Category: Track 2
Protected: LGBTQ archive
Printers’ Marks
About the Project
| Working name: | Printers’ Marks |
| Sponsors: | Sabrina Pape and Ron Patkus |
| Duration: | Summer 2012 |
| Nature: [Text; image; text+image; GIS; audio/video; other] |
Text and images |
| Project track: | 2 – VCL project with special considerations |
| Date prepared: | 2012-08-01 |
Background / Purpose
The printers’ marks throughout the Main Library have been of interest to researchers and Vassar community members since they were installed in the early 20th century. A published volume, A list of the printers’ marks in the windows of the Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library, Vassar College, is available online. We will digitize this volume to provide scans with very high resolution, as well as undertake a research project to document the printers, marks, and current locations of each plate. Additionally, we will photograph the current marks in situ. We will apply for a Ford Scholar to assist us in this work in Summer 2013.
Scope
| Phases of project Based on item temporal coverage |
Phase 1: Photograph plates, scan images Phase 2: Develop research with Ford Scholar Phase 3: Publish online project |
| Number of items to be digitized | TBD – there are 16 pages in the volume, and 66 current windows. We will splice marks from the TIFFs created from the book as well; there are 82 marks. |
| Total number of images Assumption: one JPG derivative per each archival image created |
16 TIFFs page + 16 JPGs page + 82 TIFF marks + 82 JPG marks + 66 TIFFs windows + 66 JPGs windows = 328 images |
| Total number of records | TBD |
| Special considerations | Photography may be difficult |
Location of Physical Items
Book is located in Special Collections; windows are dispersed throughout Main Library.
Hardware/Storage
| System type | System | Space required |
| Archival image storage | digcol | 164 images; 6560 MB |
| Derivative item storage | digcol | 164 images; 1640 MB |
| TOTAL SPACE NEEDED | 8200MB / 0.8 GB |
Software
| Image capture: | Scanners and cameras to Photoshop |
| Metadata capture and storage: | Islandora |
| Final product display: | Islandora |
Scanning specifications
We will scan at 400ppi, 3000px for largest dimension. Individual marks at 1200ppi.
File Naming Convention
Formula
For book:
- Prefix: pmarks
- ID: book
- ID part: page number (left pad 3 digits)
- Delimiter: underscore
Example:
Page 5: pmarks_book_005
- Archival file: pmarks_book_005_a.tif
- Service file: pmarks_book_005_s.tif
- Derivative: pmarks_book_005.jpg
For extracted images per page:
- Prefix: pmarks
- ID: book
- ID part: page number (left pad 3 digits)
- ID part: wing (e.g., “West Wing 4th” = ww4)
- ID part: image number in sequence (left pad 3 digits)
- Delimiter: underscore
Example:
Page 5, John Besson 1923 mark:
pmarks_book_005_ww4_001
- Archival file: pmarks_book_005_ww4_001_a.tif
- Service file: pmarks_book_005_ww4_001_s.tif
- Derivative: pmarks_book_005_ww4_001.jpg
For windows:
- Prefix: pmarks
- ID: photo
- ID part: wing (e.g., “West Wing 4th” = ww4)
- ID part: image number in sequence (left pad 3 digits)
- Delimiter: underscore
Example:
John Besson 1923 mark: pmarks_photo_ww4_001
- Archival file: pmarks_photo_ww4_001_a.tif
- Service file: pmarks_photo_ww4_001_s.tif
- Derivative: pmarks_photo_ww4_001.jpg
Salmon-Underhill Digital Exhibit
Instructions
Fill out the About the Project information below, and then use the Worksheet for Functional Specifications during consultation with stakeholders to help determine the software and steps used. The project track determination may change over time.
About the Project
| Working name: | Salmon-Underhill Digital Exhibit |
| Sponsors: | Gretchen Lieb |
| Duration: | 3 weeks |
| Nature: [Text; image; text+image; GIS; audio/video; other] |
Text + Image |
| Project track: | Track 2 |
| Date prepared: | February 1, 2012 |
Background / Purpose
The purpose of the Salmon-Underhill Digital Exhibit is to provide an Omeka- and CONTENTdm-ready set of images, metadata, and narratives to contribute to the Women’s History Month exhibit sponsored by HRVH.
Scope
| Phases of project | One phase only |
| Number of items to be digitized | ~ 30 |
| Total number of images Assumption: one JPG derivative per each archival image created |
~ 150 |
| Total number of records | |
| Special considerations | Some items may be fragile; letters may have bleed-through from recto to verso. |
Location of Physical Items
| Unit | Location |
| Letters | Special Collections |
| Pictures | Special Collections |
| Caption/text | Thumb drive |
Hardware/Storage
| System type | System | Space required |
| Archival image storage | Artfiles server | |
| Derivative item storage | Omeka, CONTENTdm | |
| TOTAL SPACE NEEDED |
Software
| Image capture: | VRL scanning; Archival TIFF, service TIFF |
| Metadata capture and storage: | Excel spreadsheet; already-written captions |
| Final product display: | Omeka (HRVH); CONTENTdm (VCL and HRVH) |
File Naming Convention
Formula
- Prefix: salmon
- ID: box and folder #, delimited by hyphen
- ID: left-padded, 3 characters
- Page sequence: left-padded, 3 characters
- Delimiter: underscore
Example: salmon_46-2_001_001.tif
Student Letters
About the Project
| Working name: | Student Letters |
| Sponsors: | Ron Patkus, Laura Streett |
| Duration: | 6 mos |
| Nature: [Text; image; text+image; GIS; audio/video; other] |
Images, text |
| Project track: | |
| Date prepared: | |
| Project status: | In process |
Background / Purpose
The purpose of the Student Diaries project is to make available Vassar’s collection of student diaries.
Scope
| Phases of project Based on item temporal coverage |
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| Number of items to be digitized | |
| Total number of images Assumption: one JPG derivative per each archival image created |
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| Total number of records | |
| Special considerations |
Location of Physical Items
| Units | Location |
| Special Collections & Archives Library |
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Hardware/Storage
| System type | System | Space required |
| Archival image storage | ||
| Derivative item storage | ||
| TOTAL SPACE NEEDED |
Software
| Image capture: | |
| Metadata capture and storage: | |
| Final product display: |
File Naming Convention
Formula
- Prefix:
- ID:
- ID part:
- Delimiter:
Student Diaries
About the Project
| Working name: | Student Diaries |
| Sponsors: | Ron Patkus, Laura Streett |
| Duration: | 6 mos |
| Nature: [Text; image; text+image; GIS; audio/video; other] |
Images, text |
| Project track: | Track 2 |
| Date prepared: | October 18, 2011 |
| Project status: | In process |
Background / Purpose
The purpose of the Student Diaries project is to make available Vassar’s collection of student diaries.
Scope
| Phases of project Based on item temporal coverage |
One phase: all diaries will be digitized. |
| Number of items to be digitized | |
| Total number of images Assumption: one JPG derivative per each archival image created |
est. 8800 TIFFs, 8800 JPGs |
| Total number of records | 59 |
| Special considerations | Fragile items; some blank pages. |
Location of Physical Items
| Units | Location |
| 59 diaries | Special Collections & Archives Library |
Will be digitized via Hudson Microimaging.
Hardware/Storage
| System type | System | Space required |
| Archival image storage | Hard drive |
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| Derivative item storage | ContentDM |
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| TOTAL SPACE NEEDED |
Software
- Hudson Microimaging will provide data capture.
- Items will be uploaded as compound objects into ContentDM.
File Naming Convention
Formula
- Prefix: VCL_Diaries_Last-First-ClassYear_page
- ID:VCL_Diaries
- ID part:Last-First-ClassYear, page left padded = 3
- Delimiter: underscore