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User Response and Development Priorities

User comments Website usage statistics Production workflow

Michelle RagoTechnical DirectorWorld Digital Librarymrag@loc.gov

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Not all good news

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When will this site be available in Japanese?

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When will this site be available in German?

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When will this site be available in Italian?

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I was born and raised in Пензeнская. I never heard of Пензинская which is the spelling you have

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Thanks, praise Requests for more information about… Corrections to translation or original metadata Digital library questions (metadata schema) Offers to volunteer, job inquiries Technical questions (website design, software) Requests for permission to use content

User feedback

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Statistics

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Visitors

10,277,377

Pages viewed

72,184,112

Engaged users

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Languages of pages viewed

Spanish: 52.4%

English: 22.4%

Portuguese: 10.3%

Russian: 4.8%

Chinese: 4.4%

French: 4.1%Arabic: 1.4%

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9. Russian9. Japanese

10. Korean10. German

8. French8. Russian

Spanish7. Arabic7. Portuguese

Russian6. German6. Bengali

Portuguese5. Portuguese5. Arabic

French4. Japanese4. Hindi

English3. Spanish3. English

Chinese2. Chinese2. Spanish

Arabic1. English1. Chinese

WDL LanguagesTop Internet Languages

Top Spoken Languages (Native)

9. Russian9. Japanese

10. Korean10. German

8. French8. Russian

Spanish7. Arabic7. Portuguese

Russian6. German6. Bengali

Portuguese5. Portuguese5. Arabic

French4. Japanese4. Hindi

English3. Spanish3. English

Chinese2. Chinese2. Spanish

Arabic1. English1. Chinese

WDL LanguagesTop Internet Languages

Top Spoken Languages (Native)

/ French/ French

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Top countries by visitor

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Top external search engines referring traffic

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Top searches on the WDL site

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Most popular items

Map of Spain and Portugal…http://www.wdl.org/en/item/1169 National Library of Brazil

Sweden Ancient and Modernhttp://www.wdl.org/en/item/3036 National Library of Sweden

Teresa Cristina Maria, Empress and Consort of Pedro II…http://www.wdl.org/en/item/209 National Library of Brazil

Aesop's Fableshttp://www.wdl.org/en/item/28

Library of Congress

Map of St. Augustine…http://www.wdl.org/en/item/202 Library of Congress

Description of Egypt: Antiquities…http://www.wdl.org/en/item/80

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Codex Gigashttp://www.wdl.org/en/item/3042 National Library of Sweden

First Nerchinsk Regiment of Zabaikal Cossack Troopshttp://www.wdl.org/en/item/18 Russian State Library

Maps of Ezo, Sakhalin, and Kuril Islandshttp://www.wdl.org/en/item/3 Library of Congress

Antietam, Maryland. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln…http://www.wdl.org/en/item/1

Library of Congress

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Get more content on the site

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Without compromising the quality (and, in some cases, improving the quality)

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Production Workflow

Content Selection Content Transfer Content Processing Cataloging (consistent metadata, descriptions) Translation

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TranslationCatalogingProcessingTransferSelection

Guidelines Memory of the World Arabic manuscripts Mesoamerican codices Chinese content

Production Workflow

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TranslationCatalogingProcessingTransferSelection

DVDs, hard drives, FTP Enable more online transfers Transfer tools (online form to

track transfers, inventory)

Production Workflow

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TranslationCatalogingProcessingTransferSelection

Perform quality review of transferred content Prepare objects for the site Improve automated tools (validation) Provide tools for partners More detailed guidelines (digitization,

filenaming, object structure)

Production Workflow

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TranslationCatalogingProcessingTransferSelection

Cataloging application Consistent metadata

• It’s what makes the site work• Enables better browsing, searching• Establishes relationships between items

Descriptions• Provide context• Spark curiosity• Written by scholars, curators, experts

Production Workflow

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TranslationCatalogingProcessingTransferSelection

Cataloging application next generation Partner access, partner review Improve integration with controlled vocabularies,

authority files Metadata guidelines (mapping from MARC, MODS,

Dublin Core) More people in the process (dedicated manager,

partners, reviewers, community of catalogers)

Production Workflow

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TranslationCatalogingProcessingTransferSelection

Site navigation Information about the project Metadata, including description Curator video transcripts Translation memory

Production Workflow

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TranslationCatalogingProcessingTransferSelection

Centralized management of all translated content

Partner review Improve integration with controlled

vocabularies, authority files Policies (translation, corrections) More people in the process (dedicated

manager, partners, translators, reviewers)

Production Workflow

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Stunning Website! This truly encapsulates what the Internet ought to be about - the consolidation, sharing and availability of our collective histories free for all; the marvels and achievements of our ancient species in all its spectacular and wondrous variety. A most noble endeavor.