun of using any community network well, makes it seem that way.
The document discusses using linked open data and linked data principles for libraries. It covers key concepts like URIs, RDF triples, ontologies and vocabularies. It then outlines options for libraries to both consume and publish linked data, such as enriching existing catalog data by linking to external sources, creating new information aggregates, and publishing library holdings and metadata as linked open data. Challenges include a lack of common identifiers, FRBRization of existing data, and the need for content curation and new technical systems to fully realize the benefits of linked open data for libraries.
This document provides best practices for creating finding aids. It defines what a finding aid is and discusses the key elements that should be included at different descriptive levels, such as the collection, series, and item levels. It emphasizes making finding aids useful to patrons by including elements like unique identifiers, titles, dates, descriptions of contents, and controlled vocabularies. The document also discusses standards for content, format, and software to facilitate collaboration and sharing of finding aids.
A presentation at the workshop "Rich and loonely or poor and popular?" at the Dublin Core conference in Lisbon on September 4th, 2013. The main hypothesis is that when publishing (linked) data, the main criteria should not be richness and poorness, but suitability for purpose, granularity and adherence to agreed-on models.
This document discusses a research project that developed tools to extract biographical authority records from archival finding aids. The project built a large test corpus of Encoded Archival Context - Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF) records and created a prototype system to access these records. Future directions discussed include integrating the merged data back into archival access systems, scaling up the sources of archival finding aids, and adding more linked open data.
Data Journalism (City Online Journalism wk8)Paul Bradshaw
The document provides an overview of data journalism including what it is, sources for finding data, and tools for analyzing and visualizing data. It discusses scraping data from websites, using tools like Google searches, spreadsheets, and APIs to extract structured data. Ethical considerations around scraping are also mentioned. The document concludes with assigning students to group blogs and individual strategies focusing on different aspects of online journalism.
This document provides an overview of information and research skills for academic essays. It outlines four main steps: 1) planning research by identifying keywords, 2) using library resources like databases and subject guides to find information, 3) employing search techniques like wildcards and Boolean operators, and 4) managing references with RefWorks. Specific resources are recommended, such as the Modern Languages subject guide and LibrarySearch database. Tips are provided on searching effectively, evaluating sources, and accessing materials off-campus.
Deep research in the digital world plain versionSunniWilson
The document discusses various tools and strategies for conducting in-depth research online. It notes that general search engines only provide access to about 30% of internet content and that specialized search tools are needed to access hidden information. It provides examples of different types of specialized search tools, including meta search engines, directories, digital libraries, and social media sites. It emphasizes the importance of clearly defining your research question and being willing to revisit and refine your search strategy.
1. The document discusses the evolving nature of library catalogues as data is increasingly shared and consumed outside of traditional library systems. It explores how catalog data is being transformed, merged with other data sources, and used in new ways.
2. Key points addressed include the release of library catalogue data using open standards like RDF and Linked Data, as well as initiatives to make metadata more accessible to developers and the public. Challenges around aging data formats and the need for more community involvement in metadata standards are also covered.
3. The future may include greater programmatic access to catalog data through APIs, as well as new lightweight metadata schemas that better support open data practices and the needs of non-library users.
SMLLC UG Academic Skills - Information & Research Skills sessionlibraryrussell
This document provides an overview of library services and resources available to support academic research at Royal Holloway University of London. It outlines four main steps for conducting effective research: 1) planning your search strategy; 2) identifying relevant resources and databases; 3) searching for information using keywords and adjusting searches; and 4) managing and referencing results. Key resources mentioned include the Modern Languages subject guide, LibrarySearch database, RefWorks citation manager, and accessing materials off-campus using a VPN. Contact details are provided for library staff assistance.
The document discusses how libraries can connect their resources and metadata through linked data and BIBFRAME to make their collections discoverable on the web. It notes that libraries currently have over 300 million resources available through linked data, but more participation is needed to fully realize the potential of linked data and reassert libraries' role as a discoverable source for all materials. The presentation was given by Richard Wallis of OCLC on guiding users to library resources through metadata and linked data standards.
This document discusses how archives can use semantic web technologies like linked data to improve access to archival descriptions and resources. It provides background on the semantic web and linked data, and examples of how libraries are already using these approaches. While archival description standards like EAD currently focus on human-readable documents rather than linked data, emerging standards like EAC are moving in a more data-centric direction. The archival community can help drive standards evolution to make archival data more interoperable and computer-friendly in line with semantic web principles.
This document discusses how archives can use semantic web technologies like linked data to improve access to archival descriptions and resources. It provides background on linked data and the semantic web, examples of library linked data projects, and barriers to applying these approaches in archives where information is often implicit. Standards like EAD need to evolve to represent data in a more explicit, linked, and computer-friendly way to integrate with the semantic web.
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Elevate Your Nonprofit's Online Presence_ A Guide to Effective SEO Strategies...TechSoup
Whether you're new to SEO or looking to refine your existing strategies, this webinar will provide you with actionable insights and practical tips to elevate your nonprofit's online presence.
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تتميز هذهِ الملزمة بعِدة مُميزات :
1- مُترجمة ترجمة تُناسب جميع المستويات
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3- دقة الكتابة والصور عالية جداً جداً جداً
4- هُنالك بعض المعلومات تم توضيحها بشكل تفصيلي جداً (تُعتبر لدى الطالب أو الطالبة بإنها معلومات مُبهمة ومع ذلك تم توضيح هذهِ المعلومات المُبهمة بشكل تفصيلي جداً
5- الملزمة تشرح نفسها ب نفسها بس تكلك تعال اقراني
6- تحتوي الملزمة في اول سلايد على خارطة تتضمن جميع تفرُعات معلومات الجهاز الهيكلي المذكورة في هذهِ الملزمة
واخيراً هذهِ الملزمة حلالٌ عليكم وإتمنى منكم إن تدعولي بالخير والصحة والعافية فقط
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Beyond Degrees - Empowering the Workforce in the Context of Skills-First.pptxEduSkills OECD
Iván Bornacelly, Policy Analyst at the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD, presents at the webinar 'Tackling job market gaps with a skills-first approach' on 12 June 2024
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
A Visual Guide to 1 Samuel | A Tale of Two HeartsSteve Thomason
These slides walk through the story of 1 Samuel. Samuel is the last judge of Israel. The people reject God and want a king. Saul is anointed as the first king, but he is not a good king. David, the shepherd boy is anointed and Saul is envious of him. David shows honor while Saul continues to self destruct.
1. The Digital Public Library of
America
dp.la
Adapted from the Digital Public Library of America / dp.la / @dpla /
Doreva Belfiore / DPLA Volunteer Community Representative - Pennsylvania / @dorevabelfiore /
7/16/2015 / Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania / @genealogypa /
5. dp.la is the digital public library of america.
a free online library that provides access to millions of
books, photographs, maps, audiovisual materials, and
more from libraries, archives, historical societies and
museums across the United States.
6. here are just a
few examples of the 10+ million items
accessible through dp.la
7. view of
balloon
ascent,
ca. 1860-65
by matthew brady, us war
department
courtesy national archives and
records administration
http://dp.la/item/fea1b6c9cc1344f36d162a715755df24
9. north carolina two-dollar treasury note, 1863 unknown
courtesy george mason university and the digital library of georgia
http://dp.la/item/5830dcb26e4713dbe66f2242456f266c
10. victory girls, ca. 1918
by united war work corp, inc.
courtesy north carolina department of cultural resources
http://dp.la/item/e4b2745d5966ce4efe899a6828cbd871
11. (page 8, detail)
adams'
synchronolo-
gical chart of
universal
history, 1881
by sebastian c. adams
courtesy david rumsey historical
map collection
http://dp.la/item/62e9877a78bf94ec47f6b96d1115e8d7
12. county map of
the state of
pennsylvania,
1872
by william h. gamble
courtesy university of texas at
Arlington library
http://dp.la/item/f3f1230d930f3a78d320256c7ec1cabd
15. miscellaneous
texts
available via
dp.la
by various creators
courtesy national archives and
records administration, mountain
west digital library, hathitrust digital
library, digital library of georgia
16. a portal for discovery
a platform to build upon
an advocate for a
strong public option
17. a
platform
to build
upon
DPLA Application
Programming Interface
(API)
Free and Open
Easy to use
Enables the creation of
custom tools, mobile apps, &
discovery interfaces
OpenPics (iOS, Android)
18. An
advocate
for a
strong
public
option
K-12 Education
Open E-books via First Book
Partnership with PBS Video
Education Advisory
Committee
Commitment to Open
Access
“Getting it Right on Rights”
Normalization of digital rights
statements a la Europeana
digital library
19. how to use dp.la
Doreva Belfiore – 7/16/2015 – Adapted from the Digital Public Library of America / dp.la / @dpla /
40. Additional
search tips
Wildcard searches:
Use * for any character or characters
Obituar* obituary, obituaries
Boolean logic operators
(CAPITALIZED!):
AND to search for multiple items (default)
Macaroni AND cheese; peanut butter AND jelly
NOT to eliminate an option
Peanut butter NOT jelly
Quotation marks for exact phrases: “Ocean City”
64. dp.la
data
limits
dp.la is a portal that
aggregates metadata
Not a replacement for
Ancestry.com, Family Search,
State websites, et. al.
Item level - Not folder or
collection level as is often
seen in archives
Does not contain archival
finding aids (collection
guides)
Does not always contain
page-level metadata or OCR
65. Digging
deeper Man digging with shovel on a
riverbank, 1933, 1942
Courtesy Civilian Conservation Corps Collection,
Archives Center, National Museum of American
History
http://dp.la/item/b9266dbacd9e42573823710e0f781b1d
66. outline
saved searches > ocr text > breadcrumb
trails > subject linked data > collection
hierarchy and context > library catalog links
> finding aids / collection guides
67. outline
saved searches > ocr text > breadcrumb
trails > subject linked data > collection
hierarchy and context > library catalog links
> finding aids / collection guides
100. Thank you!
Doreva Belfiore / DPLA Volunteer Community Representative - Pennsylvania /
dorevabelfiore@gmail.com / @dorevabelfiore /
• Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
• DPLA Community Reps Program
• Franky Abbott, DPLA
• Kenny Whitebloom, DPLA
Editor's Notes
Goal: to act as a national digital library that contains the “full range of human expression” from U.S. libraries, archives, and museums and makes it free and openly available to all. The “full range of human expression” in the future might mean more than cultural heritage material—ebooks, data sets, and other kinds of materials.
DPLA is free, meaning there is no registration, payment or subscription required to use it.
By access we mean that DPLA is a portal that offers users metadata (or records) and content previews (like thumbnails). If a user wants to see a full digital object, they click on it and they are referred back to a hosting institution’s website.
So what kinds of things can I find in dp.la?
Images of all types, including historic images
Postcards of many kinds, and not all are touristy
Images of objects.
Posters, advertisements, ephemera and other print media.
Historical maps
Local and regional maps
And even some genealogical resources!
“A fan-shaped, illustrated depiction of the ancestry and coats of arms of the Draper Family, the Barrett Family, the Child Family, the Thwing family, the Whiting Family, the Eaton Family, the Dawkin family and the Richards family with Benjamin Helms Bristow Draper at the center. He was born on February 28, 1885, the son of Massachusetts Governor Eben Sumner Draper and Nancy Draper. The diagram lists birth, death and marriage dates as well as sketches and facts about major events.”
Moving images and sound recordings, including historical footage and oral histories.
Text, including books, periodicals, newspapers, correspondence, various government documents and records, obituaries, and more.
We can describe DPLA’s mission in three ways (or in terms of 3 Ps):
First, DPLA is a portal that delivers resources through different searching and browsing possibilities. Far more than a search engine, the portal provides innovative ways to search and scan through the united collection of millions of items.
Second, DPLA is a platform that enables new and transformative uses of our digitized cultural heritage. With a set of development tools and maximally open data, DPLA can be used by software developers, researchers, and others to create novel environments for learning and tools for discovery. DPLA has an API that is free and open, easy to use and enables the creation of custom tools, mobile apps and discovery interfaces, some of which I will show you.
Third, DPLA is an advocate for a strong public option in the twenty-first century. For most of American history, the ability to access materials for free through public libraries has been a central part of our culture, promoting literacy and civic engagement among our citizens. DPLA works to ensure that this critical, open intellectual landscape remains vibrant and broad in the face of increasingly restrictive digital options online. Thus, DPLA seeks to increase the scope and number of openly accessible materials to strengthen the public option that libraries represent in their communities.
For example, The DPLA promotes a number of initiatives for open data and open learning. It has a deep interest in K-12 Education, and recently announced new partnerships with First Book to provide e-books to low-income children. They also established partnerships with PBS Video and are developing a special education advisory committee. Thinking about open data, their “Getting it right on rights” project is working to standardize digital object rights statements as much as possible to make them machine readable and actionable to foster reuse, a la Europeana, the European digital library.
This is the DPLA homepage. From here you can search the library via a standard search box, search the map or timeline, view books on the bookshelf, dive into curated exhibitions on topics of national interest, and browse through a range of apps built on top of DPLA.
Let’s start first by getting a feel for how to search…
To begin your search, simply type in a keyword or keywords. Here I am going to show you a very general search on one keyword: “baseball”…
This is the search results page. You’ll see that we got over 20,000 results from dozens of different organizations! That’s a LOT of results. Before we refine our search, let’s unpack this screen a bit.
Record snippets or “hits” are on the right hand side. This contains a thumbnail of the resource, title, creator, date, and a description where available. Clicking on the title or thumbnail will bring you to the record for that resource, but if you want to go directly to the object itself, click “view object”. It’s important to remember that this will bring you to another website, the hosting institution for the resource.
You can sort by relevance, alphabetically A-Z/Z-A, or from newest to oldest/oldest to newest. You can also select how many items to display on the page at one time.
Refinements or Facets are on the left-hand side. This allows you to pull out items that are of particular interest to you, based on which refinements you choose.
Are you pleased with this particular search? Save it! I’ll explain more about this later.
Now, let’s narrow down our search a bit. Using the facets in the left hand menus, you can narrow down the results list by:
Format
Contributing Institution
Partner
Date range
Language
Location
Subject (as in assigned subject headings)
Let’s say we wanted just images about the Brooklyn Dodgers. To do that, we can click “image” in the format pane and then “Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)” in the subject pane.
And so, with those refinements in place, we’ve narrowed our search down to 104 images about the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Now that we’ve brought up a manageable set of results, let’s go ahead and check out an item. This is the item detail page. It contains the DPLA record and a thumbnail for the item. The record includes all the information the partner has given us as well as some added information, often about time and geographic location. There is often a short description that will help you to decide if you would like to see more of the original item.
When you’re ready to see the full digital item – remember, DPLA contains just the records, not the full digital items –click on “View Object” or the URL in the record. This will bring you to the partner site that hosts the item, and may lead you to more useful information about the item, as well as related resources. Let’s click “view object” now…
When you click the link, the object will load into a new tab of your browser. Since this object is stored at Digital Commonwealth, a DPLA partner, we’ve been brought to the object on their site. This is representative of how you will interact with items in the entire DPLA. Later, I will show you how to dig deeper into partner sites to find additional information that might help you In your research.
And in case you decide that you are not interested in the Brooklyn Dodgers, but you really want to search for the Philadelphia Phillies, you can click the ‘X” to turn off the Dodgers and then add a refinement for the Phillies. Now you can see 91 results for the Phillies.
Through the DPLA portal, users can save and share lists of records that they have discovered or specific searches they have performed.
Although there is no account required to use DPLA, users might want to create an account for the purpose of selecting and organizing their findings. Click “Sign Up” to create a free account.
Once you’ve created a DPLA account or logged in, you can access the list interface by clicking on your profile/account. Creating a new folder is as simple as clicking “Add New” under the “Save Items & Lists” tab to the right of “Your Account”. I recommend that you start by creating some lists up front to organize your research. The example here is a list called “Things I Like”.
To save a search, click the save button and that search will show up in Your Profile under “saved searches”.
The unlocked padlock means your list is publically shareable. The locked padlock is private.
You can copy the URL for the list and share it with others.
But what if you don’t know what you want to search for? Fear not! You can easily browse the DPLA by:
Subjects.
Partners.
Searching “ * ” as a general wildcard search.
Clicking Partners brings up a list of contributing partners. Clicking subjects brings up a list of results by prevalence or alphabetic sort.
Searching an asterisk alone (*) will bring up all the records in the library. You can then add refinements to narrow your results.
Here are some additional tips to help you with your searching:
You can use an asterisk to represent any character or characters. So, obituar* will match obituary or obituaries. This will make it easier to refine your searches.
You can use the word AND in capitals to search for multiple items. The ‘and’ is also implicit by default.
Sometimes using the operator NOT will help you to distinguish words or phrases from others.
Using quotation marks for phrases will help increase accuracy.
DPLA also offers a map interface that allows users to see records organized by location. One very common misconception about the DPLA map is that it organizes records geographically by the institutions they come from; rather, the item’s location represents the place where it comes from or was created. For example, a photograph taken of a place in Phoenix, Arizona but digitized and hosted by the Digital Library of Georgia would appear on this map in Phoenix. This is also very important to remember when you are refining your searches with refinements for ‘Location’. Not all records in DPLA have location information.
The dots represent items. You can refine what appears on the map by using the refine pane on the left-hand side.
Zooming into any point on the map with the +/- buttons produces a refined set of items. Here’s an example of how the map responds to us zooming into the area around Schaefferstown, PA. Clicking on an orange dot brings up an item or a scrollable list of items.
The DPLA Timeline similarly uses available time information—year, month, day—to chart over time. Using the red slider, a user can capture a particular period of time that will display in the blue section at the bottom. Within this section, they can click on search results for a particular decade or a particular year (indicated by the vertical bars—longer bars have more results). Reminder: Only records with time data are shown through the timeline interface.
Some item detail pages offer the option of viewing the item on the timeline, like this record, allowing you to see the item in a broader context.
Note that not all records have this option; only those items with time information can appear on the timeline.
Said record on the timeline appears next to other items from that year.
The DPLA Bookshelf is designed to look like a book stack that visitors can browse using the red arrows. Through Bookshelf, users can see book and periodical results relevant to a search. Like the map and the timeline, Bookshelf shows only a portion of the content related to the search—in this case refined by type. You can narrow your browsing using refinements on the left.
This is a typical record using the Bookshelf. On the right you see that Bookshelf will also return results for “related images” which allow the user to see image content with similar themes and subjects alongside of books and periodicals.
Tip: If you want to save a bookshelf book to your lists, open the DPLA object first and then save it.
Again, if you click “View Object” the original source will open up in your browser, and depending upon the source repository software, you will have additional choices for reading, searching, zooming, and saving items. This book was published in 1863, and is in the public domain, so you have a full view of it.
If you click “Full View” the book will open up, and you can change the way it is displayed with the controls on the right side. There are other options for downloading and sharing the item, or saving it in a list. This is very typical online view of a book or periodical offered by a DPLA partner, in this case from the Hathi Trust.
DPLA digital “exhibitions.” are built with DPLA content from multiple institutions around a topic of national significance. Exhibitions offer an opportunity to create juxtapositions between items, use them in narratives, and give them useful context Thus far they come from our partners and from digital curation projects with Masters of Library Science students, and in the future will come from our Gates-funded Public Library Partnerships Project which offers digital skills to public libraries.
Here’s a screenshot of our most recent exhibition about the Golden Age of Radio, for one example. You can see that the exhibitions are arranged by theme, which each theme containing a number of sub-themes.
This is an example of a typical exhibition sub-theme. Notice the items on the right-hand side, with the contextual narrative on the left. Other exhibition topics include:
Other exhibition topics include:
European immigration to the US
The Civil War
Activism in the US
Native American history in the Minnesota area
The New Deal
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
And many more!
Technically inclined folks use our open API and open data (or records and thumbnails) to build new apps—for visual discovery, to play well with existing library discovery services or for mobile use. We encourage them to use DPLA data and tools to make something new. For example, the DPLA Search Widget is a simple piece of code that can be added to any website to create a custom DPLA search box there.
Two examples of apps are:
(L) Open Pics - a mobile app that allows you to find DPLA images related to your own location.
(R) Serendipomatic - allows you to paste in text to discover related results from DPLA, but also Europeana, Trove, and Digital NZ.
This visualization lets you browse the bookshelf for books and periodicals in a particular language.
If you need additional help with using the dp.la, there is a page for tutorials and introductory videos that you can consult.
DPLA is a portal that aggregates metadata. It is not a replacement for specialized genealogy sites like Ancestry or Family Search. However, it is one tool in your toolkit that might help provide additional resources and background for your research. It is a portal, so it does not store digital objects, but it gathers and presents data about them. This is done on the individual item level and not the collection or aggregate level as you might find in archives and special collections. It does not contain archival finding aids (collections guides) nor does it generally contain page-level metadata or OCR text that would enable large-scale full-text searching. However, there are definitely strategies you can employ to help you use the DPLA to find additional resources for your historical research.
You can save your searches then re-run them at a later date, adding or subtracting refinements to gather additional data. You can easily see how many results you have and what refinements you used.
Also, for any of these strategies I recommend that you use CONTROL + Click to open items in a new browser tab, which will make it easier for you to start following different paths of inquiry.
Here are 2 different examples of obituaries in the DPLA. Here’s an example of an obituary that I found on the DPLA by searching the term obit* to try to find both the word “obituary”, “obituaries” and “obituary records”.
Looking at the original source record you see that there is no full-text transcript of the contents, only a short abstract. You have to read the entire clipping to get more information.
Contrast that with this collection of obituaries from a Montana newspaper.
Here is the record in the aggregator, the Mountain West Digital Library. To see the full record, you need to open it again in another window by clicking View Resource.
Here’s the original record, which refers to a binder of obituaries from the paper. Notice that there is a text search button, which signals that full text search is available.
One the first page of the record, you see a Transcript field that contains OCR (optical character recognition) text from scanning the newspaper.
If you do a text search in the search box, in this case on the name ‘Lowe”, it will find every instance of the term and highlight the page in color so that you can look at them. Now, not every repository has this feature, but many that support OCR text do. This feature will help you search for specific family or place names and locate them inside a larger volume.
Here’s an enlargement of what is called a “bread crumb” trail, or series of links that can track you back from a lower level to a higher level within a collection. This is very useful to follow if you want to move up or down in a collection hierarchy. So, Book 2 is part of a series of obituaries from Liberty County.
Following the bread crumb trail on our record, we come to the collection landing page for the Liberty County Obituaries, which gives us 5 pieces of important information:
A contextualizing description of the collection with information about the source material, extent, location and time frame (temporal and spatial coverage)
A chance to browse recent additions to see what was last added to the collection
An ability to subscribe to an RSS feed with a feed reader to get updates to this collection if new items are added in the future
A link to browse the entire collection
Another search box that can be used to search within the entire collection, not just the original volume. So re-running that search could bring back many more instances of family and place names.
Not all repositories function the same way, but many have these types of bread crumbs for navigation.
Here is an example of a search that leads from the DPLA to the National Archives and Records Administration. I searched for the subject of “Al Capone”, the famous gangster.
Here we see the DPLA records for Al Capone’s World War I draft card.
Here is the original object at the National Archives and Records Administration site. If you are interested in seeing what else NARA has on Capone, you can click on the link to the controlled vocabulary or “official” subject heading term for him…
Which shows a whole list of material held by NARA on Capone. Some of the items are available online and others are not, which is indicated. Some items may have restricted access as well, but that information is found inside each descriptive record. From here, you can explore many other records and then find out how to request them for access. The same type of search can be done for any other type of NARA record: census, military, federal, etc.
If you search the dp.la for Coney Island, you can find this item record for a pretty postcard with “glued-on glitter highlights”.
Digging deeper, if you click on “View Object” you see the original record at the New York Public Library digital collections.
Clicking on the thumbnail at the bottom, we see that the postcard has a related image – the verso or ‘back’ of the card, which might be of interest to researchers, even if there is no OCR text or manual transcription of the handwritten address.
Scrolling down, the interface shows that the postcard is part of a sub-collection for Coney Island within a larger collection (Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection).
By following the collection arrangement hierarchy, I was able to find 70 additional items related to the history of Coney Island which may or many not have been linked into the DPLA. I could continue to travel up the collection if I wanted to see additional items from greater Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection. Again, I recommend that when you do this, you hold the control key down when you click on the hierarchical link, so that you open up a new browser tab. It might make it easier to navigate if you go exploring other pages.
From the postcard, if I click on the link to View this Item in the NYPL Catalog, I see the item’s catalog record. This can also provide me some interesting options. If I continue to follow linked subject headings…
I get a list of other related books and materials available at the NYPL on the subject of Coney Island. I can add and subtract refinements with the facets on the left side, just like I can at the dp.la.
If I find an interesting book, I can see title and ISBN numbers to use to search for that book in my own local library catalog, OCLC’s Worldcat, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble or many other catalogs and interfaces. If I click “Browse the Shelf”, I get a pop-up virtual shelf browser where I can browse books electronically in the catalog just like I would if I were in the stacks and browsing or searching for a book by call number.
And finally, here is an image of former President Gerald R. Ford.
Here is the original item at the University of Utah digital repository. Notice the link to the Collection Inventory.
The link brings up a finding aid, or collection guide, that describes the entire collection and provides an inventory of its contents. Not every repository links its finding aids or collection guides to their digital records, so it may take some searching on another webpage to find a finding aid. But if you find it, you can then have much more context with which to decide if you wish to dig deeper and explore a particular physical or digital collection from an archive or special collection. In addition, you may find links to additional collections or subjects of interest that you might wish to explore. This is particularly useful if you are researching a particular geographic area or organization.