1. Presentation to Judaica Europeana 2012-15: Integrated Access to Jewish Heritage Collections Yitzhak Teutsch Director, JDC Archives in Jerusalem June 3, 2012

2. Ten minutes Ten questions Ten answers

3. Who is the digitization expert of the JDC? No. 1 (Question)

4. No. 1 (Answer) Choice (a) Choice (b) Choice (c)

5. No. 1 (Answer) Maria P. LaCalle, Digitization Project Manager, JDC Archives, New York

6. What is "the JDC"? No. 2 (Question)

7. No. 2 (Answer) Full name: American Jewish Joint Distribution CommitteeFull name: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Founded in NY in 1914Founded in NY in 1914 Original mission: to aid needy Jews in PalestineOriginal mission: to aid needy Jews in Palestine Expanded mission: to aid needy Jews and non-Jews around the worldExpanded mission: to aid needy Jews and non-Jews around the world

8. No. 2 (Answer)

10. What does the JDC Archives hold? No. 3 (Question)

11. No. 3 (Answer) As an institutional archives, the JDC Archives holds two basic types of documents: Documents created by the parent institutionDocuments created by the parent institution Documents received by the parent institutionDocuments received by the parent institution

12. No. 3 (Answer) Because of its commitment to relief, rescue and rehabilitation, the JDC Archives holds a third type of documentation: Documents created by, received from, and received on behalf of people under its careDocuments created by, received from, and received on behalf of people under its care

13. No. 3 (Answer)

14. 17,000 linear feet17,000 linear feet 50 million pages of textual materials50 million pages of textual materials 100,000 photographs100,000 photographs 6,000 books6,000 books 1,100 sound recordings1,100 sound recordings 1,000 videos1,000 videos

15. What special challenges are posed by the holdings of the JDC Archives? No. 4 (Question)

16. High percentage of restricted material No. 4 (Answer)

17. Poor quality paper No. 4 (Answer)

18. Significant amount of material in esoteric languages No. 4 (Answer)

19. Where are the JDC Archives? No. 5 (Question)

20. No. 5 (Answer) Short answer: JerusalemJerusalem New YorkNew York

21. No. 5 (Answer) Full answer: Bad ArolsenBad Arolsen JerusalemJerusalem MoscowMoscow New YorkNew York PraguePrague ShanghaiShanghai WarsawWarsaw

22. No. 5 (Answer) From the International Tracing Service, Bad Arolsen, Germany:

23. What are the digitization plans of the JDC Archives? No. 6 (Question)

24. No. 6 (Answer) Goal: To create an online text archive with 1.8 million pages digitized and made accessible to the publicGoal: To create an online text archive with 1.8 million pages digitized and made accessible to the public Time frame: 5 years (2007-2012)Time frame: 5 years (2007-2012) Source of funding: Private grantSource of funding: Private grant

25. What is the digitization process of the JDC Archives? No. 7 (Question)

26. No. 7 (Answer) 1.Cataloguing 2.Microfilming 3.Scanning 4.Producing item-level metadata and OCR 5.Uploading to website

27. No. 7 (Answer) 1. Cataloguing - Our implementation of the ISAD(G) model:

28. No. 7 (Answer) 2. Microfilming

29. No. 7 (Answer) 3. Scanning

30. No. 7 (Answer) 4. Producing item-level metadata and OCR and OCR

31. No. 7 (Answer) 1.Cataloguing – in Jerusalem 2.Microfilming – in Jerusalem 3.Scanning – in Washington, DC 4.Producing item-level metadata and OCR – in Laos 5.Uploading to website – in New York An international project:

32. What is special about the digitization process of the JDC Archives? No. 8 (Question)

33. No. 8 (Answer) Digitization is done in Laos by Digital Divide Data (DDD). DDD: Is currently the largest technology employer in LaosIs currently the largest technology employer in Laos Recruits youth who are very poor or disabledRecruits youth who are very poor or disabled Gives operators the opportunity to divide their time between work and studyGives operators the opportunity to divide their time between work and study Produces graduates who earn six times the average wage in LaosProduces graduates who earn six times the average wage in Laos

34. No. 8 (Answer) Jeremy Hockenstein, founder of DDD, with operators in Laos

35. How much has the JDC Archives digitized to date? No. 9 (Question)

36. No. 9 (Answer) As of April 2012: 1.2 million pages scanned1.2 million pages scanned.9 million pages digitized.9 million pages digitized

37. How can I see the digitized material held by the JDC Archives? No. 10 (Question)

38. No. 10 (Answer) 1.Go to http://archives.jdc.org 2.Click on "Search the Archives" (upper right) 3.In the "Search Our Text Collections" box, enter a keyword or name 4.Hit "enter" 5.Click on the PDF icon

39. No. 10 (Answer)

44. Thank you for your attention! Yitzhak Teutsch Director, JDC Archives in Jerusalem Work: +972-2-653-6403 x1 Mobile: +972-54-269-5325 E-mail: YitzhakT@jdc.org.il