April 7 Proceedings Copyright (c) 2013 University of Iowa All rights reserved. http://ir.uiowa.edu/cdm_mw2010/2010/april7 Recent Events in April 7 Proceedings en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 14:08:18 PDT 3600 The Care and Feeding of Compound Objects http://ir.uiowa.edu/cdm_mw2010/2010/april7/2 http://ir.uiowa.edu/cdm_mw2010/2010/april7/2 If you are using CONTENTdm 5 and want to learn more about managing a variety of objects, such as multiple documents and postcards, plan to attend this half-day pre-conference workshop.

Participants will learn about the file structure and naming that is required for load wizards in the Project Client. In the hands-on practice session, you will edit compound objects to experience the creation and upload process. The OCR extension will be demonstrated and discussed as well.

]]> Geri Ingram Other Scaling Down to Scale Up: Streamlining Production for Mass Digitization Efforts http://ir.uiowa.edu/cdm_mw2010/2010/april7/1 http://ir.uiowa.edu/cdm_mw2010/2010/april7/1 Departments looking to increase their digitization efforts from start-up project mode to a maturing digital library program may encounter growing pains when it comes to reformatting and metadata production. Librarians from the University of Iowa's Digital Library Services department will facilitate discussion about trade-offs and lessons learned associated with scaling up digital collection work.

This preconference also will feature curators' perspectives on the shift to a more comprehensive scanning treatment of archival collections and how this impacts scholars' experience. Included in this presentation are tips for scaling up production through a collection-based approach, from practical tips on batch cataloging in a spreadsheet to a conceptual reorganization of digital collections to incorporate archival principles of hierarchical description.

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