ASERL IT/Digital Interest Group Webinar November 12, 2009

ASERL ASERL IT/Digital Interest Group WebinarIT/Digital Interest Group Webinar

November 12, 2009November 12, 2009

P. Toby GrahamP. Toby GrahamDirector, Digital Library of GeorgiaDirector, Digital Library of Georgia

Acting Director, Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript LibraryActing Director, Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript [email protected]@uga.edu

Digital Library of GeorgiaDigital Library of GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia Libraries and University of Georgia Libraries and

GALILEOGALILEO

Georgia HomePLACEGeorgia HomePLACE• Partnership with Partnership with

GPLS, public library GPLS, public library systems, and allied systems, and allied organizationsorganizations

• Combines projects of Combines projects of statewide and local statewide and local scopescope

• 22 digital collections since 22 digital collections since 20042004

• Needs assessment/project Needs assessment/project selection based on survey and site selection based on survey and site visitsvisits

Historical NewspapersHistorical NewspapersGeorgia HomePLACE:Georgia HomePLACE:• Macon Telegraph, Macon Telegraph,

1826-19081826-1908• Columbus Enquirer, Columbus Enquirer,

1828-18901828-1890• Milledgeville, 1808-1922Milledgeville, 1808-1922

• Atlanta (soon)Atlanta (soon)

Other sponsorship:Other sponsorship:• Southern Israelite, 1929-1958 (with Breman Southern Israelite, 1929-1958 (with Breman Center)Center)

• Red & Black, 1893-1999 (UGA student Red & Black, 1893-1999 (UGA student newspaper)newspaper)

See:See: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/MediaTypes/Newspapers.html

Troup County, Georgia Superior Court Troup County, Georgia Superior Court RecordsRecords

• 125,000 125,000 pagespages

• 1919thth and and early 20early 20thth centurycentury

• NHPRC NHPRC Digitizing Digitizing Historic Historic Records Records GrantGrant

UGA Projects: Manuscripts E-Description

Prep collection-level data

MARC records in GIL/OCLC

Conversion to MARC XML

Load MARC XML to AT

Identify/create container lists

Prep vendor submissions

EAD encoding (outsourced)

Quality control EAD

Merge MARC XML and container lists in AT

Export complete EAD for each collection

Load to public interface (XTF)

Visit the Digital Library of Visit the Digital Library of Georgia!Georgia!

http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu

andand

Civil Rights Digital LibraryCivil Rights Digital Library

http://civilrightslibrary.org