Amy Benson. NELINET

ContentDM- www.contentdm.com

Developed by Univ. of Washington

Bad things: no Mac acquisition station client

Only 50 acquisition station licenses

Priced by number of objects; Up to 8000 objects. $7K

8-32000-$12K

+ 17% annual maintenance

Import digital objects

Create, store, query

Own server or OCLC hosted

Very customizable user interface (customization)web-based

Works with MrSid image plugin

Metadata based on Dublin Core but can use modified DC or other metadata

Each collection can have its own metadata

Uses LOC controlled vocabulary or your own

Works with OAI and can be added to World cat database

Can create consortia of collections but can search by whole collection or by individual institution

The Pieces

Acquisition client (not web based) up to 50 can be installed

This is where you set up metadata database structure

Can import individual object or batch objects

Batch upload creates a table with thumbnail and cells for metadata input which you can work on at your own pace, then upload some to database or all

Collection Administrator

Add items, index records

Can have multiple administrators at three levels:

-do all

-do all for a collection

-only upload, no delete or change

The User Interface

Browse. Table of images, collection of thumbnails (like Google image search/find)

Search.collection admin sets the top or default collection to be searched. You can search any number of collections-just check the boxes.

When you pick subject field it lists all the subject lines to see what subjects are available

My Favorites allows users to pull together sub-set of images for specific use-this sub-set can be Saved as web page and posted! Hurrah! Or can pull into PowerPoint presentation.

Can have multiple views of object-two sides of postcard or image of page and transcription of page

Can also do a sort of page turner type thing? MIT is trying this.

Server Administration

Web-based

Lists number of objects

Add new collections and choose metadata template

Edit metadata template

Can enable controlled vocabulary for subject, can choose existing, or add your own and then derive a new list from that.

Can add a new field

Must be Dublin Core mapped if your want WorldCat to search on that field. Also must check the “register this collection with Worldcat” box

Can have collections that are marked “not publish” so you can work on it before going public.

Can have file names preserved or assign new file names

Transcriptions are stored in metadata? Yes, as a field in metadata, so if you want to store TEI docs you will see the tags. Not so good. But this is an image database program, not an electronic objects program.

Acquisition Station

Can acquire from scanner, from collection, or from web page.

Media Editor is where you add metadata. You can set controlled vocabulary and choose from a list instead of entering your own.

You must have a title but can leave the rest blank.

Can edit in table mode.

No duplicate detection so you can end up with duplicates.

Can streamline by setting default values “University of Vermont”-etc.

Can auto fill fields-fill one then fill up or down.

Can mark some to hold to work on later, then upload the rest.

Collection Administrator must ok the collection and run the build index.

Can build compound objects (postcards, image cubes, etc.) This is a separate process that uses a java applet. Run by collection administrator. Need to add field to search on, then build index, then run editor, find them, and designate them

Can integrate to voyager if crosswalk the metadata to MARC and add to Voyager.