GOLD/GALILEO Annual Users Group Conference Center for Continuing Education – University of Georgia August 1, 2008 P. Toby Graham Director, Digital Library of Georgia Georgia History & Culture Online: Digital Library of Georgia and Georgia HomePLACE Edward A. Johnson Director, Georgia HomePLACE
DLG overview Building a seamless virtual library on Georgia history and cultureBuilding a seamless virtual library on Georgia history and culture 105 digital collections105 digital collections 60 repositories60 repositories 100 agencies of state government100 agencies of state government About a 800,000 digital objectsAbout a 800,000 digital objects Much more to do...Much more to do...
New sites (FY08): Partners: Hall County Library and Walter J. Brown Media Archives URL: Film and still images related to America’s 5 th deadliest tornado Reference source on Ga. gov’t, About 28K pages of content URL: Converted as part of the Georgia Government Publications initiative
New sites (FY08) – Georgia HomePLACE: Partner: Columbus Public Library, Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library System Minute books documenting the origin and initial development of the Columbus Public Library Minute books documenting the origin and initial development of the Columbus Public Library
New Sites (FY08) – Georgia HomePLACE: Phase 2: Adds online exhibition Partners: Hall County Library and Walter J. Brown Media Archives URL: Film and still images related to America’s 5 th deadliest tornado
New Sites (FY08): Dates: Extent: About 40K pp. Used to demonstrate a relatively low-cost in-house process for newspaper digitization and delivery
Coming Soon – Georgia HomePLACE: Dates: Extent: About 50K pp. Part of newspaper digitization pilot/study conducted as part of Georgia HomePLACE
Georgia’s online state documents repository, 1994-presentGeorgia’s online state documents repository, 1994-present 37,000 documents37,000 documents Added 3,705 new publications to GGP in FY08, including 42,714 scansAdded 3,705 new publications to GGP in FY08, including 42,714 scans Department of Education annual reports being added retrospectivelyDepartment of Education annual reports being added retrospectively Georgia Government Publications:
Georgia Newspaper Project: Generated 4,207 reels in FY07Generated 4,207 reels in FY07 Equals approximately 3.78M pages of newsprintEquals approximately 3.78M pages of newsprint Film 220 current newspaper titles on an ongoing basisFilm 220 current newspaper titles on an ongoing basis
Virtual library on the MovementVirtual library on the Movement Draws together related digital collections from 90 institutions into a common Web portalDraws together related digital collections from 90 institutions into a common Web portal WSB and WALB television news archivesWSB and WALB television news archives Curricular support materials developed by USG faculty and studentsCurricular support materials developed by USG faculty and students
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Maintenance phase with all core-content in-hand 2,000 articles 5,500 images, audio files, moving images NEH metadata project with DLG CRDL/DLG partnership: Civil Rights articlesCRDL/DLG partnership: Civil Rights articles
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