The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries have digitized photographs, maps, letters, and other documents, and created an online presentation related to the early history of Las Vegas. The collection spans the twentieth century and is divided into six topics: The Cottage, The Depot, Early Las Vegas, Fremont Street, Hoover Dam, and Night Club Las Vegas.
Selection Decisions
The images in this collection include photographs, blueprints, maps, letters, and other primary source materials, as well as streaming video and audio clips contained in the Special Collections Department of the UNLV Libraries. They were selected to communicate the history of early Las Vegas using a variety of media.
Metadata
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries have copyrighted all of the images and clips. Even so, capture would be difficult given that they are presented using flash player. The images serve as examples for a running narrative about the given subcategories. Although it appears as though they are without metadata, each image is linked to the CONTENTdm record, which contains all catalog information and the master image.
Object Characteristics
Under each subcategory is a flash presentation, which uses digitized photographs, architectural drawings, maps, letters, and other documents. They are not presented individually – the reader scrolls horizontally across the collection. After clicking on an image, you are taken to the catalog record and master image. This includes information about the image resolution and capturing device. The photos are in TIFF format and were scanned at high resolutions (around 600-800 dpi). Some drawings, maps, and letters are altered in the flash presentation to draw the reader’s attention to highlighted features.
Audience
The audience for this collection is the public and students. The presentations are geared toward educating the audience about Las Vegas and do not facilitate research. There is an option to search or browse across multiple collections using CONTENTdm. However, for some reason when I clicked on this, the search tool had broken links and images in formats that did not show up on my computer. There is also a user guide, which suggests that they expect some users to be unfamiliar with using digital collections.
Selection Decisions
The images in this collection include photographs, blueprints, maps, letters, and other primary source materials, as well as streaming video and audio clips contained in the Special Collections Department of the UNLV Libraries. They were selected to communicate the history of early Las Vegas using a variety of media.
Metadata
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries have copyrighted all of the images and clips. Even so, capture would be difficult given that they are presented using flash player. The images serve as examples for a running narrative about the given subcategories. Although it appears as though they are without metadata, each image is linked to the CONTENTdm record, which contains all catalog information and the master image.
Object Characteristics
Under each subcategory is a flash presentation, which uses digitized photographs, architectural drawings, maps, letters, and other documents. They are not presented individually – the reader scrolls horizontally across the collection. After clicking on an image, you are taken to the catalog record and master image. This includes information about the image resolution and capturing device. The photos are in TIFF format and were scanned at high resolutions (around 600-800 dpi). Some drawings, maps, and letters are altered in the flash presentation to draw the reader’s attention to highlighted features.
Audience
The audience for this collection is the public and students. The presentations are geared toward educating the audience about Las Vegas and do not facilitate research. There is an option to search or browse across multiple collections using CONTENTdm. However, for some reason when I clicked on this, the search tool had broken links and images in formats that did not show up on my computer. There is also a user guide, which suggests that they expect some users to be unfamiliar with using digital collections.
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