The document summarizes two projects by the University of Florida to digitize architectural drawings and historical documents related to St. Augustine, Florida. The first project digitized over 260 drawings of the Hotel Ponce de Leon and Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church. The second ongoing project is creating an interactive digital collection of archaeological records, maps, and documents to support research on St. Augustine's colonial history. Both projects aim to preserve important architectural and cultural heritage materials and make them accessible online to researchers.
Seasonality and over tourism in a small and authentic island afroditi-psathaFEST
Sustainable tourism efforts on the Greek island of Sifnos include developing well-marked hiking trails, recycling programs, cleaning initiatives, and reducing plastic use. The island also hosts cultural events and traditional art classes outside the peak season. Private tours focusing on activities like cooking and nature are also offered. The goal is to increase off-season tourism by promoting the island's natural and cultural attractions to more environmentally-conscious visitors and provide local economic opportunities throughout the year.
This document discusses the role of museums in education, specifically regarding social studies. It begins with definitions of a museum and discusses how museum education involves planning visits before, during, and after students tour the museum. Museums can enhance social studies lessons by bringing historical objects to life and helping students understand different cultures. The document advocates for museums to engage more with schools and communities through mobile exhibits and sharing resources. Overall, it argues that museums are valuable educational tools that make abstract concepts more concrete and help achieve social studies curriculum goals.
Greece 1st senior high school of kaisariani chance_1read in europe
The 1st Senior High School of Kaisariani is located 3 kilometers east of Athens in the town of Kaisariani. The school was established in 1970 and has around 250 students aged 15-18 studying either science or humanity subjects. It has 25 teachers and participates in various national and European projects, including Erasmus+. Kaisariani has a sad history from the Asia Minor War refugees and German occupation executions. The school aims to link its classical studies curriculum to both Greece's past and the present-day European reality through its Erasmus+ projects.
The document discusses the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG), which provides access to digitized historical materials from Georgia. It outlines several collections available through the DLG, including Vanishing Georgia, Georgia Government Publications, Georgia Historic Newspapers, and the Civil Rights Digital Library. It also lists resources for additional information on the DLG and related projects, and invites questions.
The document outlines the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), a national digital library that aggregates content from various cultural heritage institutions. It describes the DPLA's board, code, metadata practices, content from over 450 institutions, tools and services, community involvement, and pilot with service and content hubs to harvest metadata and content. The DPLA aims to provide open access to digitized materials from across the United States through its portal and API.
The document discusses different types of social networks including social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, microblogging sites, social bookmarking, forums, user generated content, identity networks, interest networks, collaboration networks, gaming/virtual reality networks, peer to peer networks, and how social networks can be used for e-learning. It provides examples of popular social networks for each category.
ArchiveGrid is a free discovery system developed by OCLC Research that allows researchers to locate primary source materials from archives, libraries, and other institutions. It aggregates finding aids and collection descriptions harvested from websites as well as WorldCat MARC records. Descriptions are updated every 6 weeks as new information is harvested. Users can search ArchiveGrid to identify relevant archival holdings and get contact information for the institutions. Common users include faculty, students, genealogists, and independent scholars.
Seasonality and over tourism in a small and authentic island afroditi-psathaFEST
Sustainable tourism efforts on the Greek island of Sifnos include developing well-marked hiking trails, recycling programs, cleaning initiatives, and reducing plastic use. The island also hosts cultural events and traditional art classes outside the peak season. Private tours focusing on activities like cooking and nature are also offered. The goal is to increase off-season tourism by promoting the island's natural and cultural attractions to more environmentally-conscious visitors and provide local economic opportunities throughout the year.
This document discusses the role of museums in education, specifically regarding social studies. It begins with definitions of a museum and discusses how museum education involves planning visits before, during, and after students tour the museum. Museums can enhance social studies lessons by bringing historical objects to life and helping students understand different cultures. The document advocates for museums to engage more with schools and communities through mobile exhibits and sharing resources. Overall, it argues that museums are valuable educational tools that make abstract concepts more concrete and help achieve social studies curriculum goals.
Greece 1st senior high school of kaisariani chance_1read in europe
The 1st Senior High School of Kaisariani is located 3 kilometers east of Athens in the town of Kaisariani. The school was established in 1970 and has around 250 students aged 15-18 studying either science or humanity subjects. It has 25 teachers and participates in various national and European projects, including Erasmus+. Kaisariani has a sad history from the Asia Minor War refugees and German occupation executions. The school aims to link its classical studies curriculum to both Greece's past and the present-day European reality through its Erasmus+ projects.
The document discusses the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG), which provides access to digitized historical materials from Georgia. It outlines several collections available through the DLG, including Vanishing Georgia, Georgia Government Publications, Georgia Historic Newspapers, and the Civil Rights Digital Library. It also lists resources for additional information on the DLG and related projects, and invites questions.
The document outlines the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), a national digital library that aggregates content from various cultural heritage institutions. It describes the DPLA's board, code, metadata practices, content from over 450 institutions, tools and services, community involvement, and pilot with service and content hubs to harvest metadata and content. The DPLA aims to provide open access to digitized materials from across the United States through its portal and API.
The document discusses different types of social networks including social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, microblogging sites, social bookmarking, forums, user generated content, identity networks, interest networks, collaboration networks, gaming/virtual reality networks, peer to peer networks, and how social networks can be used for e-learning. It provides examples of popular social networks for each category.
ArchiveGrid is a free discovery system developed by OCLC Research that allows researchers to locate primary source materials from archives, libraries, and other institutions. It aggregates finding aids and collection descriptions harvested from websites as well as WorldCat MARC records. Descriptions are updated every 6 weeks as new information is harvested. Users can search ArchiveGrid to identify relevant archival holdings and get contact information for the institutions. Common users include faculty, students, genealogists, and independent scholars.
The document provides an overview of the history and current state of the Tuskegee University Archives. It discusses how the archives was established in 1904 and collected important materials documenting African American history. It outlines the roles of key figures like Monroe Nathan Work in developing the archives. It also describes current projects like digitizing the photo collection and developing an online presence to make more materials accessible. The goal is for the Tuskegee University Archives to be a major research resource on African American and Southern history.
Elaine Harrington, Special Collections Librarian, uses case studies to discuss the different types of engagement she has with academic staff and students in relation to Special Collections. Case studies will include show & tell class visits to Special Collections, modules that use specific methodologies for both undergraduates and postgraduates, exhibitions and events.
This presentation was given as part of UCC's Instructional Design TEL Tasters 2017 programme.
Online Primary Sources for Student ResearchAnnette Parde
Originally developed for a History Methods course, this presentation highlights the wide variety of respectable primary sources available to students for use in their research but rarely appear in federated searches. I will conclude with how to find these types of sites and thoughts on the future of integrating these sites into Discovery tools.
Breathing new life into old data - How opening your collection can spark imag...Trish Rose-Sandler
This presentation was given by Doug Holland and Trish Rose-Sandler at the Missouri Libraries Association conference held in St Louis MO in Oct 2013. There is a significant online literature and image repository called the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). Content from this repository has inspired a range of users to re-contextualize the BHL data in new, previously unimagined roles including: scientists creating visualizations of species names publishing; citizen scientists blogging about fascinating creatures; designers incorporating marine life into wedding invitations, artists creating collages of animal illustrations and nature photography ; and home decorators adding punch and wit to the walls of their kids bedrooms. Using the example of BHL and its open data principles, the presentation will discuss what open data is and how libraries can expand the impact and reach of their collections through open data methods.
When museums and volunteer-run cultural heritage organizations close, how can academic research libraries support their valuable collection and community stewardship processes? This panel will discuss the challenges to library conventions and librarian expertise encountered in the case of one museum-library merger. We invite audience members to question and brainstorm along with us about what it means to create a national model of museum-library mergers and advance national dialogs on the subject.
This document provides an overview of historic heritage and vernacular architecture in Ethiopia. It discusses the challenges of preserving historic sites and outlines some common tools used in archaeological excavations. It then examines examples of vernacular architecture from different regions of Ethiopia, including the Afar, Tigray, Amhara, Dorze, Gurage, Oromo, Sidama, and Konso peoples. Construction techniques, materials, and house types are described for each group. The document emphasizes that Ethiopia's architectural heritage is diverse and strongly linked to the country's ethnic and environmental diversity.
This document provides an overview of historic heritage and vernacular architecture in Ethiopia. It discusses the challenges of preserving historic sites and outlines some common tools used in archaeological excavations. It then examines examples of vernacular architecture from different regions of Ethiopia, including the Afar, Tigray, Amhara, Dorze, Gurage, Oromo, Sidama, and Konso peoples. For each group, it describes typical construction materials and techniques. The document emphasizes that Ethiopia's architectural heritage is diverse, reflecting the country's varied ethnic groups and environments.
Crowdsourcing as productive engagement with cultural heritageMia
My keynote for the iSay conference "The Shape of Things"
http://isayevents.wordpress.com/shapeofthings/program/
My notes from the conference are at http://openobjects.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/notes-from-shape-of-things-new-and.html
Documenting Ferguson: Building a community digital repositoryChris Freeland
The Washington University Libraries created a digital repository called "Documenting Ferguson" to archive community reactions to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO in 2014. A project team collected and made accessible images, videos, audio recordings, and other materials contributed by community members, documenting diverse perspectives on the events. The repository aimed to preserve a freely available resource for studying this important event. Issues around copyright, anonymity, and collaborating with other local institutions to enhance the collection are discussed.
Digital Humanities for Development of Local History Repository : a proposal f...Moumita Ash
The document proposes creating a local history repository for rural libraries in West Bengal using digital humanities approaches. It involves developing a collaborative database and website to archive and disseminate undocumented local histories. This would include oral histories, folklore, photographs, newspapers, government records, and more relating to specific communities. A pilot study was conducted in Sundarban region to test collecting archaeological items from a local museum and archiving them online with metadata. The goal is to involve communities to contribute additional historical information and personal collections through the libraries and website.
Charleston Conference 2012: Climbing the Digital EverestCengage Learning
At the 2012 Charleston Conference, Associate Publisher Ray Abruzzi, accompanied by Simon Bell, Head of Strategic Partnerships & Licensing, The British Library and Caroline Kimbell, Head of Licensing, The National Archives, UK, provided background and insight into the strategy and creation of the Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
This document outlines a history extension programme between Nowra Anglican College and the Historic Houses Trust. It provides opportunities for gifted, passionate students to work on historical sites, meet people involved in history conservation, and engage with the local history community. Students undertake individual research projects on topics like a local house museum and its changing representation over time, a neglected shipwreck, and a lighthouse and its impact on the local community. The programme aims to make history more hands-on and holistic. Selection of suitable students considers their ability to think broadly and creatively about history. Ongoing support is provided through resources, contacts, and orientation to ensure student success in their independent historical inquiries.
Unincorporated Studio is a collaborative of four artists based in Washington, DC that uses mapping to advocate for people and places. The artists' practices include sculpture incorporating local soils, tenant organizing research, identity-focused performance art, and sound walks exploring environmental histories. They propose a project for the downtown public library mapping how citizens share rights to the city through soil samples, literary descriptions, histories of struggles for housing and rights, and sounds of social spaces, with materials gathered from residents and the library's collections.
This document provides a history of Fort Douglas in Utah and discusses its periods of change from 1862 to the present day. It describes how the fort evolved from temporary structures in the 1860s during its establishment, to more permanent sandstone buildings in the late 1800s as the army presence became established. It saw growth and new construction during times of prosperity and mobilization for wars. Most recently it has undergone transitions as land has been transferred to other organizations and to the University of Utah, with plans to convert historic buildings into student housing and an Olympic village. The document outlines the architectural changes that reflect the fort's changing uses and occupants over more than a century.
Righting a Sinking Ship - Transforming Municipal Cemeteriesgmcassoc
The document summarizes the process of transforming Austin's municipal cemeteries through a master planning process. It discusses how in 2012, issues with cemetery management were acknowledged and a planning process began to address community concerns. Over 70 community outreach efforts were made to develop the draft master plan, which provides guidelines for managing each cemetery and recommendations for funding, programming, and oversight. The plan aims to repair deteriorated conditions, engage the community, and activate the cemeteries in a respectful manner.
MA2016 Welcome to the museum: Do we really mean it?lauramiles
The document discusses how museums can make visitors feel welcome physically, intellectually, and socially. It explores different types of welcomes museums can offer, from having staff available to signage that grants visitors permission. The document also examines how museums are seen as authorities and experts, and how they can use their power and roles to shape visitor expectations. Throughout, it provides examples of museums that welcome visitors inclusively through exhibits, labels, and programming for different audiences. The key takeaways are to decide the focus of a museum's welcome, use resources wisely, maintain an ideas file and network to continually improve how visitors are welcomed.
Lyrasis 2nd friday august rs detective-2nd_friRegan Harper
This document discusses finding and accessing open access resources for library users. It provides examples of free online tools and databases for accessing newspapers, periodicals, government documents, archives, and academic publications. These include Chronicling America, Google News, Google Scholar, PubMed Central, and the Digital Public Library of America. The document encourages resource sharing between libraries and identifies strategies like communication and identifying lending partners. It advertises an upcoming online course on resource sharing and detecting hard to find information.
This document discusses ways that libraries and archives can rediscover, reinterpret, and share hidden treasures in their collections. It encourages defining collections through subject headings, keywords and controlled vocabularies. Business records and scrapbooks could become archival or local history collections. Published materials like rare books, artists' books, local authors could be rediscovered through reformatting and sharing digital content online. Photographs, oral histories and additional acquired collections could add to an organization's hidden treasures. Contact information is provided for preservation services.
The document provides an overview of the history and current state of the Tuskegee University Archives. It discusses how the archives was established in 1904 and collected important materials documenting African American history. It outlines the roles of key figures like Monroe Nathan Work in developing the archives. It also describes current projects like digitizing the photo collection and developing an online presence to make more materials accessible. The goal is for the Tuskegee University Archives to be a major research resource on African American and Southern history.
Elaine Harrington, Special Collections Librarian, uses case studies to discuss the different types of engagement she has with academic staff and students in relation to Special Collections. Case studies will include show & tell class visits to Special Collections, modules that use specific methodologies for both undergraduates and postgraduates, exhibitions and events.
This presentation was given as part of UCC's Instructional Design TEL Tasters 2017 programme.
Online Primary Sources for Student ResearchAnnette Parde
Originally developed for a History Methods course, this presentation highlights the wide variety of respectable primary sources available to students for use in their research but rarely appear in federated searches. I will conclude with how to find these types of sites and thoughts on the future of integrating these sites into Discovery tools.
Breathing new life into old data - How opening your collection can spark imag...Trish Rose-Sandler
This presentation was given by Doug Holland and Trish Rose-Sandler at the Missouri Libraries Association conference held in St Louis MO in Oct 2013. There is a significant online literature and image repository called the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). Content from this repository has inspired a range of users to re-contextualize the BHL data in new, previously unimagined roles including: scientists creating visualizations of species names publishing; citizen scientists blogging about fascinating creatures; designers incorporating marine life into wedding invitations, artists creating collages of animal illustrations and nature photography ; and home decorators adding punch and wit to the walls of their kids bedrooms. Using the example of BHL and its open data principles, the presentation will discuss what open data is and how libraries can expand the impact and reach of their collections through open data methods.
When museums and volunteer-run cultural heritage organizations close, how can academic research libraries support their valuable collection and community stewardship processes? This panel will discuss the challenges to library conventions and librarian expertise encountered in the case of one museum-library merger. We invite audience members to question and brainstorm along with us about what it means to create a national model of museum-library mergers and advance national dialogs on the subject.
This document provides an overview of historic heritage and vernacular architecture in Ethiopia. It discusses the challenges of preserving historic sites and outlines some common tools used in archaeological excavations. It then examines examples of vernacular architecture from different regions of Ethiopia, including the Afar, Tigray, Amhara, Dorze, Gurage, Oromo, Sidama, and Konso peoples. Construction techniques, materials, and house types are described for each group. The document emphasizes that Ethiopia's architectural heritage is diverse and strongly linked to the country's ethnic and environmental diversity.
This document provides an overview of historic heritage and vernacular architecture in Ethiopia. It discusses the challenges of preserving historic sites and outlines some common tools used in archaeological excavations. It then examines examples of vernacular architecture from different regions of Ethiopia, including the Afar, Tigray, Amhara, Dorze, Gurage, Oromo, Sidama, and Konso peoples. For each group, it describes typical construction materials and techniques. The document emphasizes that Ethiopia's architectural heritage is diverse, reflecting the country's varied ethnic groups and environments.
Crowdsourcing as productive engagement with cultural heritageMia
My keynote for the iSay conference "The Shape of Things"
http://isayevents.wordpress.com/shapeofthings/program/
My notes from the conference are at http://openobjects.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/notes-from-shape-of-things-new-and.html
Documenting Ferguson: Building a community digital repositoryChris Freeland
The Washington University Libraries created a digital repository called "Documenting Ferguson" to archive community reactions to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO in 2014. A project team collected and made accessible images, videos, audio recordings, and other materials contributed by community members, documenting diverse perspectives on the events. The repository aimed to preserve a freely available resource for studying this important event. Issues around copyright, anonymity, and collaborating with other local institutions to enhance the collection are discussed.
Digital Humanities for Development of Local History Repository : a proposal f...Moumita Ash
The document proposes creating a local history repository for rural libraries in West Bengal using digital humanities approaches. It involves developing a collaborative database and website to archive and disseminate undocumented local histories. This would include oral histories, folklore, photographs, newspapers, government records, and more relating to specific communities. A pilot study was conducted in Sundarban region to test collecting archaeological items from a local museum and archiving them online with metadata. The goal is to involve communities to contribute additional historical information and personal collections through the libraries and website.
Charleston Conference 2012: Climbing the Digital EverestCengage Learning
At the 2012 Charleston Conference, Associate Publisher Ray Abruzzi, accompanied by Simon Bell, Head of Strategic Partnerships & Licensing, The British Library and Caroline Kimbell, Head of Licensing, The National Archives, UK, provided background and insight into the strategy and creation of the Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
This document outlines a history extension programme between Nowra Anglican College and the Historic Houses Trust. It provides opportunities for gifted, passionate students to work on historical sites, meet people involved in history conservation, and engage with the local history community. Students undertake individual research projects on topics like a local house museum and its changing representation over time, a neglected shipwreck, and a lighthouse and its impact on the local community. The programme aims to make history more hands-on and holistic. Selection of suitable students considers their ability to think broadly and creatively about history. Ongoing support is provided through resources, contacts, and orientation to ensure student success in their independent historical inquiries.
Unincorporated Studio is a collaborative of four artists based in Washington, DC that uses mapping to advocate for people and places. The artists' practices include sculpture incorporating local soils, tenant organizing research, identity-focused performance art, and sound walks exploring environmental histories. They propose a project for the downtown public library mapping how citizens share rights to the city through soil samples, literary descriptions, histories of struggles for housing and rights, and sounds of social spaces, with materials gathered from residents and the library's collections.
This document provides a history of Fort Douglas in Utah and discusses its periods of change from 1862 to the present day. It describes how the fort evolved from temporary structures in the 1860s during its establishment, to more permanent sandstone buildings in the late 1800s as the army presence became established. It saw growth and new construction during times of prosperity and mobilization for wars. Most recently it has undergone transitions as land has been transferred to other organizations and to the University of Utah, with plans to convert historic buildings into student housing and an Olympic village. The document outlines the architectural changes that reflect the fort's changing uses and occupants over more than a century.
Righting a Sinking Ship - Transforming Municipal Cemeteriesgmcassoc
The document summarizes the process of transforming Austin's municipal cemeteries through a master planning process. It discusses how in 2012, issues with cemetery management were acknowledged and a planning process began to address community concerns. Over 70 community outreach efforts were made to develop the draft master plan, which provides guidelines for managing each cemetery and recommendations for funding, programming, and oversight. The plan aims to repair deteriorated conditions, engage the community, and activate the cemeteries in a respectful manner.
MA2016 Welcome to the museum: Do we really mean it?lauramiles
The document discusses how museums can make visitors feel welcome physically, intellectually, and socially. It explores different types of welcomes museums can offer, from having staff available to signage that grants visitors permission. The document also examines how museums are seen as authorities and experts, and how they can use their power and roles to shape visitor expectations. Throughout, it provides examples of museums that welcome visitors inclusively through exhibits, labels, and programming for different audiences. The key takeaways are to decide the focus of a museum's welcome, use resources wisely, maintain an ideas file and network to continually improve how visitors are welcomed.
Lyrasis 2nd friday august rs detective-2nd_friRegan Harper
This document discusses finding and accessing open access resources for library users. It provides examples of free online tools and databases for accessing newspapers, periodicals, government documents, archives, and academic publications. These include Chronicling America, Google News, Google Scholar, PubMed Central, and the Digital Public Library of America. The document encourages resource sharing between libraries and identifies strategies like communication and identifying lending partners. It advertises an upcoming online course on resource sharing and detecting hard to find information.
This document discusses ways that libraries and archives can rediscover, reinterpret, and share hidden treasures in their collections. It encourages defining collections through subject headings, keywords and controlled vocabularies. Business records and scrapbooks could become archival or local history collections. Published materials like rare books, artists' books, local authors could be rediscovered through reformatting and sharing digital content online. Photographs, oral histories and additional acquired collections could add to an organization's hidden treasures. Contact information is provided for preservation services.
Timothy Cherubini and Regan Harper presented an update on programs and services from LYRASIS. They highlighted upcoming free webinars and events for members on topics like digital collections and repositories. LYRASIS also offers electronic resources licensing, digitization services, and an ILS hosting option. The presentation provided contact information for member representatives and encouraged participants to explore the new My LYRASIS portal and sign up for communications from LYRASIS.
The document discusses the changing music industry and how libraries can adapt their music collections and services. It notes that while album sales are down, music creation has not stopped. It suggests libraries focus on building partnerships within their local music scenes, providing both physical and digital music options, and serving as a creative hub through services like live music events, recording facilities, and artist support. Libraries should carefully choose digital services and content to engage both new and long-time patrons with a vibrant, locally focused collection.
This document summarizes the past, present, and future of the University of Scranton's digital collections. Currently there are 15 digital collections containing around 700 GB of digitized content. In the future, the university aims to expand born-digital collections, engage in more web archiving, and allow for community contributions. Workflow and staffing will become more flexible and collaborative. Digitization and description will be improved through automation and linked data. The digital collections will be promoted through additional outreach methods and their value and use will be better assessed over time.
Shared data and the future of librariesRegan Harper
Big data refers to large amounts of diverse data that are growing exponentially due to increased digital activity. Shared data connects these disparate sources of information through linking related data points. This allows data to be reused, corrected efficiently, and shared in potentially useful ways. For libraries, big data could include patron records, bibliographic data, and more. Linked data in particular supports library goals by making information reusable, correctable, and shareable across systems through relationships between data. However, privacy and potential misuse of inferences from big data are ongoing concerns that must be addressed.
Linked data and the future of librariesRegan Harper
The document discusses a presentation given by OCLC and LYRASIS on linked data and what it means for the future of libraries. It provides an overview of linked data concepts, including defining linked data as using the web to connect related data and lower barriers to linking data. It outlines some of the key principles of linked data, and discusses how linked data can benefit libraries by making data more reusable, efficient to maintain and discoverable. It also notes some of the challenges libraries may face in changing workflows and maintaining information provenance with linked data.
The Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature is the second largest children's literature collection in the US, with over 120,000 books, manuscripts, and artifacts. It began as a private collection donated to the University of Florida in the late 1970s. The Baldwin Library has digitized over 5,800 public domain titles, which are available through the University of Florida Digital Collections and the International Children's Digital Library. The Baldwin Library is the largest single contributor to the International Children's Digital Library in order to increase global access to and discovery of its historical children's literature holdings. The Baldwin Library aims to continue strengthening its collaborative relationship with the International Children's Digital Library.
This document summarizes a panel discussion on teaching challenging topics in libraries. The panelists discussed issues like teaching search mechanics, plagiarism, and defining librarian and faculty roles. They also addressed challenges like developing teaching skills, assessments, and a personal pedagogy. Recent survey results showed most librarians did not take an instruction course and learned through observation, though they wished for more ongoing training. The discussion aimed to identify best practices for instructing difficult subjects.
Latest from lyrasis february 2013 -finalRegan Harper
The webinar provided an update on programs and services from LYRASIS, including upcoming webinars and events on topics like digitization, technology trends, and the Evergreen open source ILS. It also previewed new member engagement initiatives and highlighted deadlines for the eBook Collaborative. Attendees were encouraged to stay informed on LYRASIS activities through the member portal and newsletters.
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Digital Collection Road Trip
March 2013
Host: Regan Harper
Director of Member Programs
Preserving and Digitizing the
Architectural History of
St. Augustine, Florida
John Nemmers, University of Florida
Lyrasis Digital Collections Road Trip – March 20, 2013
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Architecture Archives @ UF
• George A. Smathers Libraries' Dept. of Special & Area Studies
Collections (http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/)
• Established in 2004
• Archival drawings & other materials related to architecture &
design in Florida & the Caribbean
• Areas of focus: 1) Modern architecture of the mid-20th Century, 2)
St. Augustine architecture
UF and St. Augustine
St. Augustine
Gainesville (UF)
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UF and St. Augustine
• Long history of UF working with city (archaeology,
architecture/historic preservation, etc.)
• Management of state-owned
properties (38 buildings and 23
parcels managed by UF)
Digitization of St. Augustine Holdings
• Given importance of city and research demand, UF has been
scanning items over the last 15+ years (mostly internal funding)
• UF Digital Collections (UFDC, http://ufdc.ufl.edu)
• UFDC uses the UF-developed open-source SobekCM software
(http://ufdc.ufl.edu/sobekcm)
• 2009 Historic St. Augustine project (http://ufdc.ufl.edu/hsa1) –
scanned Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board block/lot files
• Two Grant-Funded Projects:
• Saving St. Augustine’s Architectural Treasures (2010-2012)
• Unearthing St. Augustine’s Colonial Heritage (2012-2014)
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Saving St. Augustine's
Architectural Treasures
Two-year project (2010-2012) to preserve and digitize architectural
drawings for the National Historic Landmark Hotel Ponce de Leon and
the Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church
Funded by a federal Save America’s Treasures grant awarded to Flagler College.
Gilded Age Architecture
• Millionaire industrialist Henry Flagler
• Hotel Ponce de Leon (1885-1887) was
the first and the flagship of Flagler’s
resort empire
• First major commission for the Carrère &
Hastings firm
• Memorial Presbyterian Church (1889)
Henry Morrison Flagler
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Lost Treasures
• Many of the Hotel drawings had been “lost” for decades.
• After discovery, Flagler College deposited Hotel Ponce drawings
at UF in 2005
• Church deposited drawings at same time
• Over 260 drawings preserved and reproduced digitally by the UF
Smathers Libraries.
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A variety
of conservation issues
Before:
The drawing
had been
stored rolled
for several
decades
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The drawing
was unrolled
in the
Conservation
lab at the UF
Libraries
After initial
conservation
treatment…
Ready for
imaging by the
UF Digital
Library Center
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Large format imaging in the
UF Digital Library Center
After digitization each drawing was encapsulated
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Saving St. Augustine's Architectural
Treasures
• Blog:
http://flaglerdrawings.wordpress.com/
• Finding aids:
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/hotelponce.htm
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/memorial.htm
• Digital collection:
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/caha
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Unearthing St. Augustine’s
Colonial Heritage
An Interactive Digital Collection for the Nation’s Oldest City
Funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities grant.
Architecture, Archaeology & History
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Project Partners
• University of Florida (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries
• City of St. Augustine Heritage Tourism
• City of St. Augustine Archaeology program
• St. Augustine Historical Society
Collections
• Government House – maps and overlays of the city,
architectural drawings of historic structures, etc.
• St. Augustine Historical Society – Spanish Colonial documents,
transcriptions and English language translations
• St. Augustine Archaeology Program – records, photographs and
site summaries for 100 excavations
• Herschel Shepard Collection (UF Libraries - Architecture
Archives) - drawings, photos and documents related to
Shepard’s preservation, restoration and reconstruction of
colonial buildings
• P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History (UF Libraries) - maps and
historical documents.
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Supports Diverse Research
• Architecture/historic preservation
• archaeology
• Florida and U.S. history
• Spanish & British colonies
• Native Americans
• slavery
• exploration
• social and economic development
• urban planning
• missionary work Architecture/
Archaeology Historic
• military defenses and warfare Preservation
• etc.
History
Identifying Structures/Sites
• Structure/site name(s)
• Street address(es)
• Florida Master Site File number, City Archaeology number, Plat
book number, etc.
• Lat/Long coordinates
• Township/Range
• Block-Lot number
Example: Segui‐Kirby Smith House
aka Segui‐Smith House
aka Old Public Library
6 Artillery Lane or 12 Aviles Street
Aviles Street = Hospital Street
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Search Elements/Facets
• Archaeological sites (well, building foundation, trash pit,
defensive wall, etc.)
• Building’s architectural style
• Building structural system (wood, stone, etc.)
• Dates of construction
• Principal historic period (1st Spanish Colonial, British Colonial,
2nd Spanish, Territorial, etc.)
• Significant renovation/reconstruction dates
• Historical use (residence, worship, government, business)
• Street address
• National Register?
+ PLUS +
• Object-specific metadata (e.g., creator, subject, date, etc.)
Google Map-based searching/browsing
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Unearthing St. Augustine's Colonial
Heritage
• http://ufdc.ufl.edu/usach
Preserving and Digitizing the
Architectural History of
St. Augustine, Florida
John Nemmers, University of Florida Smathers Libraries
jnemmers@ufl.edu, 352-273-2766
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