Wind Tunnel Presentation to Executive Committee

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Welcome to the
Katrina Pescador Director of Library Archives
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Collection

• Books (18,000 titles)
• Periodicals (600 titles)
• Films and videos (8,000)
• Manuals (8,000)
• Still images (over 2.5 million)
• Drawings (10,000)
• Special Collections (189 personal corporate
  papers)
• Maps (1,000)
• Flight Logs (500)
• Oral Histories (400)

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Staff Volunteers

• Three full-time staff members
• Two full-time grant funded staff members
• Approximately 30 volunteers

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Digitization Project Goals

• Increase and improve user accessibility
• Preservation
• Connect various databases
• Standardize and improve consistency
• Improve efficiency and productivity

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Online Accessibility

• Online catalog, AeroCat http//s92006.eos-intl.ne
  t/S92006/OPAC/Index.aspx
• Public online cataloging sites
• Public photo and video sites (Flickr and YouTube
  sites)
• Museum website
• www.sandiegoairandspace.org
• Balboa Park Commons
• www.balboaparkcommons.org

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Online Catalog
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Special Collections

• NUCMC Library of Congress
• OAC
• Museum website
• AeroCat

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OAC Finding Guides
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Museum Website
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Social Media

• Flickr over 155,000 images www.flickr.com/photos
  /sdasmarchives
• YouTube over 800 films
• www.youtube.com/user/sdasmarchives
• Facebook
• Library blog
• Twitter
• Pinterest

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Lessons Learned

• Simplification of the process (volunteers)
• Standardizing and being consistent
• Plan in advance (coordination)