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Discovering the Library with Google Earth
Libraries need to provide attractive and exciting discovery tools to draw patrons to the valuable resources in their catalogs. The authors conducted a pilot project to explore the free version of Google Earth as such a discover tool for Portland State Library’s digital collection of urban planning documents. They created eye-catching placemarks with links to parts of this collection, as well as to other pertinent materials like books,images,and historical background information. The detailed how-to-do part of this article is preceded by a discussion about discovery of library materials and followed by possible applications of this Google Earth project.
In Calhoun’s report to the Library of Congress, it es clear that staff time and resources will need to move from cataloging traditional formats, like books, to cataloging unique primary sources,and then providing access to these sources from many different angles.“Organize, digitize, expose unique special collections”(Calhoun 2006).
In 2005, Portland State University Library received a grant “to develop a digital library under the sponsorship of the Portland State University Library to serve as a central repository of the collection, accession, and dissemination of [urban] key planning documents . . . that have high value for Oregon citizens and for scholars around the world”(Abbott 2005).This collection is called the Oregon munity Digital Library (OSCDL) and is an ongoing project that includes literature, planning reports, maps, images, RLIS (Regional Land Information System)geographical data, and more. Much of the older material is unpublished, and making it available online presents a valuable resource. Most of the digitized—and, more recently, borndigital—documents are accessible through the library’s catalog, where patrons can find them together with other library materials about the City of Portland. The bibliographic records are arranged in the catalog in an electron