NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012
-
Upload
tmcmurdo -
Category
Art & Photos
-
view
272 -
download
1
description
Transcript of NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012
![Page 1: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
The VTDNP: From Microfilm to Keyword-
Searchable Online Newspapers
Tom McMurdo, VTDNP Project Librarian
![Page 2: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Microfilm is the basis of any NDNP project.
![Page 3: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Why use negatives to make scans of newspapers?
![Page 4: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Finding the negatives
![Page 5: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Most master negatives of newspapers are “pre-standards.”
![Page 6: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Microfilm Evaluation:
Acetate or polyester?Vinegar syndromeScanning quality
![Page 7: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Scanning: In-house or vendor?
2 very different approaches: control versus overhead
![Page 8: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Most National Digital Newspaper Program state projects outsource scanning.
![Page 9: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Scanning RFP
There are several excellent companies working on NDNP state projects.
What are the criteria for evaluating this RFP?
![Page 10: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Scanning vendors working in the NDNP
![Page 11: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
VTDNP Workflows
Title selectionMicrofilm: positives and negatives
Metadata creationScanning, OCR, and XML files
Quality reviewDelivery to LC
Searchable pages online
![Page 12: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Title selection
Selections chosen through a rigorous process
Stakeholders
Justifiable process
![Page 13: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Microfilm
Positive vs. negative film
![Page 14: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Metadata creation:
Frame-by-frame inventory
![Page 15: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Scanning, OCR, and XML files
![Page 16: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Quality review of scans and files
![Page 17: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Files to Library of Congress
![Page 18: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Success!
Online searchable Vermont newspapers
![Page 19: NASIG VTDNP Tom Mcmurdo June 8, 2012](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051816/54752e06b4af9fb40a8b5ab0/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Questions?