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