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Baylor University Darryl Stuhr Tim Logan

Baylor University Darryl Stuhr Tim Logan. Introduction. Overview Who we are Tim Logan, Director, Electronic Library Darryl Stuhr, Manager, Digitization Projects Group What we’re going to talk about Engaging clients as integral parts of digitization projects. Engaging the client.

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Baylor University Darryl Stuhr Tim Logan

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  1. Baylor University Darryl Stuhr Tim Logan

  2. Introduction Overview • Who we are • Tim Logan, Director, Electronic Library • Darryl Stuhr, Manager, Digitization Projects Group • What we’re going to talk about • Engaging clients as integral parts of digitization projects

  3. Engaging the client How to work with a broad range of partners • Define the process up front • Don’t try to do it all ourselves • Engage client in the process • Make use of their skills and resources

  4. Digital collection - overview

  5. Digital collection - overview

  6. Digital collection - overview Spencer Sheet Music • What: 30,000 pieces of sheet music • Description: collection from 1850-1930 • Who: Fine Arts Library, Baylor • Why: Increase access to and awareness of collection

  7. Digital collection - process Spencer Sheet Music • Digitization by: student workers, summer temps • Metadata by: Bib access and outsource • Equipment: XL flatbeds and OS10000 • What we learned: metadata was the bottleneck • “It’s just digitizing and storage.”

  8. Digital collection - overview Guthrie Civil War Letters • What: 32 letters • Description: Correspondence between Confederate officer and his fiancée • Who: Library Development • Why: Potential Library donor

  9. Digital collection - process Guthrie Civil War Letters • Digitization by: DPG staff • Metadata by: DPG staff • Equipment: flatbed scanner • What we learned: Get a clear project definition. • “Just do it ourselves.”

  10. Digital collection - overview Black Gospel Music Project • What: Analog recordings, mainly disc • Description: Gospel music from 1940s-1970s • Who: Baylor faculty member, Robert Darden. External donor. • Why: Save deteriorating analog recordings

  11. Digital collection - process Black Gospel Music Project • Digitization by: Audio engineer • Metadata by: MD librarian • Equipment: audio digitization studio, flatbed-scanning workstations • What we learned: Provide resources for a metadata librarian, as well as audio tech. • “Hire the pros from Dover.”

  12. Digital collection - overview 19th Century Women Poets • What: Books, approx. 325 • Description: Collection of women poet publications. • Who: Baylor’s Armstrong Browning Library • Why: Provide online access for ABL and 19th century scholars.

  13. Digital collection - process 19th Century Women Poets • Digitization by: ABL students • Metadata by: copied from OPAC • Equipment: Kirtas APT2400 • What we learned: We supply the equipment and training. The interested party can supply the labor. • “Use what you’ve got.”

  14. Digital collection - overview Oral History collection • What: 400 transcripts; 5,000 hrs. of audio • Description: Provide online access to audio and full transcripts • Who: Baylor’s Institute for Oral History • Why: Greater access and availability

  15. Digital collection - process Oral History collection • Digitization by: Audio engineer and student workers • Metadata by: DPG staff, then OH faculty • Equipment: Kirtas APT, Benchmark ADC1 • What we learned: Use embedded client resources (students, OH faculty with MLS) • “Get them to do it.”

  16. Digital collection - overview Other projects • Electronic theses and dissertations • University construction drawings • University Archives

  17. Questions Q & A

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