1. Primary Research Online at the G.W. Blunt White Library

2. G.W. Blunt White Library Digital Access Projects

4. Access via: –Catalog records Records and Images

5. Online Catalog Catalog Records

11. Access via: –Catalog records –Finding aids Records and Images

15. Finding Aids Manuscript Collection Registers

18. Metadata: Presently created and stored in several Access tables.  Every entity has:  One entry in the main database which contains descriptive data  An entry for every image in an associated database

21. Access via: –Catalog records –Finding aids –Web presentations Records and Images

22. Web Presentations

26. G.W. Blunt White Library Scholars’ Survey

27. Survey Topics Audience Comfort with and willingness to use digital resources Specific resources of interest –Resource discovery tools –Digital newspapers –Demographic databases

30. Resource Discovery Demographic Databases Historical Newspapers Scholarly Priorities

36. Teaching with Digital Primary Sources

37. Results Comprehensiveness Rules Ease of Use is Mandatory Libraries Need to Explore New Search Methods

38. Exploring Digital Resources http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/survey/survey.cfm http://schooner.mysticseaport.org