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CONTENTdm SERVER VERSION 5.4 UPGRADE INFORMATION and DOCUMENTATION

CARLI CONTENTdm FAQ

 

Requirements for collections in CARLI Digital Collections

CARLI Digital Collections - Collection Development Policy PDF Document

Required Metadata Fields for Collections in CARLI Digital Collections PDF Document

Prerequisites for Publishing a Collection in CARLI Digital Collections PDF Document

Procedures

Collection Customization Form - Request color and logo customizations for pages within your collection. [to be filled out by your institution's CONTENTdm contact person.]

Collection Publishing Request or Information Update Form - Have the CARLI Office add your collection to CARLI Digital Collections website (i.e. make the collection "live") and provide topic, media, and descriptive information about the collection.  Also used for collection home page text changes and updates to Topic and Media Type categories. [to be filled out by your institution's CONTENTdm contact person.]

Getting started with CONTENTdm in the CARLI Environment PDF Document

Installing or Updating the CONTENTdm Project Client PDF Document

Starting a New Project PDF Document

Adding and Populating a Metadata Field in a Preexisting CONTENTdm Collection PDF Document

Using the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway in CONTENTdm

Best Practices for digital collections

Recommendation for Collection-Level Bibliographic Records for CARLI Digital Collections PDF Document

Guidelines for the Creation of Digital Collections: Digitization Best Practices for Images PDF Document NEW 1/20/2012

Guidelines for the Creation of Digital Collections: Digitization Best Practices for Text PDF Document NEW 1/20/2012

Guidelines for the Creation of Digital Collections: Digitization Best Practices for Audio PDF Document

Guidelines for the Creation of Digital Collections: Digitization Best Practices for Moving Images PDF Document

Guidelines for the Creation of Digital Collections: Best Practices for Descriptive Metadata PDF Document

Statistics

CARLI Digital Collections Statistics page

CONTENTdm Software Features Lists and Release Notes

Version 5.2 Features ListPDF Document

Version 5.3 Features List PDF Document

Version 5.4 Features List PDF Document

Release Notes - contain all the bug fixes for each released version and all the still-known issues with each version

Version 5.2 Release NotesPDF Document

Version 5.3 Release Notes PDF Document

Version 5.4 Release Notes PDF Document

 

Training and Online Help

CARLI CONTENTdm Training

  • CARLI staff offer training sessions for CARLI libraries implementing CONTENTdm for the first time. Advanced CONTENTdm training is under development.
  • Basic CONTENTdm Training Exercises for CONTENTdm Version 5 are available through the following link: http://www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-prod/contentdm/CDMexercises.html. Please note that these are secure documents and you may be prompted to log in to view them.  If you have any trouble accessing the exercises, please contact the CARLI Office.  The example files used during the CARLI CONTENTdm training session are also available for download from the Exercise page.

CONTENTdm User Support Center

  • Contains Tutorials and Online Help. Contact the CARLI Office for information on registering for access to the CONTENTdm User Support Center.
  • OCLC sometimes offers web-based overviews on using CONTENTdm and posts archived web-based training sessions using Microsoft LiveMeeting on the Training page of their USC website. Please remember that these sessions are not sponsored by CARLI. They are given by OCLC for all users of CONTENTdm, and, therefore, some of the information contained in the session does not apply to our consortial environment (such as procedures for publishing a collection, creating users and collections, and server administration). Should you have any questions on how our consortial use of CONTENTdm differs from the methods shown in the OCLC Web session, please review the CARLI-specific Information posted above.

Saskia Art Images Resources

Overview of Saskia Art Images Collection PDF Document

Customizable Template for Publicizing the Saskia Art Images Collection to Your Campus Art Community Word Document

Saskia Art Images Informational Sheet PDF Document

Additional Resources for Further Reading

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Digitization Resources and CONTENTdm Documentation on the CARLI Wiki
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