"From Cardboard Boxes to Google Maps: How Multiple Institutions’ Digital Collections Can Find a New Life on the Internet as a Consortium" was originally presented at the Museums and the Web conference, April 13-17, 2010, in Denver, Colorado,

1. From Cardboard Boxes to Google Maps: How Multiple Institutions’ Digital Collections Can Find a New Life on the Internet as a Consortium Deborah Boyer PhillyHistory.org Project Manager Azavea Inc.

2. Our story starts here, in the City Archives, where the image collection presented several challenges…

3. The first of which was ORGANIZATION . With images stored in boxes based on the city unit they represented (Streets, Schools, etc.), finding any particular image was a significant challenge.

4. The second was PRESERVATION . The oldest negatives are combustible, and newer ones are prone to warping.

5. The third was ACCESS . To access an image, a visitor would have to go to the archives and have a valid research reason for entrance. Approximately 100 people per year did this.

6. Certain images and/or photos on this page are the copyrighted property of 123RF Limited, its Contributors or Licensed Partners and are being used with permission under license. These images and/or photos may not be copied or downloaded without permission from 123RF Limited The last was FUNDING . Addressing these challenges was unlikely to be an inexpensive endeavor.

7. So what do you do with one million photographs? Digitize the Images Preserve the Original Media Increase Public Access via the Web Get the Public Involved!!! Generate Revenue through Print Sales Organize, Organize, Organize Create a Consortium of Organizations

10. Public Interface

11. Each of these images is intimately tied to a location.

12. Providing a historical record -not just of a time or an event - but also of the place where the photo was taken.

13. Geographic Search

15. Archive Management

19. The result is a collaboration that uses Sajara to make available to the public seven historic collections from three institutions – all on one website.

28. Google Street View 2009 1911

29. Setting the Angle of Google Street View

31. Mobile Edition

37. Questions? www.azavea.com Deborah Boyer [email_address] Twitter: @debsting