1. Partnering to Preserve Racings Rich History
The
Preservation Project

2. The 21st century
DRF
3. Used by turf writers, horseplayers,
researchers
4. And by casual historians whose enthusiasm cannot be curbed.
5. 1896:Vol. 2
6. 1906:Note change in size
7. 1941:more complex layout
8. 1976
9. Past Performance Charts:the fractions are the quality spec:they must be readable.
10. Pilot project focused on Triple Crown coverage
11. The beginning:bound volumes
12. Tight inner margins.Text sewn into binding.
13. 1953:very aggressively bound
14. How we make the DRF online
Remove cover
Remove glue
Separate into sections
Separate into pages
Microfilm the pages
Convert the film to digital images
Perform optical character recognition
Create issue level metadata
Divide into articles
Back up on portable hard drives
Re-house theDRF pages in archival boxes
Go live:http://kdl.kyvl.org/drf
15. 16. 17. Separate into Sections
18. Trimming ragged edges
19. Microfilm the pages
20. Microfilm scanning
21. Single page image
22. Each page is cropped to show page edges.
23. Optical Character Recognition makes the text searchable
24. Divide into columns to identify articles and charts
25. Article Types
Articles
Advertisements
Masthead
Past performances
Othercharts
Comics
26. Daily Racing Form Online Archive
27. Powered by and available on the Kentuckiana Digital Library
28. Two copies of microfilm stored in different storage vaults
29. Images and metadata backed up on portable hard drives
30. DRF pages housed in archival folders and boxes
31. May the Horse Be With You** Harvey Pack