The Cornell Korea Collection

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The Cornell Korea Collection Willard Straight
Photo Digital Project Carrie Yang Sung Ok
Kim Committee on Korean Materials Annual
Meeting March 26, 2009 Cornell University
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Korea Collection

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History and Development

• Relatively late start as a collecting focus,
  which began in 2001
• CULs appropriated fund, endowments and grants
  have helped the collection grow quickly
• Now over 12,000 volumes in Korean language
  materials and approximately several thousand
  volumes of non-CJK language materials about
  Korea 1,196 Korean films and videos (as of June
  2008)
• Comprised of works 70 in humanities, 25 in the
  social sciences, and 5 in general subjects
• One half-time and a quarter-time staff
• Key Areas of the Collection include
• Colonial and post-colonial studies
• Linguistics, Modern literature history
• Willard Straight photography collection
• Popular Culture

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A Treasure of the Rare Manuscripts

• Chingbirok (???), 1695

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What is in Progress?

• CU-Panmun Approval Plan
• - One-year trial started in January 2009
• - Nearly 23 of the current fiscal years budget
  is allocated
• - Price over 100 subjected to negotiation
• - New titles limited to the proposed subject
  profile
• WorldCat Selection
• - Aim to streamline acquisition process and
  making selection process more efficient and
  economical
• - Implemented by all CUL selectors since 2006
  (except the CJK selectors until 2008)
• - No Korean vendors as yet
• - Active sources LC, Yankees
• - News of OCLCs negotiations with Panmun and
  Eulyoo

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CU-Panmun Approval Plan
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WorldCat SelectionLoginhttp//connexion.oclc.or
g/
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Welcome Screen
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Selector Inbox Screen Top

• From the Inbox, you can select a record, reject
  it, defer a decision, or forward it to another
  selector.

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Selector Inbox - Bottom

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Item Record Display - Top
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Item Record Display - Bottom

• The following actions can be done on a record
  save or cancel changes select, reject, forward
  to another selector, defer a decision, or output
  a text-only version of the record.

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Selector Preferences
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Selector Distribution
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Item Search
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LTS Processing

• Kick-out MARC Records (Voyager View)

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Where is the Collection Heading?

• Moving toward implementing the WorldCat Selection
• Proactive role in collection development
• Cooperation with other university libraries

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• Willard Straight Photo Digital Project
• by
• Sung Ok Kim

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Treasures of the Willard Straight Photographs
Collection

• Contents
• 1. Willard D. Straight and His Legacy at Cornell
  University
• 2. Willard D. Straight Photographs Collection
  Project
• Funding Sources
• Collaboration of the Project
• Project Objectives and Its Significance
• 3. Viewing Images

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Willard D. Straight and His Legacy at Cornell
University

• 1897-1901
• Attended Cornell University, majoring in
  architecture
• 1901
• Appointed to a position with Chinese Imperial
  Maritime Customs Service
• 1904-1905
• Reuters (some sources said Associated Press)
  hired Straight as a correspondent during the
  Russo-Japanese War, which brought him for the
  first time to Korea.

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1. Willard D. Straight and His Legacy at Cornell
University

• During his stay in Korea, Straight created
  hundreds of photographs and sketches that
  documented landscapes, village scenes and people.
  
• As one of Cornell Universitys most famous
  alumni, Straights visual materials held by the
  Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at
  the Cornell University Library.
• 1925
• After his death his wife made a substantial
  donation to Cornell to build the school's first
  student union building, Willard Straight Hall,
  which was named in his honor.
• Dragon Day, initiated by as College of
  Architecture Day in 1901 by Straight, is an
  annual event at Cornell University.

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2. Willard D. Straight Photographs Collection
Project

• Funding Sources
• ? Internal Grants Program
• - To Encourage Innovation Collaboration
• - To Advance the Goals of the Cornell
  University Library Digital Futures
• - 35,000 was Available to Compete for the
  Internal Grants Program, in 2002
• - Grants Were Awarded at the 3000-5000
  Level
• - Program Open to All Cornell University
  Library Staff
• ? Grants Award Guidelines
• - Identify the Importance to the Library,
  Unit Itself, or to the Community of Users
• - Describe the Benefits and a Clear Case
  of the Task for Qualification
• - Provide a Clear and Defensible Budget
• - Must Match the Goals of the Internal
  Grants Program
• - Complete Within a Six to Twelve Month
  Period

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2. Willard D. Straight Photographs Collection
Project

• Collaboration of the Project
• ? Staff from Different Units of the Library
• ? Susette Newberry (Visual Resources Archivist,
  Division of Rare and Manuscript Collection)
• was responsible for serving as the project
  consultant to ensure that implementation was
  compatible with other RMC Luna projects.
• ? David Jones (Former Digital Imaging Specialist,
  Cornell Institute for Digital Collections)
• was responsible for processing images into Luna
  Insight database.
• ? William Marquis (Former Digital Conservation
  Specialist, Digital Consultation and Production
  Services)
• was responsible for scanning and editing
  techniques.
• ? Sung Ok Kim (Cataloger, Library Technical
  Services)
• was responsible for providing captions and
  cataloging the images.
• ? Thomas Hahn (Former Curator, Wason Collection
  on East Asia
• was responsible for supervising the project.

• ? Staff Time Allocation (ca. 230 hours)
• ? Identifying images assigning accession
  number, creating spreadsheet for cataloging (60
  hours)
• ? Scanning (54 hours)
• ? Luna Insight implementation (40 hours)
• ? Cataloging (66 hours)
• ? Supervising (7 hours)
• ? Digitization Costs (ca. 4020.00)
• ? Scanning 3660.00
• ? Student 360.00

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Continued

• Project Objectives and Its Significance
• ? Stimulating and enhancing new Korean Studies
• ? Assisting faculty in Korean Studies
• ? Assisting Wason Curator in developing the Wason
  Collection Website
• ? Allowing wide public access to the valuable
  materials
• ? Encouraging the use of materials in the Rare
  and Manuscript Collection
• ? Serving as a prototype for a future website for
  all of the photographs in the Willard Straight
  Papers
• ? Preserving rare documents from unnecessary
  Handling

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3. Viewing Images

• Willard Dickerman Straight and early U.S.-
  Korea
• diplomatic relations
• http//rmc.library.cornell.edu/Straight/
• OCLC Connexion
• ? Record Number
• 71750075
• ? Title
• Willard Dickerman Straight and early U.S.-
  Korea
• diplomatic relations

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Willard D. Straight in Korea, 1904-1905
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3. Viewing Images

• Images can be searched by
• ? Identifier ? Title
  ? Date
• ? Type ? Subject
  ? Creator
• ? Key words ? Data field
  ? Show all

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3. Viewing Images
Each image can be controlled by the tool icons

• Identifier1260.60.09.38.01
• Title Banzai! first train crosses new Japanese
  bridge
• Dateca.1904
• Type Photographs
• Description Celebrations surrounding the first
  train crossing of a newly constructed Japanese
  bridge. Early train commuting occurred in Korea
  between Seoul and Pusan as early the 1880s. It is
  not clear which bridge and where this photograph
  was taken.
• Inscription/Marks Inscription, apparently in
  hand of WDS 'Banzai! first train crosses new
  Japanese bridge
• 'Subject Trains
• Subject Seoul, South Korea
• Subject Pusan, South Korea
• Format Albumen print
• Format Image 3.4646 x 5.5512 in
• Format8.8 x 14.1 cm
• Coverage Asia South Korea
• Source Willard Dickerman Straight papers,
  1825-1925
• Source Rare Manuscript Collections University
  Archives
• Publisher Cornell University Library

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Image and Image Data

• Identifier1260.60.09.53.02
• Title Gordon Paddock, Alice Roosevelt, Nick
  Longworth, in front of the Legation at Seoul
• Date1905
• Type Photographs
• Description Gordon Paddock, Alice Roosevelt,
  Nick Longworth, in front of the Legation at
  Seoul. Alice Roosevelt's party travelled to the
  Far East and visited Korea in August 1905.
• Inscription/Marks Inscription in unknown hand,
  possibly WDS 'Gordon Paddock, Alice Roosevelt,
  Nick Longworth, in front of the Legation at
  Seoul
• Subject Paddock, Gordon
• Subject Roosevelt,
• , Seoul, South Korea
• Format Gelatin silver print
• Format Image 3.3465 x 5.315 in.
• Format8.5 x 13.5 cm
• Coverage Asia South Korea Seoul
• Source Willard Dickerman Straight papers,
  1825-1925
• Source Rare Manuscript Collections University
  Archives
• Publisher Cornell University Library

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• Thank You!