International Collaboration and Digital Archives: The Guatemalan National Police Historical Archive Project at UT Austin
- 1. International Collaboration and Digital Archives: The Guatemalan National Police Historical Archive Project at UT Austin Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 2. Overview • Background on the AHPN • Live demo of the site • Discussion of the process and lessons learned • Significance of the project • Video Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 3. AHPN at a Glance: the physical archive • Discovered fortuitously in 2005 Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 4. AHPN at a Glance: the physical archive • Discovered fortuitously in 2005 • 80 million pages of records Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 5. AHPN at a Glance: the physical archive • Discovered fortuitously in 2005 • 80 million pages of records • Investigators from Attorney General’s office assigned full time at AHPN Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 6. AHPN at a Glance: the physical archive • Discovered fortuitously in 2005 • 80 million pages of records • Investigators from Attorney General’s office assigned full time at AHPN • Reading room open to the public in 2009 Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 7. AHPN at a Glance: the digital archive • 10 million pages of scanned images • Archival processing, digitization, and metadata creation • At least 2 million new scanned images per year will be added Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 8. Demo • ahpn.lib.utexas.edu Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 9. Collaborative Initiative at various levels • Within UT Austin • Within UT Libraries • Between UT and Guatemala Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 10. The Technology • Apache, Solr, PHP/SQL • Drupal • Internet Archive open source page viewer • TACC’s super computers used to generate access derivatives Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 11. TIS Process • Stakeholder meetings • Requirements • Information Architecture • Graphic Design • Front end development and theming • Testing Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 12. Design Challenges • Sparse and inconsistent metadata – OCR not an option • How to integrate search, how much to emphasize – User expectations • Feedback/approval process – Set expectations at outset – Meet to review major milestones Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 13. Development Challenges • Massive scale • Bilingual • Evaluating and integrating a page viewer Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 14. Project Challenges • Short timeline + hard deadline • Insufficient time for planning/initiating • Collaborative nature • Lost lead programmer halfway through • Bilingual Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 15. Lessons Learned • Projects of this size and scope will: – Have a project plan outlining each person’s role – Have a project communications plan – Involve the right people at the right time – Document what’s out of scope – Have a coordination plan for creating/editing/translating/populating content Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 16. Ceremonial Site Launch • International Conference at UT Dec 2, 2011 • Elections in Guatemala • Site usage since launch Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 17. Project Significance • Digital libraries as tools for real people • Uses of AHPN • Role of Digital Archive Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on
- 18. Questions or Comments? Jade Diaz Kent Norsworthy jade@austin.utexas.edu k.norsworthy@austin.utexas.edu Kent Norsworthy, LLILAS and Benson Latin American Collection Jade Diaz, University of Texas Libraries 2012 Texas Conference for Digital Libraries 2012 Texas Conference on