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Reaching your Local History Patrons through the Web
Palouse Digital Project
Marilyn Von SeggernWashington State University
Libraries
The Palouse Bioregion
The Palouse is a unique geographic region of wind-blown loess hills in southeastern
Washington and northern Idaho, bordered by the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the channeled scablands created by the Great Missoula Floods, and the Snake
River.
The topography was created by silt dunes blown in from the west and south
during the last ice age.
The Palouse, known for…
Bunchgrass prairiePaluus (Paloos) tribeDeep fertile soils producing grains and
legumes: wheat, lentils, split peas, barley
Appaloosa horsesGiant Palouse earthworm
U.S. Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Agricultural Research Service
Photo by Doug Wilson.
WSU Alumni Assn
U.S. Agricultural Research Service
Barley harvest U.S. Agricultural Research Service
Milwaukee Bridge from Steptoe Battlefield, Rosalia, 2003. Paul Henning photo; MASC, WSU Libraries
WSU Libraries
Library of Congress
Library of Congress
Library of Congress
Library of Congress
Library of Congress
Library of Congress
Peluse Falls U.S. Congressional Serial Set
“Palouse Falls, 1932” Image from WSU Archives
Palouse Falls Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Development of the Palouse Digital Project
• 1950(?)-1979 Card file• 1980-1989 Computer-generated
bibliography with author and subject indexes
• 2003 Went digital• 2008 Scanned Palouse Bibliography
Prototype: Southern Oregon Digital Archives (SODA)
SODA Title browse list
Project Parameters
In-print resources—how many?
930 articles, 102 research reports, 257 theses and dissertations
760 articles in the public domain
Getting started• Use of CONTENTdm software• Local funding for first 15 items to
begin building test database• Took classes and workshops on
getting grants• Began discussions with Libraries’
Development Officer• Expanded database
Project Statement
• Statement of purpose• Bioregion description• Project goals• Audience• Subjects and types of materials
included
Statement of Purpose
The Palouse Digital Project will make accessible to students, researchers, and the general public a variety of resources about the Palouse bioregion. Documents…and other resources that are in the public domain will be digitized and included…for browsing, viewing, and searching.
Project Goals
• Provide access to resources in the public domain related to the Palouse bioregion of Washington and Idaho by creating a searchable digital collection of materials from the earliest publications to the present
• Consolidate resources published over the course of a century and scattered over many collections and locations. The project will draw from the rich collections of Washington State University Libraries and seek to add relevant materials not already in the library
• Make these resources freely and easily available on the Internet to students, researchers, and the public
Audience
•Secondary and higher education students
•Researchers in many fields of specialization
•The general public
Subject inclusionAgricultural Economics EthnologyAgriculture GeographyAnthropology GeologyArcheology HistoryBiology Hydrology Ecology Natural
History Environmental History Zoology
Types of materials
documents reportsbooks studies &
surveysmaps oral
historiesphotos video
websites
Project Priorities• Phase I
pre-1950 public domain documents
• Phase II1950-1970
• Phase III1971-present
MetadataDublin Core Metadata Elements for Palouse Digital Project
(Based on Western States Dublin Core Metadata Best Practice Version 2.0, January 2005) Updated Sept. 28, 2006
M=Mandatory; NM=Not mandatory; LCSH=Library of Congress Subject Headings; LCAF=Library of Congress Authority File; AACR2R=Anglo-
American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed.For non-page-level metadata:Title (M)—Follow AACR2R (Maps to Dublin Core Title)“The name given to the resource by the creator or publisher; may also be an
identifying phrase or name of the object supplied by the contributing institution.”
Title of itemCreator (M. if available)—Use LCAF; if not in LCAF, follow AACR2R to form
the headings (Maps to Dublin Core Creator)“A person or entity primarily responsible for creating the intellectual content of
the resource.”……………………………….
Palouse Digital Project next steps
• Write grant applications• Looking for partners
– Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Inst., Palouse Prairie Foundation, Palouse Conservation District…
• Added Rose Creek Preserve photo-monitoring collection
Rose Creek Preserve Photopoint 7
Palouse remnant Wash. St. Dept. of Natural Resources