Publishing Civil War Records Online
April 29, 2008
SCANNING
The student intern has begun scanning the service records. All of the Michigan Infantry Units have been scanned and uploaded onto CONTENTdm. He is starting with the cavalry. These will be linked to the guide within the next few weeks.
WEBSITE
The repair worked mentioned in the April 12 update has been completed on the website. Additionally, new pages have been added concerning how to use the Regimental Service Records.
NEWS
Last week, the project archivist attended the Midwest Archival Conference Annual Meeting. Many of the sessions were very pertinent to the project, as they dealt with digitization with minimal metadata.
TO DO
Next week, the project archivist will visit the vendor to see the process of scanning the oversize muster records. Also, we will have an update on the progress at that time.
A draft of the project archivist’s presentation will be done by May 1.
We are also researching Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) in CONTENTdm. It seems most institutions use the Library of Congress Thesaurus of Graphical Materials rather than LCSH.
