Museum-Library Digital Project Collaboration and the K–12 Community Emily Gore (NC ECHO) – Linda Teel (ECU) – Lynn Wagner (TFL Museum) – Hazel Walker (ECU) –

NC ECHO Statewide digitization collaborative housed in the State Library of North Carolina - Goal is to promote the use of digital technologies to broaden and enhance access to North Carolina’s cultural heritage - LSTA-funded grant program for digitization projects throughout the state Heritage Partners Grant Program –LSTA-funded grant program focusing on Library-Museum Collaboration Grant Program

Timeline – 3 Year Grant 2004-present Participants –Joyner Library, East Carolina University Teaching Resources Center Center for Digital Projects –Country Doctor Museum (Bailey, NC) –Historic Hope Plantation (Windsor, NC) –Tobacco Farm Life Museum (Kenly, NC) –ECU College of Education Grant History

Key Components ENCDL Key Components: –60,000+ pages of TEI-encoded and double- keyed text of Eastern NC History and Fiction –300 artifacts – zoomable images and narrated streaming video –Classroom Resources including over 100 lesson plans, activities and reading levels for texts

Process Scanned 60,000+ pages in the Center for Digital Projects using Zeutschel 10000A1 Outsourced TEI-encoding to ApexCoVantage Outsourced video production to on- campus Center for Health Sciences Communication Partnered with College of Education to conduct focus groups Teaching Resources Center staff & GA designed and conducted workshops

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Museum Partners Dedicated curator and collections policy Ability to provide artifact descriptions and video scripts Collection Management System - all museums used Past Perfect, but fields utilized were different Museum partners participated in teacher workshops and worked with teachers to select artifacts

What in the heck is metadata?....oh, we do that already! Library language vs. Museum language Language variance even among museums - we use different fields for that than you do Copyright and ownership of digital images and videos Museum Component

Standardized on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Thesaurus on Graphic Materials II Description of items for display on the web vs. description of items in Museum databases Participation in Teacher Workshops and Focus Groups aided in the selection of artifacts Museum Component

Year 1 – Focus Groups –10 Focus Groups Held –Agenda –Who participated? –How we arranged for participants –How the participants’ feedback changed Year 2 K-12 Component

Year 2 – Teacher Workshops –Logistics – who, what, when and where? Year 3 – Teacher Workshops –Logistics – who, what, when and where? –What we did differently and why K-12 Component

Prepare for staff changes. No Homework for Teachers--Remember- -they just give it! Require recommendations for workshop participants. Screen participants in order to include all areas of the curriculum. Lessons Learned

Teachers + Input = Ownership Ownership + Valuable Resources = Success Lesson plans are great, but lesson activities are wonderful Plan workshops regionally to include all areas of your users. Promote, Promote, Promote! Lesson Learned

Museums aren’t the same - standards vary Museums often have very small staff Outsourcing can often save time and money BUT competing demands many change your timetable Successful digital projects can help create digital programs Lesson Learned

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