1. “Thank God for Michigan” NHPRC Digitizing Historical Records Project at the Archives of Michigan

2. Civil War Documents

3. Project Overview Encoding EAD Digitizing Documents Linking Content Evaluating Usability Uploading Files Site Design

4. Encoding EAD

5. U of M DLPS Hosting

6. DLPS Searching

7. DLPS Searching Cont.

8. Digitizing Documents In HouseVendor

9. Project Statistics Vendor (73,720 Images).16 per image Doc Prep and Microfilm: $6,562 Microfilm Scanning: $3,377 Total: $12,000 In House (20,096 Images).25 per image Project Archivist Salary: $4,250 Copier/Scanner: $840 Total: $5,090

10. Uploading Documents

11. CONTENTdm Minimal Metadata

12. Online Example

13. Linking Content ref URL links to images

14. Linking Content Cont.

15. Evaluating Usability LIS and SI Students from Wayne State and U of M Ann Arbor Civil War Round Table General Public

16. Site Design EAD Digitizing Webpage CONTENTdm Scanning Time

17. Webpage Challenge

19. Expected Outcomes....

20. Improving the Site Usability Studies Google Analytics Staff Feedback Researcher Feedback

21. Upcoming Digitization Projects

22. Archives of Michigan Online Finding Aids

23. More Information “Thank God For Michigan” Blog http://archivesnhprc.wordpress.com Archives of Michigan Website http://www.seekingmichigan.org MAA ListServ Contact Project Staff: Mark Harvey: harveym@mi.govharveym@mi.gov