Kyle Rimkus Digital Projects Librarian

Cheryl GowingDirector, Information Management &

Systems

September 22, 2010

University of Miami Digital Initiatives and Systems

Scholarly Communication ETDdb for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (

http://etd.library.miami.edu/) HTML for e-journals (

http://anthurium.miami.edu/index.html)

Soon to migrate to:

ARTStorOver 40,000 UM images

Shared Shelf Development PartnersColby CollegeCornell UniversityHarvard UniversityMiddlebury CollegeNew York UniversitySociety of Architectural

HistoriansUniversity of Illinois

Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of MiamiYale University

Digitized slides and other art history, design, and architecture visual materials

Currently in Beta Testing Version 1.0 slated for full production Summer 2011

CONTENTdm

http://merrick.library.miami.edu/

• Serves as primary repository for digital collections• Chiefly from digitized archival materials• 41,282 public objects• 140,000+ restricted to internal use only• In use since 2007

Digital Production Labs•Audio/Video Lab•Visual Materials Lab

High Volume DigitizationUniversity of Miami Archives

http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/archives.php

Historical Photographs8,000 images with

metadata(http://

merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/archives.php)

(buildings, events, athletics, student organizations, etc.)

President’s Papers130,000 documents with

container-level metadata (not public)

Oral Histories

Special CollectionsCuban Heritage Collection

Audio Oral Histories: http://merrick.library.miami.edu/specialCollections/oralhistory/

Video Oral Histories: http://merrick.library.miami.edu/cubanHeritage/botifoll/

Making the transition from Real Media streaming to Flash streaming…

Cuban Theater Digital Archive2005: funded internally

as Richter Library Digital Fellowship for Professor Lillian Manzor

2008: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded planning grant

2010: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funds project to rebuild technical and organizational infrastructure

http://scholar.library.miami.edu/archivoteatral/

Archon for Archival Finding Aids

http://proust.library.miami.edu/findingaids/

• Search/browse archival finding aids across five repositoriesComing soon:

Collaborative Archive from the African Diaspora…

Aeon Special Collections Request

ManagementDeveloped by U. of Virginia Special

Collections & Atlas Systems UM was 1st to implement ; Live since April

2009Patron-initiated requests for special

collections materials – directly from form, or via OpenURL links from EAD finding aids or ILS catalog

Also used to track staff usage of materials for cataloging, digitization, preservation, exhibits, classes

Aeon Staff View

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Requests awaiting processing.

Variations: Digital Audio Reserves

UM pilot Var. 3 hosted service Spring 2009

Full client implementation Fall 2010

Streaming audio reserves

Access Controls via LMS (Blackboard)

Bookmarking, playlist creation, and analysis and annotation tools

Variations : Next DevelopmentsIMLS Planning Grant: Variations on Video

Planning Partners: Indiana University, Northwestern University, New York University, Ohio State University, Stanford University, University of Miami

August 2010 – January 2011Define the scope, requirements, and

technical architecture for extending Variations to support the management & delivery of digital video collections

Other InitiativesSummon : Unified

Discovery Layer from Serials Solutions

http://miami.summon.serialssolutions.com/

Ares Electronic Course Reserves

Web & Catalog Redesign using Drupal

Mobile Library & Catalog Interface

Kulai-OléVirtualization

Q & AKyle Rimkus : kyle@miami.edu ; 305-284-6221Cheryl Gowing: cgowing@miami.edu ; 305-284-6018