Best Practices in Digitization and Digital Curation at McGill Libraries : the Osler Library Prints Collection KarinaKawaguchi AlesiaRudnitskaya XeniaKurguzova VickyVassiliou KarinaKawaguchi AlesiaRudnitskaya XeniaKurguzova VickyVassiliou

Osler Library of the History of Medicine McGill University Library The Osler Library of the History of Medicine Sources: McGill Campus Scenes. Osler Library. The William Osler Photo Collection.

Osler Library Prints Collection Value: historic and artistic Themes Physical properties

Let’s digitize! Budget – special donation Technology: scanners in place Staffing: team of librarians specialized experts and support staff brought in

McGill’s Best Practices

Repository Functions The OAIS Functional Model Source: Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS).

Best Practices Digital images: standards and quality TIFF Storage JPEG Access and delivery

Thumbnails/full record/full screen/zoom Scalable view (up to 6,450px × 4,500px) High quality resolution (up to 15 KB) Best Practices

Exhaustive annotations each digital object described by art historian/curator Dublin Core metadata scheme easy to use interoperable OAI-PMH – compliant Controlled vocabulary LC subject headings authority files Best Practices Comprehensive finding aids and rich metadata

Best Practices Comprehensive finding aids and rich metadata

Best Practices Comprehensive finding aids and rich metadata

user-centered interface ease of navigation visual aids multiple access points Best Practices Display and access

High quality digital images Comprehensive and precise finding aids and rich metadata Usability of the Website Accessibility Information discovery Preservation Contribution to knowledge Best Practices

Challenges

Documentation of policies Preservation strategies and contingency planning Copyright Visibility on the web Challenges

Besser, H., Hubbard, S., & Lenert, D. (2003). Introduction to imaging. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). (2002). Guidelines for digitization projects for collections and holdings in the public domain, particularly those held by libraries and archives. Retrieved from Federal Digitization Initiative Still Image Working Group. (2009). Technical guidelines for digitizing cultural heritage materials: Creation of raster image master files. Retrieved from Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute, University of Glasgow (HATII) and The National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH). (2003). The NINCH guide to good practice in the digital representation and management of cultural heritage materials. Retrieved from National Information Standards Organization (NISO). (2007). A framework of guidance for building good digital collections. Retrieved from RLG-NARA Task Force on Digital Repository Certification. (2005). An audit checklist for the certification of trusted digital repositories. Retrieved from RLG/OCLC Working Group on Digital Archive Attributes, Research Libraries Group, & OCLC. (2002). Trusted digital repositories: Attributes and responsibilities : an RLG-OCLC report. Mountain View, CA: RLG. References

Christopher Lyons, Head of the Osler Library Megan Chellew, Metadata Librarian Acknowledgements

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