Becoming a Center of Excellence* for the Panama Canal Chelsea Dinsmore University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
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Becoming a Center of Excellence* for the Panama Canal
Chelsea DinsmoreUniversity of Florida
George A. Smathers Libraries
The phrase Center of Excellence is used here as it is used within the U.S. FDLP to identify a library establishing a collection and related services focused on a specific Federal agency or subject area represented by Federal documents. This is distinct from, and unrelated to, the Florida program of the same name that is intended to bridge the gap between academia and industry.
Identify publications of the Panama Canal Commission and preceding agencies
Find and catalog (if needed) our holdings
Obtain and catalog what we don’t have
Develop “expertise” on the collection
Digitize everything
Simple, right?
What to do
W 73 1902-1905 Isthmian Canal Commission
W 79 1912-1945 Canal Zone
M 115 1947-1949 (National Military Establishment)
D 113 1949-1950 Panama Canal (DoD)
PaC 1 1950-1951 (not apparently used)
CZ 1 1950-1979 Panama Canal Zone Company
Y 3.P 19/2 1979- Panama Canal Commission
Identify publications
Some items inevitably needed to be cataloged
Some catalog records needed additional information added to create valuable metadata.
The CFDP committee is creating a master database and setting minimum requirements for records. Data will need to be regularized
Catalog holdings
Find missing titles
Needs & Offers lists
Appeals on document social network sites
Gifts & Exchange
Other collections
Develop expertise
o Latin American Collectiono Access to PCM alumnio Catalog accesso Documentation
Expertise at the Center of Excellence (COE) will be created by the gathering of a complete collection, accessibility to that collection, and the service provided to the collection by the staff of the library.
Create accurate lists
Develop meta data protocol
Pre-quality control
Post quality control
Add links to catalog records
Digitize materials
Available at: www.archive.org
Search UFPANCAN
Latin American Collection
Health Science Library
Marston Science Library
Gifts and Exchange
Development
Law Library
Documents
Assistance provided by:
IT
Maps
Storage
Cataloging
Preservation
Digital Library Center
Questions?
Chelsea Dinsmore, Documents DepartmentGeorge A. Smathers LibrariesUniversity of [email protected](352) 273-0369
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