Presentation
Pitfalls and Pratfalls: The WAA Collection at the Milwaukee Public Library
2nd Annual Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group Meeting
(2009)
Abstract
An overview of the Milwaukee Public Library's attempt to digitize building plans and architectural drawings in the Wisconsin Architectural Archives. Details the technical details of digitizing an unusual format. Also describes the legal and policy pitfalls that prevented the final collection from being realized beyond the planning stages.
Keywords
- CONTENTdm,
- Architectural drawings,
- Archives,
- Special collections
Disciplines
Publication Date
October 30, 2009
Citation Information
Rose Fortier. "Pitfalls and Pratfalls: The WAA Collection at the Milwaukee Public Library" 2nd Annual Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group Meeting (2009) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rose_fortier/2/