Non-profit global library cooperative OCLC has announced that The Revs Institute is now using OCLC's WorldShare Management Services as its library services platform and CONTENTdm to manage its digital collections and make them accessible on the web.
WorldShare Management Services (WMS) provides all of the applications needed to manage a library, including acquisitions, circulation, resource sharing, metadata and license management, and a discovery service for library users. It also includes a range of reports that help libraries better understand their activities and track key metrics over time. CONTENTdm enables the library to easily build and showcase digital collections on the web.
The mission of the Revs' Library and Archives is to support the scholarly and instructional work of the Revs staff, volunteers and user community. By preserving milestones in automotive history, the Revs Institute is documenting the automobile as a cultural icon and agent of change. It is now the most comprehensive automotive library in the world.
CONTENTdm makes it possible for libraries to build and manage digitised collections and make them more visible and accessible to users. The Revs Institute has 500,000 images available online now, and another 500,000 yet to digitise. The library is digitising an average of 6,000 images each week. In addition, the Revs Institute built an entire e-commerce platform directly in CONTENTdm. They use the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway to upload their collections to WorldCat, where students and researchers can find them more easily.
At the time the Revs Institute selected CONTENTdm, they also decided to begin digitising their own collections. The Revs Institute staffs get help from interns and about 140 local volunteers in the Naples area.
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