Primary Research Online at the G.W. Blunt White Library.
-
Upload
edward-mcdaniel -
Category
Documents
-
view
219 -
download
0
Transcript of Primary Research Online at the G.W. Blunt White Library.
Online Catalog
Catalog Records
Finding Aids
Manuscript Collection Registers
Metadata: Presently created and stored in several Access tables.
Every entity has:One entry in the main database which contains descriptive data
An entry for every image in an associated database
Survey Topics
• Audience• Comfort with and willingness
to use digital resources• Specific resources of interest
– Resource discovery tools– Digital newspapers– Demographic databases
Results
• Comprehensiveness Rules
• Ease of Use is Mandatory
• Libraries Need to Explore New Search Methods
Exploring Digital Resources
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/survey/survey.cfm
http://schooner.mysticseaport.org