Welcome presentation, customized for each new partner in the Lowcountry Digital Library. http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu

1. LOWCOUNTRY
DIGITAL
LIBRARY
PARTNER INTRODUCTION
JUNE 2013

2. LOWCOUNTRY
DIGITAL LIBRARY

3. WHAT WE HAD

4. AND WE HAD ISSUES…
• Search Accuracy
• Load Times
• Cost
• Support
• Static Format
• Flash Dependent

5. WHAT WE BUILT

6. NEW PLATFORM
NEW ADVANTAGES
• Solr Provides Significantly Higher Search Accuracy
• Load Times Vastly Improved
• Entirely Open Source
• We Built It, We Support It. Active User Community
• XML Allows for Dynamic Usage of Digital Objects
• PC, Mac, Tablet and Mobile Friendly

7. LOWCOUNTRY
DIGITAL LIBRARY 2.0

8. BETTER
CUSTOMIZATION

9. MORE PARTNER
INTERACTION

10. REACHING A
BROADER AUDIENCE

11. BEHIND THE SCENES

12. PROJECT RESOURCES
Always up-to-date and available at:
lcdl.library.cofc.edu/materials
New Metadata Standards
MODS, OAI-DC, SCDL and DPLA compliant
New Metadata Templates
Spreadsheets are your friends
Digitization Guidelines
Transcription Guidelines
Branding Manual

13. FIRST STEPS?
Pilot Project: Calhoun Letters
Larger Project: City Directories
We want to customize LCDL to your specifications and
branding standards. We would like:
• Institution Home Page Descriptions
• Institution descriptions & images
• Your institutional rights information
• Institutional Branding Standards
• Logos, background colors/images/gradients
• Set up a Meeting for Training, Passwords &
Customizations
• Blog details? Custom Image slider?

14. THANK YOU
Heather Gilbert
Digital Scholarship Librarian
Project Coordinator, LCDL
gilberthj@cofc.edu
http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu