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The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:
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A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 6,800 times in 2010. That’s about 16 full 747s.
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The busiest day of the year was August 17th with 671 views. The most popular post that day was Gift and Deselection Manager.
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Gift and Deselection Manager July 2010
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Installation & Configuration August 2010
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About July 2010
User Guide August 2010
GIST for ILLiad Webpages July 2010
GIST is such a powerful tool for weeding and gift processing. Some of the same features of the Gift & Deselection Manager that streamline these workflows (local/group/state holdings, Better World Books decision, and Google Books/Hathi full text, among others) can also have other applications. Below are a couple of ideas for getting even more from the GIST GDM.
In addition to running the GDM’s batch deselection tool on your monographs, you can also run ISSNs to evaluate your print serials. One example is a library in Ohio that ran the JSTOR titles through the GDM to evaluate whether or not they needed to preserve any of their print holdings. This example is a great way to reduce the number of dusty, old, and unused print serials taking up valuable space in your library or storage facility. Because the GDM checks group and state holdings, you can make decisions based upon the holdings of your partners and nearby libraries.
Apart from JSTOR, you can similarly run other serials collections through the GDM for analysis. Give it a try and see how the GDM works for more than just books.
There are a great many pre-1923 titles just waiting to be brought into the public digital domain. Because the GDM provides you with Google Books and Hathi Trust full text availability, you can very quickly determine whether or not the books you’re evaluating have been digitized. If you have the means, you can then digitize the book yourself and make if available through the Internet Archive or similar repositories. Or if you are handling a large collection that has yet to be digitized, it may be worth exploring membership in Hathi Trust or seeing if you can partner with Google Books. All of these are great ways to ensure open access to your public domain works and contribute to the ongoing effort of digitally preserving these aging works.
Has your library utilized the GDM in a creative way? Or are you exploring different ways in which to implement it? Please share your comments, we’d love to learn new ways of using the GDM.
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GIST Institute @ IDS Project Conference 2011
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011At this year’s IDS Project Conference we will be starting the very first GIST Institute.
GIST Institute objectives
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