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From Drawer to Digital: A Statewide Collaboration for Building Digital Historic Map Collections

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Nowadays, when you tell someone you recently visited a map library, it’s hard for them to discern whether you mean virtually or in person. The two comprehensive public universities in Nevada are building complementary digital collections of historic maps of interest to the region to enable virtual map library visits. This article briefly describes the two university library map collections, discusses the criteria that were used to select maps to be digitized, provides insight into some of the scanning issues and how they were resolved, discusses technical considerations in using CONTENTdm®, and talks about metadata issues in the collaborative effort. The conclusion provides insight into what has been learned and why the project is important as a foundation for the future.

Source: Cartographic Perspectives

DOI: 10.14714/cp52.380

Authors: Peter Michel, Linda Newman, Katherine Rankin, Vicki Toy-Smith, Glee Willis

Institutions: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Nevada, Reno

Language: English

Topic: Digital and Traditional Archives Management

Subfield: Conservation

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2043718566

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