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Digital Collections at the University of South Florida

Digital Collections at the University of South Florida. Presented by: Mark I. Greenberg Barbara Lewis. The Past. Special & Digital Collections administratively decentralized Special & Digital Collections content decentralized

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Digital Collections at the University of South Florida

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  1. Digital Collections at theUniversity of South Florida Presented by: Mark I. Greenberg Barbara Lewis

  2. The Past • Special & Digital Collections administratively decentralized • Special & Digital Collections content decentralized • Digital Collections content housed in and served from commercial DAMS (cost, flexibility, & service issues) • Limited in-state options

  3. The Present • 2008 Digital Collections Task Force Report recommendations • Centralize administration (SDC created) • Integrate special & digital collections’ web presences • Globalize collections – content & contributors • Contextualize collections • Define/refine roles and workflows • Create collaborative space

  4. Elements of an Effective New DAMS Management: IT Experience • Use open-source solutions • Minimize operating cost and maintenance requirements • Select solutions with dynamic user communities • Manage digital collections within existing Library FTE and expertise • Leverage centralization of USF IT • Reuse existing hardware and software where feasible • Establish robust test/development server

  5. Elements of anEffective New DAMS Access:User Experience • Integrate each collection’s content regardless of format/media • Contextualize each collection’s research value • Provide value-added materials • Promote user self-sufficiency • Develop user-interface that provides access to all of the above within the same window • Create a uniform user experience regardless of browser • Minimize browser plug-ins and/or add-ons

  6. Next Generation USFLibraries DAMS: CORAL Management: IT Experience • Data repository – Fedora Commons Repository Service (open source) • Integrated development environment – Eclipse (open source) • User interface development tool – Adobe Flex Builder 3 plug-in (education priced, proprietary) • Metadata cataloging – OCLC Connexion client (proprietary) • Collection administration – SWORD (Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit) framework (open  source) User Experience • Web interface – Adobe Flash (.swf files) • Advanced content viewers • JAVA Servlet technology (open source) • Djatoka JPEG 2000 server (open source) • Adobe Flash (proprietary, freeware) • IIPImage IIPMooViewer (open source) • Google Maps API (freeware) Developer: Richard Bernardy rbernard@usf.edu 813-974-1622

  7. Digital Collections 84 accessible collections 69,653 simple/complex objects • Photographs • Burgert Brothers (859) • Robertson & Fresh (2882) • Zylstra (216) • Newspapers/Serials • La Gaceta (152) • Tampa Bay History (40) • NSS News (639) • Florida & Rare Maps (195) • Illuminated Manuscripts (259)

  8. Digital Collections • Farid Karam, M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collectionhttp://guides.lib.usf.edu/karam • Oral Histories Programhttp://guides.lib.usf.edu/ohp

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