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*correction* The EAD already contained description to the *folder* level. However, the software we released will allow for description only to the *box* level -- and the option of linking in folders as opposed to items. We're still refining the display for folks not using Acumen (many already have an EAD delivery system!) -- but currently a sample folder looks something like this (dependent upon your config file): http://bit.ly/g8wRSD and an item looks something like this: http://bit.ly/evD3Cv --jody > Hi Ed! > > We did not break down our costs the way Oregon did, so I can't give you a > line-by-line comparison. For this project we used a Phase One Captureback > and two flatbeds, color images, no PDFs, no bound content, no CDs, and all > metadata creation was automated apart from the EAD. The latter already > contained description to the item level. Our project costs *included* the > usability study, consultations with an archivist, web developer staff, > digitization manager, and 3% of my own time. Additionally, we funded one > full-time staff member for 14 months (with benefits, ~$2718/month) and 2 > students (@$9/hour for ~ 1970 hours). > > I already had set up a simple PURL redirection service we maintain > locally, to avoid ever having to remediate metadata when changing servers > or delivery software. It's just MySQL and a script. Cool URLs are great > if you can foresee all the things your institution's administration are > going to throw your way -- but if you can't, a simple redirection that you > CAN control is a good solution. > > The ns2 namespace was used for xlink: > xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" > > We're still waiting for our administration to approve the release of > Acumen, and we are *very* impatient for this. I am, especially, since I > was encouraged to promote it. :-) > > Thank you for your interest! > > --jody > >> Hi Jody, >> >> Thanks for sending along this information about Cabaniss. I'd be >> curious to hear how your per-page costs compare with other projects, >> such as Oregon State [1] (which I just wandered across in Google). >> >> The notes from your project wiki [2] are really interesting. In >> particular the details about linking from the EAD documents to the >> item views using the PURLs struck my eye [3]. Did you have a PURL >> server already set up at your institution, or is this something you >> did as part of this project? Was there a real advantage to doing that >> instead of thoughtfully managing a URL namespace with Cool URLs [4]. I >> know I'm biased, but it sure was nice to see URLs in use instead of >> Handles :-) >> >> I haven't done EAD work in a while, and was wondering what the ns2 >> namespace is in the linking example on the wiki, e.g. >> >> <dao id="u0003_0000252_0000002" ns2:title="u0003_0000252_0000002" >> ns2:href="http://purl.lib.ua.edu/148" ns2:actuate="onRequest" >> ns2:show="new"/> >> >> Last of all I was curious about the EAD viewing software you are >> developing to stand in for Acumen. Is this work still underway? >> >> Sorry for all the questions. I guess that's what you get for doing >> interesting stuff :-) >> >> //Ed >> >> [1] >> http://wiki.library.oregonstate.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=19327 >> [2] http://www.lib.ua.edu/wiki/digcoll/ >> [3]http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html >> [4] http://www.lib.ua.edu/wiki/digcoll/index.php/Scripted_Links_in_EADs >> >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Jody DeRidder <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >>> (Apologies for cross posting) >>> >>> For Immediate Release >>> Contact Person: Jody L. DeRidder >>> Email: [log in to unmask] >>> Phone: (205) 348-0511 >>> >>> Completed UA Libraries Grant Project Provides Model for Low-Cost >>> Digitization of Cultural Heritage Materials >>> >>> The University of Alabama Libraries has completed a grant project which >>> demonstrates a model of low-cost digitization and web delivery of >>> manuscript materials. Funded by the National Archives and Records >>> Administration (NARA) National Historical Publications and Records >>> Commission (NHPRC), the project digitized a large and nationally >>> important >>> manuscript collection related to the emancipation of slaves: the >>> Septimus >>> D. Cabaniss Papers. This digitization grant (NAR10-RD-10033-10) >>> extended >>> for 14 months (ended February 2011), and has provided online access to >>> 46,663 images for less than $1.50 per page: >>> http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/u0003_0000252. >>> >>> The model is designed to enable institutions to mass-digitize >>> manuscript >>> collections at a minimal cost, leveraging the extensive series >>> descriptions already available in the collection finding aid to provide >>> search and retrieval. Digitized content for the collection is linked >>> from >>> the finding aid, providing online access to 31.8 linear feet of >>> valuable >>> archival material that otherwise would never be web-available. We have >>> developed software and workflows to support the process and web >>> delivery >>> of material regardless of the current method of finding aid access. >>> More >>> information is available on the grant website: >>> http://www.lib.ua.edu/libraries/hoole/cabaniss . >>> >>> The Septimus D. Cabaniss Collection (1815-1889) was selected as >>> exemplary >>> of the legal difficulties encountered in efforts to emancipate slaves >>> in >>> the Deep South. Cabaniss was a prominent southern attorney who served >>> as >>> executor for the estate of the wealthy Samuel Townsend, who sought to >>> manumit and leave property to a selection of his slaves, many of whom >>> were >>> his children. Samuel Townsend’s open admission to fathering slave >>> children and his willingness to take responsibility for their care, >>> combined with the letters from the former slaves themselves, dated >>> before >>> and after the Civil War, will inform social and racial historians. >>> Legal >>> scholars will be enlightened by Cabaniss' detailing of the >>> sophisticated >>> legal mechanism of using a trust to free slaves. Valuable collections >>> such >>> as this have a promise of open access via the web when the cost of >>> digitization is lowered by avoiding item-level description. >>> >>> Usability testing was included in the grant project, and preliminary >>> results indicate that this method of web delivery is as learnable for >>> novices as access to the digitized materials via item-level >>> descriptions. >>> In addition, provision of web delivery of manuscript content via the >>> finding aid provides the much-needed context preferred by experienced >>> researchers. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Jody DeRidder >>> Digital Services >>> University of Alabama Libraries >>> Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487 >>> (205) 348-0511 >>> [log in to unmask] >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >> > > > Jody DeRidder > Digital Services > University of Alabama Libraries > Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487 > (205) 348-0511 > [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] > > >