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