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Reaping A Rich Harvest From Contentdm: Using Primo And A Dublin Core Application Profile, Cheryl D. Walters, Sandra Mcintyre
Reaping A Rich Harvest From Contentdm: Using Primo And A Dublin Core Application Profile, Cheryl D. Walters, Sandra Mcintyre
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
Explains how Mountain West Digital LIbrary (mwdl.org) is using a new discovery platform (Primo) in tandem with a new Dublin Core Application Profile to improve search and display of digital objects. The Mountain West Digital Library is a central search portal for digital collections about the Mountain West region. It provides free access to over 300,000 resources in 350 collections from universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies in Utah, Nevada, and other parts of the U.S. West.
Mining Digital Archives Through Oai, Web Services & Google Indexing, Michael J. Bennett
Mining Digital Archives Through Oai, Web Services & Google Indexing, Michael J. Bennett
UConn Library Presentations
A discussion of three methods of making digital collection metadata extensible for greater and more accurate online digital object discovery.
Optimizing For Broader Discoverability: Metadata With Web Crawlers And Oai Harvesters In Mind, Cheryl D. Walters, Sandra Mcintyre
Optimizing For Broader Discoverability: Metadata With Web Crawlers And Oai Harvesters In Mind, Cheryl D. Walters, Sandra Mcintyre
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
Wondering how to get your CONTENTdm resources featured more in Google, OAIster, and other web crawlers and harvesters? The Mountain West Digital Library regularly harvests nine CONTENTdm repositories in Utah and Nevada, along with two other Open Archives Initiatives (OAI) repositories. The result is a central regional index with over 270,000 records representing 1.2 million digital files, accessible via search and browse in an online portal at http://mwdl.org. Members of the MWDL's Best Practices and Standards Working Group are revising and expanding recommendations for assigning metadata in CONTENTdm collections to optimize their discovery in MWDL, as well as other crawlers …
Google Analytics & Contentdm: Harness Up Your Repository Metrics, Michael J. Bennett
Google Analytics & Contentdm: Harness Up Your Repository Metrics, Michael J. Bennett
UConn Library Presentations
A demonstration of the installation and use of Google Analytics with CONTENTdm in order to better gather metrics and insight into both general and specific online traffic across such digital repositories. Issues addressed will include collection-level traffic, digital object-level traffic, general site referrals to the repository, specific referrals to the repository, search engine referrals, user keywords, traffic occurring inside and/or outside an institution’s own network, reporting options.
Tapping Utah's Scholarly Works, Cheryl D. Walters, Jeff Belliston, Allyson Mower
Tapping Utah's Scholarly Works, Cheryl D. Walters, Jeff Belliston, Allyson Mower
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
Academic institutions in Utah talk about the institutional repositories (IRs) they have created to provide open access to the intellectual output of their university faculty, staff, and students. Covers platforms (Dspace, CONTENTdm, & Digital Commons), copyright, faculty outreach, collaboration on a statewide IR portal, etc.
Digital Repository Management Through Contentdm: Thoughts And Impressions, Michael J. Bennett
Digital Repository Management Through Contentdm: Thoughts And Impressions, Michael J. Bennett
UConn Library Presentations
No abstract provided.
Digital Treasures: A Case Study, Michael J. Bennett
Digital Treasures: A Case Study, Michael J. Bennett
UConn Library Presentations
No abstract provided.
Working With Your Whole Campus To Create An Institutional Repository, Jane Costanza, Beatrice L. Caraway
Working With Your Whole Campus To Create An Institutional Repository, Jane Costanza, Beatrice L. Caraway
Library Faculty Research
This session demonstrates various uses of an institutional repository: showcasing student work, archiving images from student theatrical productions, scanning and archiving the student newspaper, and providing campus-wide access to the university s policies, for example. Such projects respond to and shape the changing role of paraprofessionals in the library, but success requires collaboration with other campus units.