Martin R. Kalfatovic and Stephen Van Dyk, Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Special Libraries Association 94th Annual Conference. June 10, 2003. New York, NY

1. Smithsonian Libraries Take
Parisian Design Online
Stephen Van Dyke Martin R. Kalfatovic
Librarian Head, New Media
Cooper-Hewitt , Office
National Design
Museum Library
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Special Libraries Association / 94th Annual Conference
New York, New York
10 June 2003

2. Le Garde meuble - In Print

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40. Smithsonian Institution
Libraries
• 20 branch libraries
between New York
City and The
Republic of
Panama
• 121 staff
• ~ $8 million
budget

41. New Media Office and SIL
Digital Library

42. New Media Office and SIL
Digital Library
• 5 staff
• Imaging Center
• Web design
• Contract imaging
management

43. New Media Office and SIL
Digital Library
• Science
(Taxonomic
Literature)

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Digital Library
• Trade Literature

45. New Media Office and SIL
Digital Library
• History of Science

46. New Media Office and SIL
Digital Library
• “Treasures”

47. New Media Office and SIL
Digital Library
• Art and History

48. Smithsonian Libraries Imaging
Center
• Located “Off the
Mall” at 1111
North Capitol St.
• 2 regular staff
• Interns and
Volunteers

49. Smithsonian Libraries Imaging
Center
• 2 Digital scanning
back cameras
• 2 flatbed
scanners
• All Mac
environment

50. Le Garde - Digitizing
• Volumes mostly
disbound
• Flatbed vs. Digital
Camera
• Introduction by
Cynthia Van Allen
Schaffner

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• 465 Plates
• 783 “detail”
illustrations
• 1,248 total
images

58. Le Garde - Access
• Creation of a set
of terms drawn
primarily from
AAT
• Application of
these terms by
SIL Cataloging
staff

59. Le Garde - Access
Furniture Types (Broad)
– Beds (furniture) – Library steps
– Benches – Cornices and
Moldings
– Cabinets (case
– Desks
furniture)
– Canterburies – Detail Drawings
(storage furniture) – Fire Screens
– Chairs – Interior Elevations
– Etc.

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Furniture Types (Narrow)
– Desks and book – Etageres
cases – Extension dining
– Details tables
– Dining chairs – Fireplaces
– Doors – Gaming tables
– Easy chairs – Etc.
(comfortable --
upholstered)

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• Styles
– Gothic Revival
– Louis XIV
– Louis XV
– Louis XVI
– Renaissance Revival
– Rococo Revival
– Directoire
– Troubadour

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