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Cheap, Quick, and Pretty: Mass Digitization of Large Manuscript Collections Jody L. DeRidder University of Alabama Libraries jlderidder@ua.edu
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Outline How difficult is it? What does it look like? How long does it take? What does it cost? How effective is it? What’s missing?
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How difficult is it? And sequence: 1, 2, 3 … Each file name includes:
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What does it look like? (item)
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What does it look like? (EAD)
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What does it look like? (item outside Acumen)
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How long does it take? Old method: 8.25 min. / scan New method: 4.34 min. / scan Processing: reduced. QC: reduced. Metadata time: none. 47% LESS TIME!
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What does it cost? Old method: $2.47 / scan New method: $0.80 /scan Processing: reduced. QC: reduced. Metadata costs: none. 68% CHEAPER!!
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How effective is it? Experienced researchers prefer it! Those new to digital collections found it easier! 42% less time 27% fewer clicks 12% more success Foreign students found the terminology difficult.
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We still need… Improved usability of EAD interface: Terminology Search in page Navigation links Then: Establish learnability
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Summary Easy: put info in file names; run scripts Looks: pretty darn good! Time: 4.34 min. / page Cost: 79.5 cents / page Effectiveness: great for scholars; surprisingly good for novices Need: improved usability of EAD interface
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For More Information: Upcoming American Archivist article?? Jody L. DeRidder, “Leveraging EAD for Low-Cost Access to Digitized Collections at the University of Alabama Libraries,” Journal of Library Innovation, 2:1 (2011), http://www.libraryinnovation.org/article/view/69 University of Alabama Libraries, “Septimus D. Cabaniss Papers Digitization Project.” Project Site: http://www.lib.ua.edu/libraries/hoole/cabaniss Wiki: http://www.lib.ua.edu/wiki/digcoll/index.php/Cabaniss Display: http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/u0003_0000252 University of Alabama Libraries, “Acumen Digital Library Software.” http://sourceforge.net/projects/acumendls/
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Experienced researchers prefer the finding aid interface: Tim West, Kirill Fesenko, and Laura Clark Brown, “Extending the Reach of Southern Sources: Proceeding to Large-Scale Digitization of Manuscript Collections,” Final Grant Report for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Southern Historical Collection, University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, June 2009, http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/archivalmassdigitization/download/extending_the_reach.pdf Cory Nimer and J. Gordon Daines III, “What Do You Mean It Doesn’t Make Sense? Redesigning Finding Aids from the User’s Perspective,” Journal of Archival Organization 6, no. 4 (2008), http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332740802533214 Novice users experience a learning curve: Wendy Scheir, “First Entry: Report on a Qualitative Exploratory Study of Novice User Experience with Online Finding Aids,” Journal of Archival Organization 3, no. 4 (2006), http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J201v03n04_04 Joyce Celeste Chapman, “Observing Users: An Empirical Analysis of User Interaction with Online Finding Aids,” Journal of Archival Organization 8, no. 1 (2010) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2010.484361 References
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