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Shifting Sands of Success Planning a Digital Library: A Case Study Using SLIS Interns Danelle Moon SJSU Special Collections & Archives SCA May 3, 2008.

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1 Shifting Sands of Success Planning a Digital Library: A Case Study Using SLIS Interns Danelle Moon SJSU Special Collections & Archives SCA May 3, 2008

2 Planning a Joint Library Digitization Project Martin Luther King Jr. Library

3 King Library Resources 1.6 million books, thousands of ebooks, journals, media, and microfilm 1.6 million books, thousands of ebooks, journals, media, and microfilm 6 Special Collections: Beethoven, Steinbeck, SJSU, SJPL, Sourisseau, and the Cultural Heritage Center 6 Special Collections: Beethoven, Steinbeck, SJSU, SJPL, Sourisseau, and the Cultural Heritage Center

4 Project Goals Create a consolidated digital collection of selected images from both the public and academic special collections and archives in the King Library.Create a consolidated digital collection of selected images from both the public and academic special collections and archives in the King Library. Provide web based curriculum and instruction tools for area educators.Provide web based curriculum and instruction tools for area educators. Create a discovery gateway for educators and students interested in primary source researchCreate a discovery gateway for educators and students interested in primary source research Develop thematic and collection based access pointsDevelop thematic and collection based access points Develop a sustainable digital library programDevelop a sustainable digital library program

5 King Library Mission Enrich lives by fostering lifelong learning and ensuring that every member of the community has access to a vast array of ideas and information.Enrich lives by fostering lifelong learning and ensuring that every member of the community has access to a vast array of ideas and information. Provide students, instructors and the community access to the information they need for educational and personal growth throughout their lives.Provide students, instructors and the community access to the information they need for educational and personal growth throughout their lives. Support the San José State University Library's educational mission in expanding the base of knowledge through research and scholarship.Support the San José State University Library's educational mission in expanding the base of knowledge through research and scholarship.

6 Assumptions Web accessible digital archives will increase patron involvement with libraryWeb accessible digital archives will increase patron involvement with library Web accessible digital archives will create possible new patron base (online)Web accessible digital archives will create possible new patron base (online) Digital archive will be utilizedDigital archive will be utilized Project will generate funding (grants)Project will generate funding (grants) Institutional divisions informed and defined by bureaucratic processes will seek to maintain those divisions and processes. Research units want to maintain sovereignty of collections, descriptors, methods etc.Institutional divisions informed and defined by bureaucratic processes will seek to maintain those divisions and processes. Research units want to maintain sovereignty of collections, descriptors, methods etc.

7 SJSU Library Mission The primary mission of the San Jose State University Library is to support the academic life of the University. The heart of the Library's mission is academic research and curricular support.The primary mission of the San Jose State University Library is to support the academic life of the University. The heart of the Library's mission is academic research and curricular support.

8 Image Display

9 Images May Be Zoomed In On

10 Lectures, exams, flash cards and study aids can be created in the Lecture Builder area. Allows users to add curriculum in any format Allows users to add curriculum in any format Provides for access dates and expiration of materials Provides for access dates and expiration of materials Users can modify images by adding text or cropping image Users can modify images by adding text or cropping image

11 Search Results are Displayed for Manipulation

12 Images Are Attached to Lectures Via Drag and Drop

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