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1 Historic Markers of Washington, D.C. An Online Collection J. Koivisto, K. Rodda, J. Rothbart LSC 652 Spring 2014

2 Historic Markers of Washington, D.C.

3 Our Collection Federal Triangle Heritage Trail Columbia Heights Heritage Trail Downtown Heritage Trail With more to come...

4 Cultural Tourism DC Neighborhood Heritage Trails --- Federal Triangle Heritage Trail Columbia Heights Heritage Trail ---->

5 National Park Service Meridian Hill Park, National Historic Landmark

6 Marker Building

7 Purpose and Audience We created The Historic Markers of Washington, D.C. digital repository to create one centralized collection of historic markers Our collection can be used by anyone who would like to learn more information about the history of Washington, D.C.

8 Introduction What our collection documents Assumptions Audience Significance (value-added features) Browse by subject Geo-location Methods Capture, catalog, ingest, design, UX

9 Statistics Number of items digitized 64 photos Staffing 3 full-time staff Project duration ~2 months Equipment Used Canon Rebel T3 DSLR Canon Powershot A1000 IS Canon Powershot G10

10 Stakeholders Our users (audience) Cultural Tourism DC ( org) National Parks Service Additional historical societies, community organizations

11 Challenges Capturing digital photos of geographically distributed subjects Creating consistent standards for cataloging objects captured with different cameras Customizing interface to facilitate ease-of-use and dynamic engagement

12 Methods/Procedures 1. Capture photos of historic markers Each repository member captured photos Documented locational information

13 Methods/Procedures 2. Catalog photos Cataloged using Qualified Dublin Core Application Profile LCSH Google-generated Lat. / Long. readings

14 Methods/Procedures 3. Ingest Photos into CONTENTdm Individuals uploaded, approved, and QA d each submission Added metadata created from step 2 Normalized metadata (capitalizations, etc.)

15 Methods/Procedures 4. Public-facing site design Decide on bonus features/pages Google Earth Engine Design elements (breadcrumbs, header, footer, etc.) Finalize site for usability testing

16 Methods/Procedures 5. User experience/usability testing Selected user group Demographic Survey Three tasks purposes: check thoroughness of metadata, check usability of map & browse by subject features, situational test/object assessment

17 Resources w3school PHP tutorial resource to help with customizing CONTENTdm pages

18 Resources Google Earth Engine

19 Resources Library of Congress Subject Headings

20 Interface

21 Interface

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23 Findings Everyone searches differently! Consistency of interface is important Providing larger thumbnails while simultaneously reducing the dissemination file size to reduce object load time More methods of discoverability to support our first point

24 Key Contacts Curatorial & Web Admin Team Katie Rodda - katherine.rodda@gmail.com Joseph Koivisto - 23koivisto@cardinalmail.cua.edu Justin Rothbart - justine.rothbart@gmail.com

25 Sources Neatrour, A., Morrow, A., Rockwell, K., & Witkowski, A. (2011). Automating the production of map interfaces for digital collections using Google APIs. D-Lib Magazine, 17(9/10). The University of Utah. (2011). Western Soundscape Archive. Retrieved 20 March 2014 from http: //westernsoundscape.org/googlemap.php w3schools. (2014). PHP 5 Tutorial. Retrieved 20 March 2014 from Cultural Tourism DC. (2014). Cultural Tourism DC. Retrieved 18 March 2014 from org/portal/ Google. (2014). Google Earth Engine. Retrieved 20 March 2014 from Library of Congress. (2014). Library of Congress Subject Headings. Retrieved from gov/authorities/subjects.html.

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