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IU Libraries digitization project creates rich repository of Hoosier authors
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Once the texts are encoded and available online, Technical Services staff
catalog those digital texts, a full-service treatment that makes
metadata/cataloging librarian Jennifer Liss proud.
"In a time in when public libraries are pushing back against outdated
publishing and distribution models for e-books, it's gratifying to know that
our work makes these digital texts --and their respective high-quality
cataloging records --freely available to anyone with an Internet connection
and a browser," she said.
The partnership brought other changes, including the development of
cataloger expertise in new tools. Digital library staff did a fine job lowering
technical barriers for catalogers to participate in digital projects, Liss said,
noting that 70 percent of all Technical Services catalogers now provide
metadata for digital projects.
"Now that we've 'productionized' this process, so to speak, it opens the door
to partner in other ways," Dalmau said. "We've set up workflows where
contributions from catalogers are facilitated with minimal intervention by
digital library technologists."
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