Car Collections and Digital Technology

Table of Contents

The topics (webpages) 1 through 8 below, best viewed in sequence, are tested steps suggested to collectors/archivists or collection managers to create software-based archives/collections. Of course, any topic can be viewed directly!

Please send comments, suggestions or corrections to Bob Schmitt: rgschmitt@gmail.com

  1. Introduction - Archive/Collections Basics
     
  2. Creating Archives with Computer Software

  1. Spreadsheets

  2. Databases

  3. Content Management Software

  4. Digital Library Software

  5. Collections Management Systems

  1. Database Archives: Microsoft's Access
     
  2. Greenstone Digital Library Software

  1. Using Greenstone Digital Library Software

  2. Importing Spreadsheet Data into Greenstone

  3. Collections Created with Embedded Metadata

  4. Greenstone Automotive Collections

  5. Guide to Using the Greenstone Automotive Collections

  6. Portable Greenstone on a USB Drive

  1. Using Metadata for Classification

  2. EXIF metadata privacy (from comparitech)

  3. Identifying Historic Photos with Metadata

  4. Metadata Standards

    A.  Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

    B.   Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging - Introduction

    C.   Nomenclature Online

    D.   Optimizing PastPerfect for Archival Description

    E.   Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative

           1)  Guidelines: Minimal Descriptive Embedded Metadata in Digital Still Images

    F.   Museum Computer Network Inc.

  5. Archive/Collection Examples

  1. Frazer Nash Archives

  2. Southward Car Museum Archive

  3. The Sports Car Library - Auto Racing Magazines

  1. Setting Geo-Tags on Photos and Documents

  2. Collection Management Systems

    A.  Table of Collections Management Systems/Software

    B.   PastPerfect Museum Software

  3. Preserving Automotive History

  4. Summary and Recommendations

  5. The CarLibrary News and Blog

  6. Related Resources

  1. The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH)

    1)  SAH Journal Index (partial)

    2)  SAH Automotive History Review Index (partial)

  2. National Association of Automobile Museums (NAAM)

  3. American Alliance of Museums (AAM)

    1.  "National Standards and Best Practices for U.S. Museums"

  4. Collections Trust (UK) 

    1.  "SPECTRUM standards"

  5. Guides to Auto/Vehicle Museums

    1. The SAH Project - A Master List of Auto Museums 

    2. Automotive Museums Guide - North America Museums

    3. Automobile Museum Map

    4. The Motoring Museums' Lighthouse - A Worldwide List

  6. Greenstone Digital Library Home Page

  7. Prof. Gordon Nickerson's Greenstone Video Tutorials

  8. "Car History, Archives and Digital Technology" (Bob Schmitt)

  9. The Revs Institute - Collier Collection

  10. Using Library Technology for Collections and Archives

  11. LibraryThing: A Book/Library Cataloging Aid

  12. Automobile Quarterly Index

  13. Open Source Digital Asset Management Systems

  14. A Great Digital Archive: the Autry National Center of the American West 

  15. A "Best Practices" Digital Archive: the REVS Institute

  16. U.S. Automobile and Transportation Magazine Covers, by R.H. Carroll

  17. Global List of Books and Periodicals: Compiled by Robert E. Lee

  18. Girardo & Co. Archive: "over 3,000,000 motoring and motorsport images"

  19. Fabulous Fifties YouTube Channel

  20. Seaching Newpapers Digitized by Veridian Software

  21. The Technology of Digitization: American Radio History by David Gleason

  22. A Compendium of Digitization Articles

  23. Institute of Museum and Library Services - Museum Data Files

  24. Worldcat - collections and services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide

  25. DSpace - Home Page

  26. "StoneD - A Bridge between Greenstone and DSpace"

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  27. Introduction to Digitizing and Organizing Family Photos and Documents

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Last update: July 4, 2023