Creating Customized Online Collections on a Shoestring, or…

Daisy BensonVermont Library Conference

May 21, 2013

Image by Joybot @ Flickr

Image Rainer N. @ Flickr

Off-site storage

Bailey/Howe Library

Large runs of old materials

Speedy delivery service

Image Nancy Bercaw @ Library Dean’s List

Fragile & damaged

Image Winona Saleski for UVM Libraries@ Flickr

Book scanner

FREE

Much of what is in the public domain is from 1922 and earlier

Bondi Beach, 1922, State Library of New South Wales@ Flickr

FEE

Long term digital preservation and access

Bibliographic data of materials at the title level

Large subset of full view materials

Partners and shared data via APIs

Ability to create shared collections

There is a curator in all of us…

Browse or search a collection

One of many ways to view content

Embed collection search boxes elsewhere

Narratives of the Civil War

Travel guides and narratives

Etiquette manuals

Thanks!Daisy.benson@uvm.edu