Content DM Update from

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Content DM Update from Oklahoma Crossroads Gary
Phillips/Oklahoma Dept. of Libraries
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Color-coding shall not be used as the only means
of conveying information, indicating an action,
prompting a response or distinguishing a visual
element.
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Thumbnail generation Automatic generation from
PDF files is now supported. Thumbnail images
are created from PDF files when items are
approved and added to the server.
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Compound object conversion- multiple-page PDF
files are automatically converted into compound
objects. Creates a compound object based on
the page order of the PDF file. Retains the
original PDF file for export and
printing. OPTIONAL We are not using.
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view a page within large PDF without
downloading the full document increase speed
of access to view provide full text indexing
by page not document Training comments about
files above 20MB affects whether
displays inline automatically
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Dublin Core No provision for open serials?

• Input fields wont let you have a
• date with an open entry

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Personal comments onContentDM

• An excellent file storage/retrieval system
• Set up to use Dublin Core as metadata
• Good and bad aspects to that
• Coordinated with WorldCAT
• Again, good and bad aspects to that
• Need to pay attention to file size

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Users Groups forming

• East, West, Central
• AMIGOS about to form a users group
• Conferences held

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Personal comments cont.

• ContentDM seems to hiccup occasionally
• Examples loading compound objects of
• mixed file types, especially HTM or other
• web capture
• Squirrily files technical term for files
• agencies have put up that dont seem to
• want to load

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Conclusion

• ContentDM still an excellent, relatively
• economical solution
• Excellent grouping for serials, multi-files
• Comes from the major library vendor,
• seems to have software development
• Wish they would get out of their digitization
• fixation and think about capturing born digital
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