MBG Rare Book Digitization Project (2003)
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Chris Freeland
- Application Development Manager
Doug Holland
- Administrative Librarian
Staff
• Imaging Technicians– Leslie Miller– Fred Keusenkothen– Wendy Westmoreland
• Herbarium Assistant– Tina Ruble
• Database Developer– Joe Ditto
• Interface Design– Chris Freeland
• Project Coordinator– Doug Holland
Equipment
BetterLight Super 6K-2
Epson Expression 1680
Kaiser Scando
Progress to Date
• 37 books have been scanned• 13,000 + pages scanned • Added information:
– author biographies– bibliographic descriptions– translations into English– links to current botanical
names in TROPICOS and current names found at USDA
Metadata Input
Screen shot of Access table
Web Site
Linked from
MBG Library
web site
Web Display
• Many ways to access:– Turn pages
from cover to cover
– Browse all illustrations
– Search by common or scientific name
Thumbnails
Structure of book
List of illustrations by plant name
Page Turning
Zoom to 100%
• <META NAME="DC.Title" CONTENT="Image of Illustration of EPILOBE VELU; <i>Epilobium hirsutum</i> L.; codlins and cream"><LINK REL=SCHEMA.dc HREF="http://purl.org/metadata/dublin_core_elements#title">
• <META NAME="DC.Creator" CONTENT="Jaume Saint-Hilaire, Jean Henri"><LINK REL=SCHEMA.dc HREF="http://purl.org/metadata/dublin_core_elements#creator">
• <META NAME="DC.Subject" CONTENT="(SCHEME=LCSH) Botany -- France -- Pictorial works.|Horticulture -- France -- Pictorial works.|Flowers -- France -- Pictorial works.|"><LINK REL=SCHEMA.dc HREF="http://purl.org/metadata/dublin_core_elements#subject">
• <META NAME="DC.Description" CONTENT="Illustration of EPILOBE VELU; <i>Epilobium hirsutum</i> L.; codlins and cream"><LINK REL=SCHEMA.dc HREF="http://purl.org/metadata/dublin_core_elements#description">
Web Statistics
• 3 million hits since April 1, 2002
• 77,000 unique users
• Average user spends 7 minutes 38 seconds on site
• Receive 2-5 requests per week to use images in publications or other for-profit purposes
Preservation
• 3000 CDs
• Recently moved to DVD-R
• Moving toward SAN (Storage Area Network)
• Copying Access metadata tables onto image storage media