[Genealib] How do you make a library's digital images available tothe public

[Sonia Schoenfield]

Ronda, 

 

Our library belongs to DigitalPast (www.digitalpast.org
<http://www.digitalpast.org/> ), a local digitization project through
the North Suburban Library System in Illinois. This has been a wonderful
partnership for us. We scan and catalog our images using CONTENTdm which
other libraries on the list have also mentioned. Through DigitalPast,
CONTENTdm and OCLC we have been able to make our images available in
many ways. On our local history webpage we have a search box and a link
to browse our images through DigitalPast. Our images are also searchable
and available through WorldCat and on our local online catalog. 

 

We have used DreamWeaver software to feature images in online exhibits,
which may be closer to answering your original question. After an online
course and a quick tutorial from our library's software guru, I have
been able to put together several websites on specific local topics
using our images in DigitalPast. Feel free to check them out on the "Our
Local History Online" section of our webpage
(http://www.cooklib.org/Research/local_history.htm). I use a pretty
simple format with tables, and I usually have links to the images
instead of putting the images directly on the webpage. Let me know if
you have any specific questions. I hope this helps!

 

We are also very excited about using Google Maps to display our images
and hope to have that project up soon.

 

Sonia Schoenfield

Adult Services Librarian

Cook Memorial Public Library

413 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Libertyville, IL  60048

847-362-2330

www.cooklib.org <http://www.cooklib.org/> 

 

 

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Sanders
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 1:55 PM
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Subject: [Genealib] How do you make a library's digital images available
tothe public

 

Has any of your organizations used the Dreamweaver software to make your
digital collection available to the public?  Right now we have just over
1,000 images and the head of our IT Department wants to use Dreamweaver
software.  I am hoping to learn from those of you who have experience
with this type of project before I invest my time and effort into
entering the data and attaching the images.  Is there a comparably price
software that you would prefer?

 

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

 

Ronda Sanders

Librarian II

Hall County Library System

127 Main Street, NW

Gainesville, GA 30501

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