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University Park Campus History Digital Archives

http://www.psubldg.libraries.psu.edu/
  • Took over existing project that had stalled when previous developer left.
  • Assessed existing work, inventoried documents and data, revised work that did not meet standards.
  • Established project tracking and workflow, created Excel spreadsheets and timetable.
  • Instituted standards and procedure based on criteria provided by Special Collections Library.
  • Selected materials comprising 3640 images for 151 buildings, using criteria of architectural value, rarity, and document condition.
  • Gathered metadata, researching buildings using primary and secondary sources available in library and digital collections.
  • Digitized materials.
  • Tracked image files in backup archives.
  • Uploaded digitized materials and metadata to CONTENTdm digital collections platform.
  • Designed advertising materials for the project including postcards and bookmarks.

Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Digital Collection

http://dpubs.libraries.psu.edu/DPubS?Service=UI&version=1.0&verb=Display&handle=psu.pmhb
  • Quality checking and renaming of scanned tiff images provided by vendor.
  • Compiled images into PDFs using Adobe Acrobat Pro 7.
  • Split PDFs into multiple files according to article breakdown.
  • Coded Table of Contents information into XML metadata files for upload to DPubS digital collections platform.

PA's Past Digital Bookshelf

https://secureapps.libraries.psu.edu/digitalbookshelf/
  • Quality checking and renaming of scanned tiff images provided by vendor.
  • Compiled images into PDFs using Adobe Acrobat Pro 7.
  • Added bookmarks for document navigation.
  • Split PDFs into multiple files according to standards for easy download.

The Penn State Life: 100+ Years of La Vie

http://www.libraries.psu.edu/digital/lavie/
  • performed quality control on images returned from vendor
  • rescanned damaged or unacceptable images
  • organized file structure
  • uploaded files into online database