1. Thursday, July 30, 2014 Lake Oswego, Oregon 1

2. Ralph Hartsock, University of North Texas Libraries, and TMUMC Library and Tara Carlisle, University of North Texas Libraries 2

3.  cyber infrastructure the University of North Texas employs  The Portal to Texas History ◦ structure of the digital lab ◦ processes of digitization ◦ metadata creation  preservation and digitization standards used 3

4.  More detail of Portal to Texas History  Library of Congress ◦ American Memory ◦ Chronicling America ◦ Performing Arts Encyclopedia ◦ LC Prints and Photographs Catalog  Maryland Institute for Technology and the Humanities  Other Digital Archives: Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project  Northwest Digital Archives (selectively digital) 4

5. 419,000 unique items…and counting  newspapers  photos  maps  letters  books  artifacts

6. 250 contributing partners…and growing  Museums  Colleges and Universities  Public Libraries  Historical Societies  Local and State Government  Private Collections  Religious Institutions

7.  Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary  Texas-Mexican Presbytery Records  Concordia University  Fort Worth Jewish Archives  Beth-El Congregation Archives  Archives of the Central Texas Conference United Methodist Church  Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum  Abilene Christian University Library  First Christian Church of Port Arthur  St. David’s Episcopal Church  Cistercian Preparatory School 7

8. Partner Scanning and Metadata Hosting and Storing Education Outreach Funding

9. Partner Scanning and Metadata Hosting and Storing Educational Outreach Funding

10. About 14 full time staff -Division Head -Grants Coordinator -Programmer -Web Developer -Project Coordinator -Metadata Librarian -Digital Lab Manager And MANY student assistants

11. QC images and metadataProcess files and upload Scan materials Create metadata records Intake inventoryCreate project wiki

12. Scanning Standards

14.  “Information about Information”  Descriptive information about an item, which is essentially the same thing as a catalog record

15. 15

16. 16

17. 17

18. 18

19. 19

20. 20

21. 21

22.  Photographs  Maps  Conference Proceedings  Church Membership ledgers  Newspapers  Funeral programs 22

23.  http://www.bethelfw.org/about-us/history2/archives1/ 23

24. http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth26897/ 24

25. 25

26. November 22, 1963, Dallas Reverend James N. Thompson  Dallas Times Herald. [Reverend James N. Thompson leaving Parkland Hospital], Photograph, November 22, 1963; digital image, crediting The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. 26

27. 27

28. 28

29. 29

30. 30

31. 31

32. 32

33.  Library of Congress ◦ American Memory ◦ Chronicling America ◦ Performing Arts Encyclopedia ◦ LC Prints and Photographs Catalog  Maryland Institute for Technology and the Humanities, and others  Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project  Northwest Digital Archives 33

34. 34

35. 35

36. 36

37. 37

38.  Newspapers, 1836-1922  Pages Available: 7,282,409  Produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)  140,000 bibliographic title entries  900,000 separate library holdings records  http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ 38

39. 39

40. 40

41. 41

42. 42

43. 43

44. 44

45. 45

46. 46

47. 47

48. 48

49. 49

50. 50

51. 51

52. The Digital Mishnah Project will provide users with a database of digitized manuscripts of the Mishnah from around the world, along with tools for collation, comparison, and analysis.Digital Mishnah Project 52

53. 53

54. 54

55. 55

56. 56

57. 57

58. 58

59. 59

60. 60

61.  The Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA) provides enhanced access to archival and manuscript collections in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Alaska, Utah, and Washington http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/  Union database of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids  Scope: agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and natural resources; urban and rural social movements; local state, regional, and national politics; Native American language and culture; and the place of religious communities in the region. 61

62. 62 Questions See accompanying text for websites consulted