IBM CONCERT Pilots CONCERT Pilots at IMPACT libraries

Lotte Wilms, 24 October 2011

IBM CONCERT Pilots Lotte Wilms

Pilot libraries• Koninklijke Bibliotheek

– 7 March 2011 until 11 March 2011– 13 KB employees– 12 items

• British Library– 4 April 2011 until 8 April

2011– 8 BL employees– 20 items

• Bavarian State Library– 2 May 2011 until 6 May

2011– 12 BSB employees– 10 items

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User tests• Done by all three pilot

libraries– Full support by IBM

staff in pilot week

– Questionnaire or web survey covering every aspect of the tool

– Outcomes collated and sent to IBM

IBM CONCERT Pilots Lotte Wilms

Integration into library workflow• Done by the KB

– Three scenarios worked out by KB information analyst

• As part of digitisation activities• After a collection has been made available• Both during digitisation and after a collection

has been made available

– Discussions between IBM Haifa and KB digitisation experts

– Conclusion: Scenario 1 was seen as the best option for the KB

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Recommendations• User tests

– In-tool help function– Track progress while working– Some minor issues (extra buttons or clarification of

segmentation)

• Workflow implementation– Pilot with a service provider– Use existing OCR files as input

• All recommendations have been logged by IBM Haifa and where possible also implemented

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Future activities• Perhaps the pilot with EoD or can’t I mention this yet?

• Post-correction pilot at the KB – Testing various post-correction tools

• Anything else?