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Kent Norsworthy The University of Texas at Austin

If We Build it, Will They Come? Providing Enhanced Access to an Archive-It Collection LAGDA - Latin American Government Documents Archive. Kent Norsworthy The University of Texas at Austin. http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/archives/lagda/. LAGDA Basics. Collaborative effort

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Kent Norsworthy The University of Texas at Austin

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  1. If We Build it, Will They Come? Providing Enhanced Access to an Archive-It CollectionLAGDA - Latin American Government Documents Archive Kent Norsworthy The University of Texas at Austin http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/archives/lagda/ The University of Texas at Austin

  2. LAGDA Basics • Collaborative effort • Latin American Network Information Center - LANIC • Benson Latin American Collection • University of Texas Libraries • 2005: One of original five Archive-It Pilot Partners http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/archives/lagda/ The University of Texas at Austin

  3. Collection Focus • .gov Web sites from Latin America • All major Spanish-speaking countries in the region, plus Brazil • Sample of ministries: health, economy, defense, agriculture, environment, etc. http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/archives/lagda/ The University of Texas at Austin

  4. Collection Objectives • Supplement Benson print collection • Born digital and no longer issued in print • Short life: average 44 days for a Web page, typically less in Latin America • Platform for research • Historical record http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/archives/lagda/ The University of Texas at Austin

  5. LAGDA by the Numbers • @275 seeds, quarterly crawls, 5 years • 18 Latin Am. & Caribbean countries • Over 50 million docs/files archived • Over 4.5 TB of data http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/archives/lagda/ The University of Texas at Austin

  6. Access Defined • Goal: free and open access • Easy for researchers to find and use • Usage: about 2K pageviews a month • About 100 inlinks from .edu libraries http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/archives/lagda/ The University of Texas at Austin

  7. Access: Find It • Basic Google/Bing searches=top 5 results • WorldCat • UT Home Page • UT Libraries Home Page • Direct external links The University of Texas at Austin

  8. Access: Use It • Multiple points/modes of access • Users, thus interface, in EN, ES, & PT • Browse: all or selections • Search: integrated on site • Proxy Mode http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/archives/lagda/ The University of Texas at Austin

  9. Access: New & Upcoming • LAGDA posts on Twitter • xml metadata feed for federated search • New document level metadata to incorporate directly into library catalog • Data Mining and Data Visualization http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/archives/lagda/ The University of Texas at Austin

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  18. Contact • Comments? Questions? • http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/archives/lagda/ • kentn@mail.utexas.edu http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/archives/lagda/ The University of Texas at Austin

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