One of the primary goals of the Digital Images Initiative is to present information on the efforts of Washington State libraries and heritage organizations to create digital collections that are shared through the World Wide Web. The Digital Projects section of the Digital Best Practices web site presents the first group of project reports from five libraries who participated as pilot sites to test digital methods and procedures. The five libraries completed their work in early 2000. The reports provide detail on the problems and solutions each library encountered as they proceeded to work on the project. Practical information concerning costs, time, technical and collection issues is presented. The reports are lengthy, but useful in the amount of practical detail that is described.
Pilot project reports are presented in their entirety from
- Ellensburg Public Library: (five page report) Photographs and text relating to the April, 1934 mining strike in Roslyn, WA. Project coordinator, Celeste Kline. http://epl.eburg.com/roslyn.html
- Gonzaga University, Foley Library: (two page report) Selected portions of the Jesuit Oregon Province Archives' Indian Languages Collection, Pacific Northwest Tribes Subgroup, including the following languages: Chelan, Columbia/Moses, Colville, Kalispel, and Yakima. Project coordinator , Trevor Bond
- Port Townsend Public Library: (four page report) Port Townsend Leader Newspaper. Port Townsend Public Library and the Jefferson County Historical Society, Project coordinator, Carol Cahill. See Databases in Development under, http://www.ptpl.lib.wa.us/Library/Morning_Leader.asp
- University of Washington: Suzzallo/Allen Library : (three page report) Photographs and newspaper text relating to the November, 1916 massacre in Everett, WA. Project coordinator Kody Janney. Pacific Northwest Labor Archive http://content.lib.washington.edu/pnwlaborweb/
- Washington
State University, Holland Library: (eight page report) Photographic
prints made by Frank S. Matsura WSU Holland Library. Project coordinators,
Al Cornish, and Laila Vejzovic, in collaboration with the Okanogan Historical
Society. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland
/masc/xmatsura.html
The Digital Images steering committee plans to post additional project reports as the current group of five digital imaging projects complete their work. We invite you to contact the committee with your comments and suggestions.
