tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39083021855229248882024-03-08T14:06:24.001-08:00PDHC: Tracking ProgressThe Pasadena Digital History Collaboration brings Pasadena's history to the public in digital format. This blog updates progress made by participating institutions.Pasadena Digital History Collaborationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925853121896458647noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-55192816168016409622012-04-10T10:08:00.000-07:002012-04-10T10:08:32.911-07:00Closing PostThis blog will no longer be updated after today. The blog served as a way to track progress during the developmental states of the PDHC. It will remain up for reference. <div><br />
</div><div>Thank you. </div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-73623597348026275642011-11-08T21:24:00.000-08:002011-11-12T21:35:33.586-08:00CLA Conference 2011 here we come!<span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">We'll be presenting the PDHC project inside and out at the California Library Association Conference in Pasadena this coming Sunday, November 13th at 10:30am. We will be part of a panel titled "Re-imagine, Re-invent, and Re-discover Local History" and will be co-presenting with those behind the City of Rancho Cucamonga's <a href="http://www.cityofrc.us/about/local_history/default.asp">Portal to the Past</a> project.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: small; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: small; ">Needless to say, we are excited and more will be posted here to document how it go</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: small; ">es! </span><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></span><div><strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></strong></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; "><b><br /></b></span></span></div></div></div>Pasadena Digital History Collaborationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925853121896458647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-50441518590078002052011-08-11T16:34:00.000-07:002011-08-11T16:45:03.973-07:00Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Given that the PDHC is now nearly a year old, it seemed like a good time to reflect on the lessons and successes of the past and the possibilities of the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The latter was my main focus when I facilitated the most recent general meeting. I aimed to have the mission, goals, and growth plan nailed down by the end of it so I could complete the </span><a href="http://pasadenadigitalhistory.pbworks.com/w/page/41263965/Policy%20Manual"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">policy manual</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and the collaboration could have something to guide them by the time I finished my internship. There was a lot to accomplish, so I wanted to keep people on task, but I also knew that conversations about deeper issues need a bit of time to wander.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As a way to balance these concerns, I started by asking everyone to brainstorm all the things they did, wanted to do, or felt like they should be doing. After a few minutes, there were around 30 items. I asked them to rank them in terms of importance (low, medium, or high), but quickly realized that nothing was seen as being of “low” importance, so I switched tactics and had them each choose the top 5 most important things.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“Some of these kind of go together,” someone commented. “Can we cheat?”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“Sure,” I said. (Compromise is important.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“And after this,” Roberta Martinez joked, “we all get to be called Sophie.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Trends emerged as we tallied the items most people considered priorities: grant writing, digitization/metadata, partnering, creating a fuller Pasadena history, increasing the number of collections, exposing new documents to the public, education, outreach, and sustainability. So what did this mean in terms of a mission and goals? What did it look like, specifically, in terms of adding new partners?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The discussions that emerged as people discussed partners revealed a fundamental difference of opinion as to the primary goal of the collaboration: was it to promote and host photos and materials that were already digitized (to act as publishers) or to train people and institutions with smaller collections in digitization (to nurture new collections)? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Each side had a legitimate point. Given that everyone is already fitting the collaboration in around their normal job, it seems a bit much to ask them to devote hours to someone with “a shoebox full of photos.” But if they only entered already digitized photos into the database, wouldn’t that favor only larger institutions and leave out much of the richness and diversity of Pasadena’s history? Many people felt this point keenly and wanted to take on more responsibility for ensuring that the history of smaller institutions and ordinary people were also preserved. They tossed out various ideas for different types of training programs through Pasadena City College, workshops, and outreach programs. Others questioned whether that was the most efficient use of time, given the time and money constraints we already faced. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Finally, I asked, “Is this level of support something we can offer with the resources we already have?”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“No,” everyone conceded.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“What would we need in order to get to where we could do that?”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Funding was the immediate answer. But funding for what, specifically? After some discussion, everyone seemed to concur that the money was most needed for a full-time project coordinator and for training in digitization for smaller institutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Everything else, we can do without the money,” Laura Verlaque pointed out. “We do that already.” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The compromise, then, was to focus for the first year on entering pre-digitized collections from larger institutions into the database while also seeking grant funding for digitization training programs. Someone noted that this focus would give us a better shot at obtaining grants, since previous grant applications had suffered from a scattered sense of purpose. The long-term goal was to establish a city-wide digitization center to help digitize and preserve Pasadena’s historical materials on a larger scale. Everyone seemed excited about the possibilities and glad to have an agreed-upon direction and specific goals.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">All that remained then was to finalize a few details on the technical agreement so there would be an official, binding document. (Contract law: Thinking about everything that could go wrong and figuring out how to stop it with words.) To my surprise, the meeting actually ended a little early. It was a good meeting, everybody said. It was helpful; it was focused. We got a lot accomplished. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I find myself tempted to try to glean profound managerial insights from this meeting. You may, if you like. But ultimately it is just one story within the larger story of the Pasadena Digital History Collaboration: one meeting, one conversation, one series of compromises. There are more stories where this came from, and there will be more yet to come.</span></div>shelfninjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253642650481903423noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-563122433878160552011-08-09T22:49:00.000-07:002011-11-12T22:53:10.995-08:00We made the Star News!<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span>And the numbers show it!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div><span>The new partnership between the PDHC and the Huntington Library made the <a href="http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_18614951">newspaper</a>.</span></div><div><span> </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Thank you to everyone involved!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span>The website hits (</span><span><b>26,027</b></span><span>) to the <a href="www.pasadenadigitalhistory.com">PDHC webpage</a> </span><span>for August already </span><span><i>exceed</i></span><span> the hits for </span><span><i>all</i></span><span> of July. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span>The <a href="http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/index.php">database itself</a> </span><span>has also already exceeded total July usage stats (</span><span><b>132,695</b></span><span> hits as of today!) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50910702@N04/">Our Flickr</a> hits made a dramatic jump as well! </span><span>We had </span><span><b>1,671</b></span><span> visitors on August 4 (the day the article went to press), </span><span><b>2,561</b></span><span> visitors on August 5, and </span><span><b>1,063</b></span><span> on August 6. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span>The article really has had an impact on the PDHC website! Way to go!</span></span></div>Pasadena Digital History Collaborationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925853121896458647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-4079684830061114242011-07-27T10:50:00.000-07:002011-07-27T10:50:37.377-07:00Spotlight on Michelle Turner, PMH cataloger<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And now for something completely different... the perspective of a cataloger from the Pasadena Museum of History! How does it feel to be a museum worker collaborating with librarians? What unique challenges are presented when digitizing museum collections? Today's special guest Michelle Turner elucidates.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kelli Hines:</b> What is your role within the collaboration? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Michelle Turner:</b> PMH Art & Artifacts cataloger; social media and outreach</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH: </b>What excites you most about the project? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MT:</b> Having most (or a good portion at least!) of Pasadena's digital historic resources in one place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think researchers and the general public really like to look at what everyone has before deciding which institution to visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also allows us to easily do online exhibits using the resources from multiple institutions, which is very exciting.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> How has the collaboration changed or evolved since the beginning? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MT:</b> The focus of the project since the beginning has been photographs, but recently we've started putting art and artifacts into the database.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PMH has an impressive art collection, particularly California plein air art, and I'd like to have a small selection of it up by the end of this year.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH: </b>What was behind the decision to start adding art and artifacts into the database? Are there any unique concerns for digitizing these types of items?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MT:</b> Including art and artifacts was always part of the plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually, we plan to include other holding as well, such as manuscripts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We began with photographs because it's the biggest common denominator between the institutions, and we all have such large photograph holdings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The biggest concern has been creating a separate metadata schema.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3-Dimensional objects are so different from photographs; we could not use the same metadata schema for everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, we still had to make sure that everything mapped to the Dublin Core in such a way that visitors could cross search through all of the collections.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> What has been the most challenging for you?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MT:</b> Understanding Dublin Core and where fields should be mapped!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, we have an expert or two in our group for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another small challenge has been managing PDHC's Facebook page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we have eager interns or a big project, a lot's happening and there's plenty to tell people about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But even if we haven't added anything new in weeks (which can easily happen with our busy schedules), I still need to post to Facebook regularly to keep our followers engaged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot of people "like" us (over 300), but I'd like to see that double in the next year.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> Tell me about a time when you overcame a difficulty in the project. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MT:</b> Well, when I first started attending the PDHC meetings, I realized that I would need to quickly become fluent in another language - librarian!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone from PPC and PPL have MLIS degrees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have an MA in Public History / Museum Studies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took me 10 minutes in my first meeting to figure out that "LCSH" referred to Library of Congress Subject Headings (I'm used to the Getty Art & Architecture thesaurus and the Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all of the acronyms the librarians use, I still occasionally feel like I'm in one of FDR's cabinet meetings!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> How do you create a balance between your other work and the work for the PDHC? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MT:</b> Balance is hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically, I keep a running "to do" list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About once a week, I take a look at my list and decide if the items need to get reordered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Occasionally, the PDHC makes it to the top of the list, and I get some things done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also helps that with my job I'm usually cataloging/accessioning objects, which means that the metadata for objects is already done when I get around to cataloging in Content DM.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> What do you wish you had known before starting the collaboration? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MT:</b> The amount of time involved!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> Is there anything you would have done differently? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MT:</b> I would have liked to have done a user survey earlier in the process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's great that we have so much up, but I want to make sure it's easy for people to find what they're looking for.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> If you could be granted any one wish for the project, what would you wish for? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MT:</b> $$$, which would hopefully equal more staff time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the moment, I think we are all just squeezing PDHC into our schedules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be nice to have someone dedicated solely to the project to manage things.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>KH: </strong>From your lips to the grant committees' ears! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I hope you have enjoyed today's interview segment. More to come over the next few weeks....</span></div>shelfninjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253642650481903423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-61862243778294937142011-07-18T11:44:00.000-07:002011-07-18T11:44:44.250-07:00Spotlight on Martha Camacho, PPL project administrator<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Where did the Pasadena Digital History Collaboration come from? Did it spring forth fully formed from the head of Zeus? To find out, read the second interview in our ongoing series, starring Martha Camacho from Pasadena Public Library, one of the major players in the project.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kelli Hines:</b> What is your role within the collaboration?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Martha Camacho:</b> I am one of the project administrators, representing Pasadena Public Library.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> How did you get involved?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MC:</b> I was selected for the Eureka Leadership program in California in 2009. The Pasadena Digital History Collaboration is the result of my proposed project for the leadership program and the result of a mini-grant that came along with it. Once I had the idea to create a single access point of Pasadena’s digital images, I worked with Pasadena City College and Pasadena Museum of History to get them on board.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> What excites you most about the project?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MC:</b> The communication and collaboration that is going on now among Pasadena cultural institutions. Before, we all existed in our own vacuum. Now more of us are talking, working together, and sharing resources and expertise, including organizations not officially part of the PDHC yet.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> What are you most proud of?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MC:</b> The staff and volunteers who are dedicated to seeing the vision come to life. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> What has been the most challenging for you?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MC:</b> Finding time to manage the PDHC service with all the other responsibilities we all have. It would be great to have a full-time person who coordinates everything!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> How do you create a balance between your other work and the work for the PDHC?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MC:</b> I devote a specific amount of time to the PDHC each week. If I do not accomplish what I want that week, then I put it on the list for the following week. My list continues to grow!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> Tell me about a time when you overcame a difficulty in the project.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MC:</b> So far, nothing has been too difficult in my eyes. To tell you the truth, it seems to be going smoothly since all of us are so dedicated to sharing our collections and making them more accessible. The one issue, if I had to choose any, would be the fact that we do not have enough time, staff, and equipment to manage all the volunteers and digitization projects we would like to do.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> How do you decide what is most important? What compromises have you had to make in order to get things accomplished?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MC:</b> We all come together to make decisions and prioritize. Each of us has a role or roles that we are responsible for, so that also help us make decisions, stay on top of things, and follow-through. Compromises are needed all the time. We have so many ideas, but never enough time or resources to implement them. Sticking with our goals and doing reality checks helps us prioritize. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> Could you give me an example of some specific compromises you've had to make or ideas you've had to set aside because they didn't meet the goals or pass the reality check?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MC:</b> One specific idea that we decided to not do is applying for a ton of grants this year. When we first sat down to discuss grants, we had a list of 7 or 8 that we were considering, but after talking further, we decided it was important to first establish our goals and then find a specific grant or two that truly meets the criteria that we need. I do not really see this as a compromise though, since it works out better for us in the end. We do not have a lot of time to waste, so we have to be strategic and thoughtful about what we do.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> How has the collaboration changed or evolved since the beginning?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MC:</b> This year, we will begin to see new partners joining the Collaboration. The first is the Huntington, who joined us last month. I am excited to see the collection grow. Everyone brings a unique, diverse point of view to the collection. It is really making the collection more dynamic and interesting!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> What do you wish you had known before starting the collaboration?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MC:</b> How quickly it would take off. We started hearing from organizations interested in being partners very early on, and unfortunately, we cannot keep up with pace for requests to participate.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> Is there anything you would have done differently?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MC:</b> No! We all are learning as we go, so everything that happens or does not happen is a learning opportunity.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">KH:</b> If you could be granted any one wish for the project, what would you wish for?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MC:</b> To receive a large grant that will allow us to hire a full-time coordinator, create a digitization lab so that we can scan everything for our partners, and continue to work with new organizations. Sorry, I know that was more than one!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>KH:</strong> Technically, a grant is just one thing, even if you do more than one thing with it. Anyway, you're my supervisor, so I'll let it slide. ;-D</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That's all for this time, but stay tuned for more from the PDHC!</span></div>shelfninjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10253642650481903423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-40057875225269986742011-07-12T13:08:00.000-07:002011-11-12T21:34:59.688-08:00Spotlight on Dan McLaughlin, Pasadena Public Library Photo LibrarianCreating a digital collaboration is a lot of work. Who are the hard-working superstars behind the Pasadena Digital History Collaboration? Below is the first in a series of interviews highlighting different individuals in the collaboration: their role, their triumphs, their frustrations, and their reflections on the process. The interviewer is Kelli Hines, a summer PDHC intern from San Jose State University's MLIS program, and the special guest is Dan McLaughlin from the Pasadena Public Library.<br /><br /><b>Kelli Hines:</b> What is your role within the collaboration?<br /><br /><b>Dan McLaughlin:</b> I am the photo librarian at the Pasadena public library and sort of have become the keeper of the subject headings.<br /><br /><strong>KH:</strong> How did you get involved?<br /><br /><strong>DM:</strong> Martha Camacho, the person who created the collaborative, is my direct supervisor.<br /><br /><strong>KH:</strong> How do you create a balance between your other work and the work for the PDHC?<br /><br /><strong>DM:</strong> Making sure the PDHC work is in sync with my larger job, which is Pasadena history.<br /><br /><strong>KH:</strong> Has the collaboration changed or evolved since the beginning?<br /><br /><strong>DM:</strong> Not really. It will in the future, but right now it’s been pretty stable. Oh, now we are beginning to explore non-photo digital resources.<br /><br /><strong>KH:</strong> How do you decide what is most important? What compromises have you had to make in order to get things accomplished?<br /><br /><strong>DM:</strong> Well, through discussion. Sometimes we use minimal subject headings when there is a desire to get things up quickly.<br /><br /><strong>KH:</strong> What excites you most about the project?<br /><br /><strong>DM:</strong> Three things, getting our photos online, seeing the photos from other institutions (both current and future members) and mechanisms for allowing discussion about photos.<br /><br /><strong>KH:</strong> What are you most proud of?<br /><br /><strong>DM:</strong> Getting our photos online.<br /><br /><strong>KH:</strong> Why is getting the photos online a particular source of pride for you?<br /><br /><strong>DM:</strong> I have scans dating back to 1999 that are now seeing the light of day.<br /><br /><strong>KH:</strong> What has been the most challenging for you?<br /><br /><strong>DM:</strong> Content dm @#$#$@#$%#$%#$%#$<br /><br /><strong>KH:</strong> It sounds like there's no love lost between you and CONTENTdm. Could you elaborate on the specific difficulties and limitations you've experienced with the software?<br /><br /><strong>DM:</strong> Three big areas. One, we made some basic decisions on the structure and content of the underlying database based on descriptions we were given. These descriptions have proven to be false. In other cases we made assumptions on the structure of the database that have also proven to be false. On the level or record entry and manipulation the interface is both clunky and cumbersome (you can only see about 40 characters in a field that is unlimited; to edit a subject heading involves three distinct steps each of which can take a few minutes to process.) Basically the database seems to be designed to massively import lots of records at the same time that will never be edited. Our work flow is much smaller batches of records that need to be individually massaged. There is a fundamental disconnect between who the database was designed for and how we are using it.<br /><br /><strong>KH:</strong> Is there anything you would have done differently?<br /><br /><strong>DM:</strong> We would have structured our cataloguing rules differently. We assume someday that we will be able to implement a thesaurus (SEE and SEE ALSO); we also assume that someday we will be able to sort a search by date of item; we would like to be able to search both the entire database and also search just by a particular institution and/or type of material. We have made cataloguing rules assuming these things or to work around content dm limitations.<br /><br /><strong>KH:</strong> If you could be granted any one wish for the project, what would you wish for?<br /><br /><strong>DM:</strong> That version 6.2 will do everything that has been promised. I am not hopeful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-85089865565063685032011-04-25T10:18:00.000-07:002011-04-25T10:24:28.610-07:00PDHC Celebrating Preservation Week 2011The Pasadena Digital History Collaboration (PDHC), a partnership of the Pasadena Public Library, the Pasadena Museum of History and Pasadena City College Shatford Library, will be hosting a week of activities on their Facebook page (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pasadenadigital" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/pasadenadigital</a>). Everyday, new videos and webinars will be posted that teach basic skills for the preservation of materials. To encourage community participation, the PDHC will also post two multiple choice trivia questions each day. Be the first person to answer the questions correctly and be entered to win two tickets to the Huntington Library, Art Collection, and Botanical Gardens!Pasadena Digital History Collaborationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925853121896458647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-29751913829436432942011-04-25T09:56:00.000-07:002011-04-29T10:38:07.928-07:00PCC Preservation WeekThis speech was delivered by Vice President of Instructional Administration Jackie Jacobs to the PCC Board of Trustees:<br /><br />"The PCC Shatford Library is celebrating American Library Association’s Preservation Week with an exhibit in the Library’s rotunda. It is filled with PCC’s historical heritage in photographs and memorabilia.<br /><br />The Shatford Library is also a founding member of the Pasadena Digital History Collaboration, which brings together the historical resources of Pasadena City College, Pasadena Public Library and Pasadena Museum of History in a shared, digital repository.<br /><br />Just recently, representatives from the Huntington Library agreed to join the collaboration with the photograph collections of Harold Parker and J. Allen Hawkins. A first glance of these collections reveal historical photographs of Pasadena High School and PJC which are not in our collections or archives. It is a treasure trove of Pasadena history.<br /><br />Finally, on April 29th, the Shatford Library and the Retirees Association invite all retirees to an evening event called “Capture the Memories.” The Library will provide dinner, talk about the digital collaboration and database, and then ask retirees to help identify details in historical photographs in the Library’s Archival collections: people, places, and events."Pasadena Digital History Collaborationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925853121896458647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-43629266718973345892011-04-10T15:23:00.001-07:002011-04-11T09:27:14.247-07:00Huntington Library to partner with PDHCThe PDHC is pleased to announce the newest partner to the collaboration: the Huntington Library! On Tuesday, April 5, Mary Ann Laun, Martha Camacho, and Linda Stewart, from the PDHC, met with Jenny Watts and Mario Einaudi from the Huntington Library to discuss the details. In just a couple of months, a collection of almost 900 photographs from the Harold Parker Collection will be included in the PDHC's database. This is such a vibrant and unique collection and will bring so much character to the PDHC database. For more information about the Harold Parker Collection at the Huntington, check out the finding aid on the Online Archive of California: <a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt8r29r2j1/">http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt8r29r2j1/</a> <br /><p>Submitted by Martha Camacho <a href="mailto:mcamacho@cityofpasadena.net">mcamacho@cityofpasadena.net</a></p>Pasadena Digital History Collaborationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925853121896458647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-52383738805924591592011-04-09T15:22:00.000-07:002011-04-15T09:25:20.856-07:00PDHC General Meeting UpdatePlease check our wiki for the full minutes from the meeting April 7th, 2011. (<a href="http://pasadenadigital.pbworks.com/w/page/38922274/April-7,-2011-Minutes#view=page">Click here</a>) Some highlights were: <br /><ul><br /><li>The Huntington will be partering with the PDHC. Almost 900 photographs from the Harold Parker collection will be added. This is great time for our next online exhibit in July since the Huntington’s Parker Collection has many photographs of education in Pasadena. We will work out any issues with subject headings as we go, and Mario has given us permission to add our own local headings as we see appropriate. </li><br /><li>Preservation Week is in full swing at PPL and PCC - exhibits up April 25-29th. </li><br /><li>There are many enhancements from CONTENTdm 6, but even more for 6.1; therefore, we have decided to wait to upgrade everything to 6.1 in June when it is released. </li><br /><li>Still waiting to hear back from the NEH about our grant proposal</li></ul>Pasadena Digital History Collaborationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925853121896458647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-65834012051964268752011-03-04T09:05:00.001-08:002011-03-04T09:11:47.511-08:00PDHC General Meeting Update<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Members of all three participating institutions met today to discuss updates and actions plans for the PDHC. <?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Some highlights: </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>The PMH’s exhibit on African American history in early Pasadena is a success!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>The NEH is experiencing cut backs in funding, but we are still hopeful that our grant proposal will be approved (even if partially). </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Sid Gally at the Pasadena Star-News will continue accepting photograph suggestion from the PDHC to be part of his picture column. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Plans are in motion for Preservation Week (April) – more TBA!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>The Metadata Team will be brainstorming about a schema for oral histories (video and audio).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>The next online exhibit will likely focus on Education and be led by PCC; it will be part of the City of Pasadena’s 125<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Celebration. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div>Pasadena Digital History Collaborationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925853121896458647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-69472577907303810582011-02-23T08:17:00.000-08:002011-03-03T15:46:16.544-08:00New Exhibit: Glimpses of Early Black History in Pasadena, 1850-1950To view the complete exhibit, please <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50910702@N04/sets/72157625660829134/">visit our Flickr Collection</a><br /><br />The photos in this exhibit were provided to Pasadena Museum of History by families of early African-American settlers in Pasadena. Through these photos of individuals, groups, and places, we experience the presence of the African-American community from the mid-1880s through 1950.Pasadena Digital History Collaborationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925853121896458647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-59444080336632871722011-02-15T13:40:00.001-08:002011-02-15T13:45:24.467-08:002010 Launch Video is up!Here is a video of the presentations that were given as part of the PDHC Launch event on October 8th, 2010 as part of Pasadena's ArtNight! - Jared<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="320" height="195" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0fKkbNAubLI?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Pasadena Digital History Collaborationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925853121896458647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-7705047913071556902011-01-27T12:30:00.000-08:002011-01-27T13:30:57.069-08:00Solving the Decade Search Problem<p></p><p>Our issue regarding searching decades is alleviated by the search tool * (asterisk). It essentially truncates keywords. Using this within the Date field as 18* (for the 19th century) or 195* (for 1950-1959) will give us the results we need. In this case, the system solves our issue.</p><p>Below are two videos where I show the searches in action for example. These videos are a little blurry. You need to click the bottom, right hand symbol that will make the video play full screen in order to see what is happening. </p><p>The first example (below) shows that we can search by decade by using the asterisk key (I use 194* which will give the hits for 1940-1949) in combination with a subject keyword (I choose roses). Note that the drop down menus have only Dublin Core metadata fields, not our PDHC metadata fields, as choices. This is how the system works when searching accross collections (because they can and usually do have different metadata schemas). </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwJ1uuiDpPkZwbZZxZveuvZt88rIFOxkaT3I9DkqSUQgKxeGcJL4KXQXeE96PZYGjyOWr_cxXtXxTAG2TEhiw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>In this next example, searching within just one collection gives us drop-down lists of our PDHC metadata field titles. I do the exact same search. </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyIqswFnE9rlQCq90r6NZOZVAa8J7WoYeZcwS19_sL-KngX6iYKuA6o-JqAPGi0Boo5FS4EDvrDNK4GmbHvgQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Jared Burton<br /></p>Pasadena Digital History Collaborationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925853121896458647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-56470167511452923152011-01-18T08:32:00.001-08:002011-01-27T14:56:20.672-08:00Art Collections Metadata Schema ProposedA new metadata schema has been chosen for the art collections (primarily housed by the Pasadena Museum of History and the Pasadena Public Library). The schema takes some of the fields from the photograph metadata schema and includes some new fields that art act collection specific.<br /><br />This is the second schema to have been created for the PDHC, and proved to be a learning experience for all of us involved. We analysed each of the proposed fields (by Michelle Turner at PMH) in detail and deliberated over the semantics of each. This will, no doubt, be of great value for future schemas developed in the future.<br /><br />The schema will be available on the <a href="http://pasadenadigital.pbworks.com/">PDHC Wiki </a>as soon as it is finalized.<br /><br />Jared BurtonPasadena Digital History Collaborationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925853121896458647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-4785854937367035792010-08-24T16:40:00.000-07:002010-08-24T16:41:40.973-07:00Our Website is up!!It's in the beginning stages but here it is:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pasadenadigitalhistory.com/">http://www.pasadenadigitalhistory.com/</a>Pasadena Digital History Collaborationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925853121896458647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-12603107715645381052010-07-23T14:17:00.000-07:002010-07-23T14:23:12.235-07:00PCC: Collaborating With Pasadena Museum of HistoryToday I stopped by to lend a hand (and an extra pair of eyes) to the Pasadena Museum of History. While there, I aided their Intern with finding errors in metadata that prevented the adding of multiple-items. The problems were inconsistencies in file names as well as file type mismatches. This is a very easy error to make and it will stop the adding of items to the client dead in its tracks. <br /><br />In the end, all the errors were found and the items were able to be added.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-27591591611036777272010-07-22T15:42:00.000-07:002010-07-22T15:46:35.877-07:00PCC: Metadata Added to General Campus Life ProjectI entered metadata for 20 items under the "General Campus Life Project". I then took the metadata from MSExcel and did a mutiple-item add to the CONTENTdm project client, which went very well. Now the images are ready for their Subject Heading fields to be populated by our cataloger Carol Cooper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-69720279348344277372010-07-21T15:29:00.000-07:002010-07-29T08:48:50.887-07:00PCC: PDHC Launch Meeting Held TodayI attended a planning meeting with Mary Ann Laun and Martha Camacho of Pasadena Public Library today for the launch of PDHC's website in conjunction with Pasadena's Art Night on October 8th. Options for location of the launch were discussed and it was decided that for this year, the launch will take place at Pasadena Public Library.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-63019648629777894532010-07-21T15:24:00.000-07:002010-07-21T15:28:56.251-07:00PCC: Metadata Schema ChangeI have moved the field "Original File Name" to the last position in the metadata schema for the Pasadena City College collection from the administration side. I did this to save the trouble of re-mapping the fields upon multiple-item uploads. The client automatically assumes that the last field of the schema is where the "Object File Name" goes. Our last field was originally "Inputter" and is now "Original File Name" which is the correct field to be mapped to "Object File Name."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-29366924429268163982010-07-16T15:31:00.000-07:002010-07-19T15:41:18.383-07:00PCC: CONTENTdm Workshop UpdateA planning meeting was held today to discuss the CONTENTdm workshop (funded by the PCC Foundation mini-grant award). that will be held for selected PCC Library Tech students later this Fall. in attendance were Linda Stewart, Mary Ann Laun, Krista Goguen, and myself. We discussed the workshop specifics with a focus on the learning objectives and the hands-on experiences that will be offered at the workshop. <br /><br />It was decided that the students who attend the workshop will also be committed to doing 60 hrs of field practice through PCC's Library Technology Program.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-43267163328223747652010-07-13T15:31:00.001-07:002010-07-13T15:33:11.720-07:00PCC: PDHC Wiki UpdateI have made some significant additions to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PDHC</span> Wiki. In order to anticipate for diverse media types (for future projects) I have rewritten the main Table of Content page to list media type candidates (Audio, Video, etc). The current media type used by the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">PDHC</span> (Scanned Photographs) is a link to the what was previously the Table of Content (and provides the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">metadata</span> schema, project plan <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">information</span>, etc.)<br /><br />I have also moved the link on the Wiki to this blog to the home page of the wiki, aw well as the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">PBWorks</span> training tools page link.<br /><br />Here is a link to the new Table of Content page:<br /><a href="http://pasadenadigital.pbworks.com/Table-of-Content"><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://pasadenadigital.pbworks.com/Table-of-Content</span></a><br /><br />Here is a link to the new Scanned Photographs page:<br /><a href="http://pasadenadigital.pbworks.com/Scanned-Photographs"><span style="color:#3366ff;">http://pasadenadigital.pbworks.com/Scanned-Photographs</span></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-67527230190198832022010-07-13T08:09:00.000-07:002010-07-13T08:50:14.202-07:00PCC: Best Practices for File OrganizationI have posted a visual/conceptual aid in file organization for the maintenance and findability of files for CONTENTdm projects. I welcome any feedback (my email is jpburton@pasadena.edu). I intend to develop the document as time permits.<br /><br />You can find the document on the Project Plan Information page of the PDHC Wiki under Best Practices for File Organization:<br /><a href="http://pasadenadigital.pbworks.com/Project-Plan-Information"><span style="color:#3333ff;" target="_blank">http://pasadenadigital.pbworks.com/Project-Plan-Information</span></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908302185522924888.post-17681314453799402632010-07-12T15:24:00.001-07:002010-07-13T08:46:14.993-07:00PCC: Upload for ApprovalI have sent the last four images from our Tournament of Roses Project for approval.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0