![]() ![]() Merryman reviewed and edited the original metadata, uploaded the revised data to CONTENTdm, developed search facets for the collection, worked with Knox to develop and publish a webpage to USC’s Digital Collections, and continues to scan maps and create metadata. Ann Merryman (MLIS 2013) picked up the project from Chizari, and worked with Fulmer and Keeney to develop a revised workflow and documentation for the project to provide guidance and continuity throughout the remainder of the project. In August 2013, the scope of the project expanded to encompass digitization of the entire collection, in preparation for relocation to offsite storage outside of the library. Accompanying metadata was again generated by Chizari and Keeney. A second batch of 51 maps, representing the Civil War period from 1860-1865, was scanned in late April 2013 by Sara Chizari. These maps were randomly selected to represent all sizes available in the collection. Descriptive and technical metadata following Dublin Core Metadata best practices and SCDL Metadata guidelines was created by Sara Chizari (SLIS Ph.D candidate) in collaboration with Keeney. A test batch of 55 maps was scanned in late February by Timothy Hyder (MA Public History 2013) on the Zeutschel OS 14000 A0 overhead scanner with Zeutschel Omniscan 12 scanning software. The planning phase of the project involved SCL’s Director, Henry Fulmer, and catalog librarian Craig Keeney, along with Digital Collections librarians Kate Boyd and Ashley Knox. The South Caroliniana Library’s map digitization project was begun in February 2013 with the original goal of providing wider access to the SCL map collection. Read more about the collection here.Ībout the South Caroliniana Library’s Map Digitization Project Find an alphabetical index of Creator and Contributor names here. The digital collection is searchable by Date, Creator, Contributor, call number, and keyword. The collection also contains a number of maps dating from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, which are vital to researchers interested in the history of cartography. Taken together, the maps chart the state’s urbanization over time. The maps show airports, battlefields, cemeteries, churches, cities, highways, Native American territories, postal routes, railroads, schools, topographical features, towns, and urban, rural, and African American slave populations. In the past two hundred years, technological changes have substantially altered the landscape of South Carolina, and the library’s map collection visually documents these transformations. The map collection of the South Caroliniana Library has always been a significant resource for geographers, historians, and genealogists.
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