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COLLECTION
WOLLONGONG CITY LIBRARIES
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THE PROJECTThe Illawarra Mercury photograph and negative collection were gifted to Wollongong City Libraries in March 2014.
“Wollongong City Council – Library and Fairfax Media have agreed to transfer the entire hard copy and negative collection of Illawarra Mercury images to the Local Studies collection of Wollongong City Library and make the collection publicly available and specifically available to Fairfax journalists” (from Deed of Gift of Property)
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PHOTOCOLLECTION Aim to extract local images to add to our image collection, Illawarra Images.
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PHOTOCOLLECTION102 drawers of Illawarra Mercury photographs have been donated. Majority are from the 1980s and ‘90s.
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NEGATIVECOLLECTION
All negatives from the Illawarra Mercury archives from 1962-1995 were donated.
Our aim is to identify and digitise local images that will enhance and add value to our Illawarra Index and Images collection.
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NEGATIVECOLLECTION
3.5 runs of the compactus are taken up by negative storage
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NEGATIVECOLLECTION
All negatives are accompanied by Mercury day books and indexes
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THE PILOTNEGATIVE COLLECTION PILOT PROJECTThe pilot project for the Negative Collection was developed for the purpose of setting guidelines for the future (hopefully funded) projects using the collection.The pilot started by selecting images that ‘added-value’ to the libraries’ catalogued collection using the Illawarra Index.
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THE PROCESSUsing Illawarra Index
• Select a particular month between 1962-1999 and select all article records
• Of these select those that mention a photograph (Illustration) in the record
• Determine which articles would be suitable to add to Illawarra Images
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THE PROCESSUsing the Negative Collection
• Retrieve all corresponding negative boxes or folders that related to the selected month
• Sort through negatives and identify suitable images for Illawarra Images and those that
match the previously selected Illawarra Index records
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THE PROCESSDigitising the Negative Collection
SCAN• 800 dpi• TIFF file• 250mm
STORE
• TIFF file to Loc. Hist. Archive• JPEG to K Drive: 65-85KB, 90-150dpi, 1000px• Create Thumbnail in same folder using Easy Thumbnails• Filezilla: Upload JPEG and thumbnails to website server
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THE PROCESSCataloguing the Negative Collection
Catalogue using Custom template
Series Collection Illawarra Mercury Collection
Use summaries from indexed article where possible
Use subject heading from indexed articles where possible
Link to related Illawarra Index article entries & vice versa
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LINKINGCOLLECTIONS
856 Field used to link images and articles
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What Customers See on the OPAC…
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TIME
The selecting and scanning of images are the most time-intensive parts of the process and require large blocks of uninterrupted time to complete effectively
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MONEY
A large project to undertake that needs to be given dedicated staff time to complete in the most efficient
manner.Without specific funding for the project it the library will have to prioritise between local history project such as
these and other services or jobs that staff are responsible for
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MY EXPERIENCE
$$
• More equipment
• Dedicated staff• Software
TIME
• Consecutive hours
• Time-intensive
PROCESS
• Chronologically• Software can
help efficiency• Value-adds to
collection
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ILLAWARRA MERCURY DIGITISED IMAGES
(To be catalogued…)
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DIGITISED PEOPLE
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DIGITISED EVENTS
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DIGITISED PROTESTS
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DIGITISED SCHOOLS
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DIGITISED INDUSTRY
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DIGITISED SURROUNDINGS
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DIGITISED NEWS STORIES
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DIGITISED DEVELOPMENT
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DIGITISED ARTS
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ANY QUESTIONS
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