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P o Rescuing Texas History at r t The Portal to Texas History a l t o T e x a s H I s t o Jake Mangum Marcia McIntosh r Jacob.Mangum@unt.edu Marcia.McIntosh@unt.edu y P Agenda o r t An introduction to the Portal to


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Rescuing Texas History at The Portal to Texas History

Marcia McIntosh Marcia.McIntosh@unt.edu Jake Mangum Jacob.Mangum@unt.edu

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  • An introduction to the Portal to Texas History
  • The rescuing begins
  • Reassessment
  • The current Rescuing Texas History Program
  • Partnerships built
  • Lessons learned
  • The Portal to Texas History today

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Agenda

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  • 2002
  • Cathy Nelson Hartman,

Assistant Dean of Digital and Information Technologies

  • $400,000 in equipment
  • Funded in part by a

competitive Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure grant

Start of The Portal to Texas History

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Courtesy of UNT Oral History Program Oral

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The Portal to Texas History

[The Portal to Texas History circa 2005] Courtesy of Hartman and Phillips presentation “The Portal to Texas History: Harnessing Technology to Enable Collaboration with Small Museums and Libraries”

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Public Library Partner: Denton Public Library

Partnered in 2014 124 items

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  • An introduction to the Portal to Texas History
  • The rescuing begins
  • Reassessment
  • The current Rescuing Texas History Program
  • Partnerships built
  • Lessons learned
  • The Portal to Texas History today

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  • Dec. 2005 – Nov. 2006
  • Collaboration with

Summerlee Foundation

  • f Dallas
  • $7,500
  • 13 original partners
  • 4,754 items (5,014 files)

digitized, processed, and hosted

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“The Jaws of Decay: Rescuing Texas History through the Digitization of At-risk Photographs and Maps”

Courtesy of Portal Partner Clark Hotel Museum

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  • Jan. 2007 – Dec. 2007
  • $15,000
  • 24 original partners
  • 7,795 items (8,888 files)

digitized, processed, and hosted

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Rescuing Texas History through the Digitization of At-risk Photographs and Maps

Courtesy of Portal Partner Museum of the American Railroad

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  • Also started in 2007
  • Texas Cultures Online

grant from the Amon Carter Foundation in Fort Worth

  • Adeline & George

McQueen Foundation

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Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth’s Historic Treasures

Courtesy of Portal Partner Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

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  • 11 partners
  • 4,531 items (13,364

files) digitized, processed, and hosted

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Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth’s Historic Treasures

Courtesy of Portal Partner Joe E. Haynes

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Academic Library Partner: Midwestern State

Partnered 2010 25 items

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  • An introduction to the Portal to Texas History
  • The rescuing begins
  • Reassessment
  • The current Rescuing Texas History Program
  • Partnerships built
  • Lessons learned
  • The Portal to Texas History today

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Completing 2007 projects

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2008 Hiatus from Rescuing Texas History

Courtesy of Portal Private Partner Jim Bell

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Changes to the Process

Courtesy of Portal Partner Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

  • Project Size
  • No Theme
  • Portal Created

Metadata

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Private Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Partnered in 2013 and 2014 646 items

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  • An introduction to the Portal to Texas History
  • The rescuing begins
  • Reassessment
  • The current RTH Program
  • Partnerships built
  • Lessons learned
  • The Portal to Texas History today

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Digital Libraries Division at UNT

External Relations

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  • Staffing 4 full time
  • 9 part time student

workers

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Digital Libraries Newspaper Unit at UNT

Courtesy of UNT Libraries Special Collections

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  • Staffing 4 full time
  • 20 part time student

workers

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Digital Libraries Digital Projects Unit at UNT

Courtesy of The Digital Projects Lab, 2015

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  • Staffing 1 full time
  • 1 part time student

worker

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External Relations at UNT

Courtesy of Hardin-Simmons University Library

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Portal to Texas History

The Portal to Texas History circa 2016

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Application Preparation –

  • Set a schedule for the

program

  • Invite faculty members from

the History Department and the Library to serve on the selection committee

  • Determine award amounts to

be given

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2009 to Present Rescuing Texas History

Courtesy of Portal Partner Dallas Municipal Archives

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Application selection and receipt of materials

  • Review of applications

– Top 20 for each committee member

  • Coordinate staggered

delivery

– Divide into roughly thirds

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2009 to Present Rescuing Texas History

Courtesy of Portal Partner Dallas Firefighters Museum

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Lab: Into the Workflow

Materials that arrive in the lab are:

  • Inventoried
  • Documented
  • Assigned
  • Scanned

Courtesy of UNT Libraries Digital Projects Unit

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Equipment

  • 3 Large Epson 10000XL and a

11000XL Flatbed Scanner

  • 2 Plustek Optibook 3600

Bookedge Scanners

  • 4 Fujitsui 6670 Document

Scanners

  • 4 negative Epson Perfection V700

Scanners

  • 1 oversized Zeutschel Omniscan

Planetary Scanner

  • 1 Digitial Transitions Phase 1

Camera System

  • 1 A1 Digibook Quartz Oversized

scanner

Courtesy of UNT Libraries Digital Projects Unit

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Lab: Quality Control

http://www.library.unt.edu/digital-projects-unit/standards

Courtesy of UNT Libraries Digital Projects Unit

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Lab: Metadata

Courtesy of UNT Libraries Digital Projects Unit

http://www.library.unt.edu/digital-projects-unit/metadata

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Lab: Upload

Courtesy of UNT Libraries Digital Projects Unit

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Government Office Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Partnered 2011 179 items

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  • An introduction to the Portal to Texas History
  • The rescuing begins
  • Reassessment
  • The current Rescuing Texas History Program
  • Partnerships built
  • Lessons learned
  • The Portal to Texas History today

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Types of RTH Partners

  • Historical / Genealogical

Societies, Groups, and Commissions

  • Libraries
  • Museums
  • Archives
  • Universities
  • Newspaper Publishers
  • Private Collections
  • Government Agencies
  • Corporations
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Resources Acquired through RTH

  • Photographs
  • Maps
  • Newspapers
  • Family letters
  • Yearbooks
  • Serials
  • Genealogy publications
  • Course curriculum

Courtesy of Portal Partner General Land Office

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Museum Partner: Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum

Partnered in 2006 181 items

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  • An introduction to the Portal to Texas History
  • The rescuing begins
  • Reassessment
  • The current Rescuing Texas History Program
  • Partnerships built
  • Lessons learned
  • The Portal to Texas History today

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Lessons Learned

  • Project size matters
  • Project scope

Courtesy of UNT Libraries Digital Projects Lab, 2015

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Lessons Learned

  • Simplify application

process

  • Communication

Courtesy of University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries

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Lessons Learned

  • Inventories required

in the application

Courtesy of UNT Libraries Digital Projects Lab Office, 2015

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Organization Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

Partnered in 2009 914 items

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  • An introduction to the Portal to Texas History
  • The rescuing begins
  • Reassessment
  • The current Rescuing Texas History Program
  • Partnerships built
  • Lessons learned
  • The Portal to Texas History today

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Rescuing Texas History Statistics

Figure: The Number of Partners, Objects, and Uses per RTH Year

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Portal Results

  • 2002
  • 320+ partners
  • ~776K visible objects
  • 7.95 million files
  • 10K added each month
  • 120K added last year
  • 550K+ uses per month

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Courtesy of The Portal to Texas History, 2016

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The Portal Contents…So Far

  • 162,822 photographs
  • 356,231 newspaper

issues

  • 3,549 books
  • 83,077 maps
  • and much more

Courtesy of The Portal to Texas History, 2016

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Rescuing Texas History has

5,080,299 of the 29,575,997 Total Portal uses

  • or-

17.2% 17.2%

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Historical / Genealogical Group Partner: Val Verde County Historical Commission

Partnered 2007 121 items

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Due to these numbers the Portal to Texas History has officially determined that the Rescuing Texas History Program will be annual occurrence

Courtesy of Portal Partner Witte Museum

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Look for the next call for Rescuing Texas History 2016 submissions on the UNT Libraries website Friday May 27th, 2016

Courtesy of Portal Partner El Paso Public Library

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Visit: http://texashistory.unt.edu

Questions?

Marcia McIntosh Marcia.McIntosh@unt.edu Jake Mangum Jacob.Mangum@unt.edu The Portal to Texas History

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Image Citations

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History Interview with Cathy Hartman, December 7, 2015 Courtesy of UNT Oral History Program Oral [The Portal to Texas History circa 2005] Courtesy of Hartman and Phillips presentation “The Portal to Texas History: Harnessing Technology to Enable Collaboration with Small Museums and Libraries” First School Building Courtesy of Portal Partner Clark Hotel Museum [E-4 Streamliners in Chicago] Courtesy of Portal Partner Museum of the American Railroad [Amon Carter and Ben E. Keith Shaking Hands] Courtesy of Portal Partner Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company [The Adolphus Hotel, Dallas] Courtesy of Portal Partner Joe E. Haynes Sunset South of Paris, Texas Courtesy of Portal Private Partner Jim Bell [Chas Matthews and Wife Change Tire] Courtesy of Where the West Begins partner Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company [Students Reading Newspapers Together] Courtesy of UNT Libraries Special Collections [The Digital Projects Lab Racks, 2015] Courtesy of your presenters

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Image Citations

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Albert Lawrence Bates Fingerprint Card, 1933 (Oklahoma City Police Department)Courtesy of Portal Partner Dallas Municipal Archives [1st Fire Alarm Dispatch Office]Courtesy of Portal Partner Dallas Firefighters Museum [Computer Hardware in Digital Projects Unit] Courtesy of UNT Libraries Digital Projects Unit [Parker County] 1856/1856~ Courtesy of Portal Partner General Land Office Parker County July 15, 1856 Courtesy of Portal Partner General Land Office [Medical Association Application: Ruth Ann Bellinger, MD] Courtesy of Portal Partner Historical Society [Portrait of Carpe Cubana Dancers] Courtesy of Portal Partner Witte Museum [Revolutionaries on the Lookout] Courtesy of Portal Partner El Paso Public Library [The Portal to Texas History circa 2016] Courtesy of your presenters [Partner Initial Inventory] Courtesy of UNT Libraries Digital Projects Lab [DPU Racks] Courtesy of UNT Libraries Digital Projects Lab [Photograph of Two Players on Football Field] Hardin-Simmons University Library