Instructions:

1. Click on the picture in the grid and press delete.

2. Now click Insert | Picture | Insert from File to insert your own picture.

3. Set the picture wrap to In Line With Text.

3. Crop the picture as necessary using Word’s Picture Tools. Ensure the picture fills the grid. Any part of the picture extending beyond the grid will not be displayed in your document. Resize the picture using the corner handle to ensure your picture stays in proportion.

4. Press Close Picture or click the X at the top right of your Word

screen to update and return to your document

Alan ManifoldDigital & Library Applications Manager

Making Materials Findableat the State Library of Victoria

14 October 2014

State Library of Victoria Collections

Digitised

SubscriptionsOther

PrintPicturesMapsManuscriptsDiariesPamphlets

BooksSerialsPlansSound filesVideos

Open stacksClosed stacksBOSS

PicturesMapsManuscriptsRarePlans

RealiaLPsArtKits

Primo CentralSFXMetaLibeBooks

Political EphemeraDatabases

Audiences

Onsite Users

Remote Users (more than 50% of web access)

Victorian

Other (domestic and foreign)

Identified audience segments:

Creatives and ContributorsCulture SeekersResearchersTransactional UsersYoung Learners and Families

P–3

Sources of metadata

Cataloguing in Voyager (MARC)

Cataloguing moduleWeb form for Australiana

Spreadsheet cataloguing (Excel to MARC or Dublin Core)

Vendor record loads (MARC and MARC-XML)

DigiTool serial loads (METS)

DigiTool Deposit Module (Dublin Core)

Acquisitions StaffSelected and trained external contributorsGeneral public?

DigiTool individual images (Dublin Core)

Archivist’s Toolkit (EAD)

P–4

Data Transfer Pathways

P–5

Primo

DigiTool

AustralianaIndexes

SFX

Voyager

MetaLib

Spreadsheets

CataloguingTemplates

LibrariesAustralia

Trove

Archivist’sToolkit

VendorRecordLoads

Issues with all these data transfers

Synchronisation issues

DivergenceLag timeComplexityData redundancy

Script issues

MultiplicityComplexityMaintenanceCurrencyTiming

“Database of record” question

Multiple repositories of dataNo database has all of the dataRecord level differences (bib vs volume vs item)

P–6

Interoperability

P–7

SLVCorporateWebsite

DiscoveryPlatform(Primo)

(DigiTool)

AustralianaIndex

CD-ROMDatabases(Buddy)

ResourceDiscovery

ImageViewers

OpenURLResolver

(SFX)

DirectDelivery(Relais)

(Voyager)

SLVMain

Database

FederatedSearching(MetaLib)

Mega-AggregateIndex

(Primo Central)

Real Time Data Feeds

LegacyImages

(Pictoria)

Access methods

P–8

InternetExplorer

Firefox Chrome Etc

v.10 v.11 v.31 v.32 v.36 v.37 v.??-1 v.??

SuperHi-Res

Hi-Res

Not SoHi-Res

Lo-Res Icky oldRes

In-house Anywhere else

Via Primo,DigiTool& Web

Via API& Z39.50

Desktop

Laptop

Tablet

Smart Phone

Mac

Some Issues: Copyright

In copyright

In copyright, copyright assigned to SLV

In copyright, restricted

Out of copyright

Orphaned works

Copyright undetermined

In-House Use

Embargoes

Low Resolution

P–9

Some Issues: Cultural Sensitivity

P–10

Some Issues: Uncatalogued and Poorly catalogued

materials

P–11

The more material is available online…

The more material patrons expect to be online…

Which leads to the unrealistic idea that everything is online…

Which leads to not searching anywhere else…

Which causes frustration from not finding materials…

http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/185891

[Woman destroying television set] [art original] / Mary Leunig

Some Issues: Complex Formats

Manuscripts and Books

Each page is an imageCan include transcripts

Serial Titles

Each page is an imageEach issue is an entityThe title is another entity

Primo handles these poorly

Designed for record=titleAdapted to handle imagesNo parent/child concept

P–12

Some Issues: Legacy Data

Never possible to get it all consistent

Problem from being on leading edge

Current best practices vs Consistency

P–13

My Watchword

P–14

IgnoranceWith

Competence

Your Questions and Thoughts

Alan Manifold

Digital and Library Applications Manager

State Library of Victoria

amanifold@slv.vic.gov.au

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