This online exhibit, sponsored by the Ohio Historical Society, makes available a popular exhibit from the organization's physical site.
I enjoy the layout of the pages. I like the colors and the "old-timey" feel. I was excited to look through the collection, until I started getting broken links. I visited the "online relic room" and was not able to view the Mexican War flags.
Collection Principles
The online collection is a representation of a physical exhibit. The society is not only interested in the physical artifacts but also texts and visual representations of the flags.
Object Characteristics
I was never able to view any of the flags, which was disappointing, but there were other images on the pages, thumbnails of what I may have seen if the links all worked. I couldn't really get a lot of information from those.
Metadata
One place the site excels is with the metadata. There is a page devoted to the description of the digitization process. The broad initiative is to digitize a number of artifacts from different kinds of collections. This collection is one of the most used, so digitization is for preservation and access purposes. The page discusses the technical specs including type of scanner used.
Audience
The audience could include a number of people. Those that have visited the physical collection and would like to see it again, researchers, historians, proud Buckeyes, and school groups are all among potential users.
No comments:
Post a Comment