LeBlanc Collection

MPDL

LeBlanc Collection
Institute: MPI Bibliotheca Hertziana

Contents: Digitized photographs from Druckgrafiken

Approach

 * The collection needs to be digitized locally by either in-house staff or an external contractor.


 * The metadata profile for the photographs is currently being defined from Christoph Glorius and Andreas Gros. The metadata for each photograph have to be filled in from the printed record on the back-side of the cardboard the photograph is glued on to -- plus additional information taken from the flag on the folder the photographs are in.


 * The digitized material is stored first locally and copies are ingested into eSciDoc for LTA purposes.


 * The collection will first be integrated into the local Fotothek-Catalog and later the collection can be presented independently in eSciDoc similar to the Faces collection.

Requirements

 * Ingest tool: Ingestion of master files plus metadata
 * Phase I:
 * Number of items: ca. 24.000, each with at least 2 components (master image, back image and potentially thumbnail)
 * Metadata: The metadata profile is currently being defined together with the institute; usually they describe their photographs in HIDA/MIDAS (Foto Marburg), which would be very difficult for us to ingest; hence, we have to use simplified records.
 * Phase II
 * more than 600000 items, each with at least 2 components (master image, back image and potentially thumbnail)

At some point thumbnails will be needed.
 * Search&Browse Scenarios (to be defined together with the institute)
 * The institute will offer search and browsing in their own GUI (http://foto.biblhertz.it/exist/foto/i-fotos.xml?lang=de) and will most likely use a linking mechanism to integrate links to master images held in eSciDoc
 * At a later time we will present the collection similar to the Faces collection


 * Access control: as the majority of these photographs and further collections will have copyright limitations that prevent the institute from granting public access, we have to implement access control to the photographs, which brings up the issue of AAI again.


 * Long-term archiving

Timeline
On Friday, 10 October 2008, at around 14:30 we will have a meeting in Munich during which we will talk about this with Mrs. Riebesell, Mr. Röll, and Mr. Glorius from the Fotothek.