making materials findable at state library victoria, may 2015
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26 May 2015
Making Materials Findable at the State Library of Victoria
Alan Manifold, Digital and Library Applications Manager
Finding the bodies
“Finding the bodies” - http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/256941
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State Library of Victoria Collections
Digitised
SubscriptionsOther
PrintPicturesMapsManuscriptsDiariesPamphlets
BooksSerialsPlansSound filesVideos
Open stacksClosed stacksBOSS
PicturesMapsManuscriptsRarePlans
RealiaLPsArtKits
Primo CentralSFXMetaLibeBooks
Political EphemeraDatabases
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Audiences
Onsite UsersRemote Users (more than 50% of web access)
VictorianOther (domestic and foreign)
Identified audience segments:Creatives and ContributorsCulture SeekersResearchersTransactional UsersYoung Learners and Families
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Sources of metadata
Cataloguing in Voyager (MARC)Cataloguing moduleWeb form for Australiana
Spreadsheet cataloguing (Excel to MARC or Dublin Core)Vendor record loads (MARC and MARC-XML)DigiTool serial loads (METS)DigiTool Deposit Module (Dublin Core)
Acquisitions StaffSelected and trained external contributorsGeneral public?
DigiTool individual images (Dublin Core)Archivist’s Toolkit (EAD)
Data Transfer Pathways
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Primo
DigiTool
AustralianaIndexes
SFX
Voyager
MetaLib
Spreadsheets
CataloguingTemplates
LibrariesAustralia
Trove
Archivist’sToolkit
Archivist’s Toolkit data
Individual item m
etadata
VendorRecordLoads
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Issues with all these data transfers
Synchronisation issuesDivergenceLag timeComplexityData redundancy
Script issuesMultiplicityComplexityMaintenanceCurrencyTiming
“Database of record” questionMultiple repositories of dataNo database has all of the dataRecord level differences (bib vs volume vs item)
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Interoperability
SLVCorporateWebsite
DiscoveryPlatform(Primo)
(DigiTool)
AustralianaIndex
CD-ROMDatabases
(Buddy)
ResourceDiscovery
ImageViewers
OpenURLResolver
(SFX)
DirectDelivery(Relais)
(Voyager)
SLVMain
Database
FederatedSearching(MetaLib)
Mega-AggregateIndex
(Primo Central)
Real Time Data Feeds
LegacyImages
(Pictoria)
RTA
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Reques
ts
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Access methods
InternetExplorer
Firefox Chrome Etc
v.10 v.11 v.31 v.32 v.36 v.37 v.??-1 v.??
SuperHi-Res
Hi-Res
Not SoHi-Res
Lo-Res Icky oldRes
In-house Anywhere elseVia Primo,DigiTool& Web
Via API& Z39.50
Desktop
Laptop
Tablet
Smart Phone
Mac
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Some Issues: Copyright
In copyrightIn copyright, copyright assigned to SLVIn copyright, restrictedOut of copyrightOrphaned worksCopyright undetermined
In-House UseEmbargoesLow Resolution
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Some Issues: Cultural Sensitivity
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Some Issues: Uncatalogued and Poorly catalogued materials
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The more material is available online…
The more material patrons expect to be online…
Which leads to the unrealistic idea that everything is online…
Which leads to not searching anywhere else…
Which causes frustration from not finding materials…
http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/185891
[Woman destroying television set] [art original] / Mary Leunig
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Some Issues: Complex Formats
Manuscripts and BooksEach page is an imageCan include transcripts
Serial TitlesEach page is an imageEach issue is an entityThe title is another entity
Primo handles these poorlyDesigned for record=titleAdapted to handle
imagesNo parent/child concept
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Some Issues: Legacy Data
Never possible to get it all consistentProblem from being on leading edgeCurrent best practices vs Consistency
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My Watchword
IgnoranceWithCompetence
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Your Questions and Thoughts
Alan ManifoldDigital and Library Applications ManagerState Library of [email protected]