DIGITALNC & WESTERN WATERS DIGITAL LIBRARY Ben Blanks, Sarah Harris, Kate Jarest
A Comparison of Digital Libraries
May 14, 2015
This is a presentation I created for a group project with classmates for a metadata class during my MLS. We compared the DigitalNC online library for the state of North Carolina with the Western Waters Digital Library consortium.
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DIGITALNC & WESTERN
WATERS DIGITAL LIBRARY
Ben Blanks, Sarah Harris, Kate Jarest
Consortium Participation &
Professional Associations
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
NC Department of Cultural Resources
NC Digital Heritage Center in NC Collection at UNC
State Library of NC
UNC-Chapel Hill Library
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA)
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Nearly 150 Institutions in 86 out of 100 NC Counties
DigitalNC Map of Contributing Institutions
Western Waters Contributing Institutions
40 Universities and Institutions from 19 States
Systems & Software
CONTENTdm
http://digitalnc.org/ is built in Drupal
Yearbook Collection is presented using Internet Archive BookReader, which is then embedded into CONTENTdm
Open Harvester
Systems from the
Public Knowledge
Project
Smarty PHP templates
for display of web
content
Metadata Schemas
DublinCore
Guide to Describing
Your Materials
A few custom fields
are included for
administrative
metadata
DublinCore
Mountain West Digital Library DublinCore Application Profile
Many contributing institutions have their own best practices
As long as the institution is producing a well-formed OAI-PMH feed to harvest, the collection will be included
Standards
Library of Congress
Subject Headings
Library of Congress
Name Authority Files
Art and Architecture
Thesaurus
Thesaurus of Graphic
Materials
Library of Congress
Subject Headings
Encoded Archival
Description
Tips & Tools
Retrieval Tools:
Keyword Catalog
Search
Advanced Search
Browse All or by
Location and Item Type
FAQ
Instructional Videos
Retrieval Tools:
Keyword Catalog Search
Advanced Search
Browse by Institution
Finding Aids
FAQ
Western Waters Digital Library LibGuide from The University of Utah Libraries
Social Media
http://digitalnc.org/bl
og
Flickr
@NCCollection
North Carolina
Digital Heritage
Center
http://westernwaters.o
rg/blog/
Western Waters
Digital Library
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