Transcript Sobek for Curators and Collection Managers Training Four: Curator Tools and Outreach Laurie Taylor, Mark Sullivan, and John Nemmers December 2013 University of Florida George A.

Sobek for Curators and Collection
Managers
Training Four: Curator Tools and
Outreach
Laurie Taylor, Mark Sullivan, and John Nemmers
December 2013
University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
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Sobek for Curators and Collection
Managers Training Series
1. Introduction to SobekCM's Capabilities
– http://www.youtube.com/user/sobekcm
2. Submitting and Editing Resource Files and Metadata
– Recording will be made available soon
Sobek for Curators and Collection
Managers Training Series
3. QC Online and Serial Hierarchy
– Webinars
• Friday, December 13th, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
4. Curator Tools
– Thursday, December 12th, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, LW 211
– Webinars
• Tuesday, December 17th, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Thursday, December 19th, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Overview
This is an introduction to the curator and collection
manager tools, including how to manage the
collection online, edit home pages, change images,
add child pages or collections, and generally control
the look, feel, and behavior of your online
collection. This will discuss the tools as part of
integrated digital and physical collection
management, outreach, evaluation, and other
Curator and Collection Manager activities.
Agenda
1. Introduction to the SobekCM curator and collection manager
tools
2. Production management using the SobekCM curator and
collection manager tools
3. Using the SobekCM Curator Tools for Holistic Collection
Management Concerns
4. Tools and More: Considerations for Digital Collections and
Curator and Collection Manager activities
Introduction to Curator and
Collection Manager Tools
Introduction to Tools
Managing the collection online:
– Review of tools and features for specific needs
and changes: how to edit home pages, change
images, add child pages or collections, etc.
– Overall review for generally controlling the look,
feel, and behavior of your online collection
Production Management
Production Management
Production management using the SobekCM
curator and collection manager tools
– Private Items
– Item Count (with items in each area)
– Printing tracking sheets
Using the Tools for Holistic
Collection Management Concerns
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00017119/00019/allvolumes
Using the Tools…
Using the SobekCM Curator Tools for Overall Collection
Management Concerns:
– Using the tools for integrated digital and physical collection
management
– Using SobekCM and the curator tools in outreach,
promotion and evaluation (e.g., using usage statistics, the
new item RSS feed, and the new items list to create
outreach materials and assess current levels for
establishing evaluation criteria)
Tools and More: Considerations for
Digital Collections and Curator and
Collection Manager activities
Tools and More…
Considerations and opportunities with digital
collections.
The care and feeding of your digital collection.
Tools and More…
Digital Scholarship and New Collaborative Opportunities:
• Definition of DH
• Endorsing students, scholars, and other collaborators and
colleagues for rights to your collections
• Staying connected with the SobekCM User Group
• Exhibits and Digital Collections
• Creating New Digital Collections (Aggregations)
• Thematic Collections (Curated Digital Collections & Digital
Scholarship Projects)
• Supporting internships
• Data Curation
Tools and More…
Embedding Digital Collections and Items in Courses:
• Live instructional sessions
• Online courses by UF students (primarily in residence in
Gainesville)
• UF Online (completely online, no residential or in person
classes)
Tools and More…
Promotion and Outreach:
• Promotional planning for a full plan
• Promoting new projects, new items, and milestones with
ongoing activities
• Webinars on digital collections (template slides/structure
available)
Tools and More…
Production/Curation concerns:
• Born-Digital Harvesting & Ingest
• Collection Management with Mixed Physical & Digital
Collections
• Connecting your collections with relevant materials in
the IR@UF (e.g., theses and dissertations, etc.)
• Tracking sheets online
Tools and More…
Putting it all together for innovative, transformative,
and/or simply easier ways of working:
• Possible Next Steps, Possible Needs:
• Example: are other trainings wanted, perhaps on digital
collection project management (and project portfolio
management)
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/IR00000812/00001/pdf
http://www.slideshare.net/cavlec/project-management-16606291
https://archive.nyu.edu/bitstream/2451/31750/2/Vinopal_2013_ERandL_IntroToPM.pdf
Questions?
FOR MORE INFO:
Contacts:
Mark Sullivan ( [email protected] )
Laurie Taylor ( [email protected] )
John Nemmers ( [email protected] )
SobekCM Discussion Group:
https://groups.google.com/forum/
#!forum/sobekcm-discuss
These slides and webinars:
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/IR00003545