“Thank God for Michigan” NHPRC Digitizing Historical Records Project at the Archives of...

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“Thank God for Michigan” NHPRC Digitizing Historical Records Project at the Archives of Michigan

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“Thank God for Michigan”

NHPRC Digitizing Historical RecordsProject at the Archives of Michigan

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Civil War Documents

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Project Overview

Encoding EAD

Digitizing Documents

Linking Content

Evaluating Usability

Uploading Files

Site Design

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Encoding EAD

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U of M DLPS Hosting

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DLPS Searching

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DLPS Searching Cont.

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Digitizing Documents

In HouseVendor

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Project StatisticsVendor

(73,720 Images).16 per image

Doc Prep and Microfilm: $6,562

Microfilm Scanning: $3,377

Total: $12,000

In House(20,096 Images).25 per image

Project Archivist Salary: $4,250

Copier/Scanner: $840

Total: $5,090

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Uploading Documents

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CONTENTdm Minimal Metadata

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Online Example

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Linking Content

ref URL

links to images

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Linking Content Cont.

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Evaluating Usability

LIS and SI Students

from Wayne State and U

of M

Ann Arbor Civil War Round Table

General Public

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Site DesignEAD

Digitizing

Webpage

CONTENTdm

Scanning

Time

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Webpage Challenge

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Expected Outcomes....

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Improving the Site

Usability Studies

Google Analytics

Staff Feedback

Researcher Feedback

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Upcoming Digitization

Projects

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Archives of Michigan Online

Finding Aids

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More Information•“Thank God For Michigan” Blog

•http://archivesnhprc.wordpress.com

•Archives of Michigan Website

•http://www.seekingmichigan.org

•MAA ListServ

•Contact Project Staff:

•Mark Harvey: [email protected]