Making materials findable at State Library Victoria, May 2015
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The document discusses issues around making materials from the State Library of Victoria findable online. It summarizes the different types of materials held in the collections, including books, maps, manuscripts, and digital resources. It also outlines the various sources of metadata that describe these materials, and the pathways that this metadata takes between different discovery platforms and databases. Key challenges mentioned include data synchronization between systems, complexity in handling different material formats, and addressing legacy descriptive practices and uncatalogued materials. The document seeks input on these findability challenges from the perspective of audiences and users.
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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…
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Making materials findable at State Library Victoria, May 2015
- 1. 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
- 2. P–2 State Library of Victoria Collections Digitised SubscriptionsOther Print Pictures Maps Manuscripts Diaries Pamphlets Books Serials Plans Sound files Videos Open stacks Closed stacks BOSS Pictures Maps Manuscripts Rare Plans Realia LPs Art Kits Primo Central SFX MetaLib eBooks Political Ephemera Databases
- 3. P–3 Audiences Onsite Users Remote Users (more than 50% of web access) Victorian Other (domestic and foreign) Identified audience segments: Creatives and Contributors Culture Seekers Researchers Transactional Users Young Learners and Families
- 4. P–4 Sources of metadata Cataloguing in Voyager (MARC) Cataloguing module Web 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 Staff Selected and trained external contributors General public? DigiTool individual images (Dublin Core) Archivist’s Toolkit (EAD)
- 6. P–6 Issues with all these data transfers Synchronisation issues Divergence Lag time Complexity Data redundancy Script issues Multiplicity Complexity Maintenance Currency Timing “Database of record” question Multiple repositories of data No database has all of the data Record level differences (bib vs volume vs item)
- 7. P–7 Interoperability SLV Corporate Website Discovery Platform (Primo) (DigiTool) Australiana Index CD-ROM Databases (Buddy) Resource Discovery Image Viewers OpenURL Resolver (SFX) Direct Delivery (Relais) (Voyager) SLV Main Database Federated Searching (MetaLib) Mega-Aggregate Index (Primo Central) Real Time Data Feeds Legacy Images (Pictoria)
- 8. P–8 Access methods Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome Etc v.10 v.11 v.31 v.32 v.36 v.37 v.??-1 v.?? Super Hi-Res Hi-Res Not So Hi-Res Lo-Res Icky old Res In-house Anywhere else Via Primo, DigiTool & Web Via API & Z39.50 Desktop Laptop Tablet Smart Phone Mac
- 9. P–9 Some Issues: Copyright In copyright In copyright, copyright assigned to SLV In copyright, restricted Out of copyright Orphaned works Copyright undetermined In-House Use Embargoes Low Resolution
- 10. P–10 Some Issues: Cultural Sensitivity
- 11. P–11 Some Issues: Uncatalogued and Poorly catalogued materials P–11 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
- 12. P–12 Some Issues: Complex Formats Manuscripts and Books Each page is an image Can include transcripts Serial Titles Each page is an image Each issue is an entity The title is another entity Primo handles these poorly Designed for record=title Adapted to handle images No parent/child concept
- 13. P–13 Some Issues: Legacy Data Never possible to get it all consistent Problem from being on leading edge Current best practices vs Consistency
- 15. P–15 Your Questions and Thoughts Alan Manifold Digital and Library Applications Manager State Library of Victoria [email protected]