The Florida Electronic Library and the State Digitization Scene Priscilla Caplan Central Florida Workshop for Museum and Library Personnel

Florida Electronic Library Statewide license for resources (Gale) OCLC Florida Group Catalog “Ask a Librarian” Virtual reference Library portal (MetaLib and SFX) Statewide delivery service for ILL Digital Collections Component –Identify and promote digital collections projects –Encourage participation in statewide initiatives

Who is Actively Digitizing? State Library and Archives Libraries of the state university system Private universities Public library districts Regional multitype library cooperatives Museums

Statewide Initiatives PALMM –State university libraries and their partners –Library-specific and cooperative collections –common look & feel, common standards –central promotion and systems support Opening Archives –LSTA sponsored training grant –archival description and EAD creation –regional workshops & regional co-traininers –Archival Collections database

Statewide Initiatives Newspaper Digitization –UF digitization from microfilm and paper –Central database based on Greenstone –Manual of best practices & recommended vendors Florida on Florida –digital materials on Florida, held by Florida institutions –sponsored by State Library through LSTA funds –based on Open Archives Initiative (OAI) –8 PALMM and 9 other collections

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