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Digital Library Presentation MCC 2010

The document discusses creating a digital library using open source software like WordPress. It outlines challenges with original materials like deterioration and lack of indexing. The goals are to encourage preservation, improve accessibility and visibility. WordPress is recommended as it allows for full-text searching across categories and tags, and builds dynamic pages from a database on a web-based platform. The process involves installing WordPress, purchasing a domain, scanning materials and adding each as a blog post, then tweaking templates and plugins.

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Digital Library Presentation MCC 2010

The document discusses creating a digital library using open source software like WordPress. It outlines challenges with original materials like deterioration and lack of indexing. The goals are to encourage preservation, improve accessibility and visibility. WordPress is recommended as it allows for full-text searching across categories and tags, and builds dynamic pages from a database on a web-based platform. The process involves installing WordPress, purchasing a domain, scanning materials and adding each as a blog post, then tweaking templates and plugins.

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Digital Library Presentation MCC 2010

Creating a Digital Library with Open Source Software ( Wordpress )

1. Background
2. Challenges of the Original Materials
o Deterioration
o No index; items were hard to locate
o Low accessibility
3. Primary Goals
o Encourage preservation
o Improve accessibility and visibility
4. Objectives
o Subject headings linking similar articles
o Full-text search capability
o Web-accessible
5. Inspiration
o Beyond Brown Paper
o http://beyondbrownpaper.plymouth.edu
6. WordPress
o Open Source Software
o Blogging Software
7. Why WordPress Works
o Full-text searching
o Broad categories
o Tags
o Web-based
o Dynamic pages built on a database
8.
9. Process Simplified
o Installed WordPress on a remote server
o Purchased a domain name
o Scanned or keyed in the data
o Added each article as separate blog post
o Continued to tweak the template, plugins, etc.
10. Costs
o Open source software = Free
o Web hosting = $10/month
o Domain name costs = $6.00/year
o I have an inexpensive scanner with OCR software (cost $100)
o I used my own computer.

11. Outcomes
o The warrant articles can be found through a full-text search .
o The articles can be browsed by subject, topic, or year.
o The articles are easily accessible online .
o Hopefully, the materials will be handled less.
12. Learn from My Mistakes
o Plan
o Plan
o Plan
13. Planning a Digital Library
o Create a small sample project
 Digitize no more than 5% of your materials to start with.
 Implement different plug-ins and themes.
 Develop a solid navigation structure with categories and tags.
14. Planning a Digital Library
o Readjust your plan accordingly.
 New versions of WordPress or other open source software will
continue to be developed.
 New features may be added that would enhance your site.
 Be aware of new features in development.
15. Planning a Digital Library
o Consider using your own computer as a host for the sample project.
 Using your own computer, versus a remote server, can save you time
when developing a new project.
16. Planning a Digital Library
o Learn as much as you can about the software before starting your main
project.
 Use the pilot project as a way to learn the software, implement plug-ins
and themes, etc.
17. Planning a Digital Library
o Collaborate closely with other organizations.
 WordPress software can easily be configured to allow for multiple
contributors.
 Work with volunteers from the library or other town organizations, like
the historical society, to help build the site.
18. Think Outside the Box
o Look at the big picture.
o Don’t get caught up with the traditional library-methods of creating a digital
library.
o However you decide to digitize and publish your collection, you will have
increased its accessibility and helped to preserve the materials.
19. Primary Goals Revisited
o Increase the visibility and accessibility of our collections
o Help to preserve physical collections

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