Northeast Kansas HistoryNortheast Kansas HistoryA kete of local history, culture and genealogy

Digitizing Hidden Digitizing Hidden CollectionsCollections

Photo courtesy of smoothdemente (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ikostic/2749693373)

• Libraries and Local History • Hidden Collections• Benefits• Challenges• Possible solutions

• Kansas Memory• Northeast Kansas History

GalleryGalleryRequires :• Web hosting ($10 a month) • Gallery account (gallery.menalto.com) and configuration • Link to your Library Web site

Kansas MemoryKansas Memory

Kansas MemoryKansas MemoryHistorical and local history primary

sources = originals and no genealogyPhotos: buildings, people,

pools/parks, local industry, railroad buildings

Documents: journals, letters, and diaries

Focus: state and local history with target audience of history buffs, researchers, students and teachers

Kansas MemoryKansas MemoryStandards and Procedures• Scan front and back•Leave ¼ inch border zone• Deskew/square the image• Follow Reflective Scans guidelines

Library:• Organize and catalog collection• Scan onto an external harddrive• Add metadata to KHS spreadsheet

Historical Society:• Creates derivatives• Host and Post on kansasmemory• Add ‘facets’ (subject headings)

2011 Heritage Grant2011 Heritage Grant

Rossville Community Library Rossville Community Library and Kansas Memory and Kansas Memory Collaboration PilotCollaboration Pilot Cataloging/Indexing of a Photo collection Rossville, NEKLS Foundation and NEKLS Application boiler-plate – 6 page narrative Consultant Timeline Budget Sharing

Results

Parallel ApproachParallel ApproachKete: - “A knowledge basket of images, audio, video and documents which are collected and catalogued by the community.”

Kete HorowhenuaKete Horowhenuahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v

=0Ga3JeAzi9k

Culture and HeritageCulture and Heritage

Local HistoryLocal History

GenealogyGenealogy

Orlando MemoryOrlando Memory

Northeast Kansas HistoryNortheast Kansas History

Northeast Kansas HistoryNortheast Kansas History• Open source• Community built = community interaction• Wiki-style user interface mirrors live site• Accommodates community-contributions

and unique library collections• Creative Commons license and simple

Terms and Conditions, House Rules and Policies• Ability to link Topics (articles) with images,

videos, audio, documents and discussions

House RulesHouse Rules

Policies and Best PracticesPolicies and Best PracticesKansas Historical Society Guidelines

◦Scan, archive and rely on digital file◦Details = 800 dpi (or higher)

David’s “Digitization on a shoestring”◦Schema – title, description, subject

headings. Simple Dublin Core

◦Controlled vocabularies – LCSH◦File naming – unique identifiers for each

artifact

BasketsBaskets

Baskets for each Library or Group of Libraries• Password protected• Moderate ‘member’ contributions • Differentiate between community-added content and Library’s special collections• Search entire site or individual baskets for content

Kete Beta, Maybe Omeka?Kete Beta, Maybe Omeka?

ResourcesResources OITP | Perspectives – “Digitizing Hidden Collections in Public

Libraries” by Gwen Glazer (from nekls.org Tech Day 2011 page) Gallery – http://gallery.menalto.com Kansas Memory - www.kansasmemory.org 2011 Heritage Grants from Kansas Humanities Council (from

nekls.org Tech Day 2011 page) Northeast Kansas History kete - http://history.nekls.org Kete Horowhenua - http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/ Kete Kawerau - http://ketekawerau.peoplesnetworknz.info Selwyn Kete - http://keteselwyn.peoplesnetworknz.info Orlando Memory – http://dc.ocls.info/ Omeka – http://www.omeka.org Digital Amherst – http://www.digitalamherst.org Digitization on a Shoestring (from nekls.org Tech Day 2009 page) What to Expect When You’re Digitizing: A Primer for the Solo

Digital Librarian (from nekls.org Tech Day 2011 page) Sharon’s Blog Posts -

http://lybrarian.wordpress.com/category/digitization/