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BACKGROUND LAUNCHED OUR FIRST DIGITAL GALLERY IN 2008 LSTA GRANT STARTED WITH 1500 IMAGES FROM THREE POPULAR COLLECTIONS FLOOD OF 1937, HISTORIC HOMES DISTRICT, AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY OVER 10,000 IMAGES IN FIRST FOUR YEARS

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BACKGROUND

LAUNCHED OUR FIRST DIGITAL GALLERY IN 2008
LSTA GRANT
STARTED WITH 1500 IMAGES FROM THREE POPULAR COLLECTIONS
FLOOD OF 1937, HISTORIC HOMES DISTRICT, AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
OVER 10,000 IMAGES IN FIRST FOUR YEARS
JUST SCAN IT AND GET ONLINE

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OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS
ARCHIVESFEST
ARCH MADNESS

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COMMUNITY

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ARCHIVESFEST

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ARCH MADNESS

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REQUESTS IN THE ARCHIVES

295 295 289 291 291 169 168 213 300 995 995 1766 1923 1707 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019

Total

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GROWTH & AWARENESS

DEVELOPED GUIDELINES FOR PROCESSING AND DESCRIBING
SCANNING GUIDELINES
GENERIC TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS
INCREASED REQUESTS FROM FACULTY & STUDENTS
CHANGES IN STANDARDS
“MAN WITH BOOT” SYNDROME
METADATA LIBRARIAN

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PRE-ENHANCEMENT

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POST-ENHANCEMENT

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RESOURCES

CITY DIRECTORIES (EVPL)
HISTORIC EVANSVILLE.COM
WILLARD LIBRARY
BROWNING GENEALOGY DATABASE
FIND-A-GRAVE
GOOGLE MAPS
VANDERBURGH COUNTY

TAX ASSESSOR’S OFFICE

DATING HISTORICAL IMAGES WEBSITE
PERSONAL CONTACTS

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ENERGIZING METADATA

ACCURACY
VERIFICATION OF INFORMATION
CONSISTENCY
SYNONYMS
CROSS REFERENCES
PROVIDE CONTEXT
ABBREVIATIONS/SPELLING OUT
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
SHOULD THIS PHOTOGRAPH BE POSTED?

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EXAMPLES OF CONTEXT

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UTILIZING THE METADATA: THE BLOG

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CONSIDERATIONS

ENTERTAIN AND INFORM
CLEVER TITLES
LOTS OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Everything Old Is New Again Once Upon a Time…

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INSPIRATIONS

FINDING AIDS
UTILIZING OUR LOCATION
TYING INTO CURRENT EVENTS/SPECIFIC DATES
SERENDIPITY

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FINDING AIDS

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FINDING AIDS

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ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE

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LOCATION

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LOCATION

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CURRENT EVENTS/DATES

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CURRENT EVENTS/DATES

100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR I

POSTED ON NOVEMBER 11, 2018

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CURRENT EVENTS/DATES

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SERENDIPITY

SERENDIPITY: THE LIFE OF KENESAW MOUNTAIN LANDIS

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BLOG STATS

1,294 2,676 5,421 4,612 866 1,408 08 2,81 818 2,433 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019

Blo log

Views Visitors

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CREATING TREASURE MAPS

PRESENTERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA, DAVID L. RICE LIBRARY
JENNIFER GREENE, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
MONA MEYER, ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS METADATA LIBRARIAN