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About the Collection
The Florida Historical Quarterly, the academic journal of the Florida Historical Society, promotes scholarly research and appreciation for the peoples, places, themes, and diversity of Florida's past. The Society is the oldest cultural institution in the state, tracing its origins to 1856. The Quarterly has served to expand understanding of Florida's historical development and offers a broad spectrum of articles. Published four times annually, the Quarterly continues the tradition of high quality scholarly articles established and maintained by the Society. The Quarterly has been a central component of the mission of the Florida Historical Society to promote scholarly research and publication. Students, researchers, and casual readers may use the collection liberally, although reproduction of materials for use outside of classrooms must be approved by the Society.
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Technical Aspects
This page provides a historical technical overview.
The Florida Historical Quarterly was originally included in the Florida Heritage Collection. Due to its high volume of use and need for direct access, it was made a separate collection upon the Digital Projects Planning Committee's suggestion in 2005.
OVERVIEW AND WORKFLOW
Digitization of the Florida Historical Quarterly and contribution of the catalog record for the digitized version to a central database are the responsibility of the University of Central Florida Libraries. The Libraries perform or outsource the digitization and create files of structural metadata describing the relation of images to logical parts of the resource. The structural metadata record and the set of images for each resource were transmitted to FCLA, where the data was loaded into DLXS application on a central UNIX server. Identifiers which serve the function of persistent URLs pointing to the DLXS application were inserted into the catalog record.
IMAGE CAPTURE AND CONVERSION
Scanning of volumes 1 through 77 was outsourced to the Digital Image Processing Lab (DIPL) at the University of Central Florida. The binding was removed from the volumes and the individual pages were fed through a Kodak high speed duplex scanner. Image capture adhered to the standards promulgated by the Cornell Department of Preservation and Conservation (see Digital Imaging for Library and Archives, Kenny and Chapman, 1996). A Quality Index of 5 or better for visual images is required. The Digital Services unit of the University of Central Florida Libraries is responsible for scanning additional volumes of the Florida Historical Quarterly beginning with volume 78. A Kodak i-200 series flatbed scanner is being used for this purpose. OCR is not currently being performed. Master TIFF images and JPEG derivatives were submitted to FCLA, which creates a derivative PDF for each issue. Creation of PDF files is a function performed by the locally written PALMM materials loader software. The loader calls LeadTools custom ActiveX control to open sets of JPEG images, and then uses Thomas Mertz's PDFLib software to build the PDF.
RESOURCE DESCRIPTION -- CATALOGING
A full MARC catalog record for the Florida Historical Quarterly is available and maintained in a union database of all Florida Heritage materials at FLVC and is also contributed to the OCLC WorldCat. When new volumes and issues are loaded, the persistent URLs in the catalog record will be updated to reflect all the available materials. A small portion of analytic records were created by the loader and accessible through the union catalog as well.
RESOURCE DESCRIPTION -- STRUCTURAL METADATA
A file of structural metadata is created for every document to indicate the relationship between the physical units of digitization (TIFF, JPEG and other images) and the logical units of publication (pages, chapters, and other parts). The metadata formats used was FCLA's Metadata eXchange Format (MXF).
IMAGE LOADING, STORAGE and NAVIGATION
For each issue that is digitized, a directory containing one XML file and a set of images was sent by FTP from the University of Central Florida Libraries to FCLA. The metadata and images are processed by a locally written loader, which first checks that all the image files referenced by the XML are present, copies the images into a data storage server, and converts the structural metadata into DLXS maintained on a UNIX server. If instructed, the loader will also create derivative formats such as PDF files. Access and navigation was provided by DLXS middleware. For materials that come with ASCII text obtained by performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on textual image files, this "dirty ASCII" will be used for full text retrieval of the documents as well. Persistent URLs referencing the server application were created by program and inserted into the bibliographic record describing the resource.
RETRIEVAL
The cataloging record is loaded into a shared central library management system, a locally developed application based on NOTIS, on an IBM mainframe. The records can be searched through the SUS Libraries' online catalog application, WebLUIS. Once the record is retrieved, the URLs in the bibliographic record were used as hotlinks to the DLXS application, which initially presents a Table of Contents display.
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Copyright Information
Copyright and use of materials
TERMS OF USE
The PALMM version of the Florida Historical Quarterly is a collection of digital images made from source materials provided by the Florida Historical Society and the University of Central Florida Libraries. Prior to digitizing the Florida Historical Quarterly, the Florida Historical Society and the University of Central Florida Libraries entered into an agreement to electronically publish the Florida Historical Quarterly. The letter of agreement, which is on file at the University of Central Florida Libraries, states that "the Florida Historical Society grants permission to the University of Central Florida Libraries to produce a digital copy of the Florida Historical Quarterly which will be used for the Florida Heritage Project".
FAIR USE
Unless additional restrictions are noted, copyrighted electronic materials in this collection may be used for research, instruction, and private study under the provisions of Fair Use. Fair Use is a provision of United States Copyright Law (United States Code, Title 17, section 107) which allows limited use of copyrighted materials under certain conditions. Factors to be considered whether a particular use falls under Fair Use include:
- The purpose or character of the use;
- The nature of the copyrighted work;
- The amount and substantiality of the work being used;
- The effect of the use on the market for and value of the original.
Under Fair Use you may view, print, photocopy, and download images from this site without prior permission, provided that you provide proper attribution of the source on all copies.
For any other use of these electronic materials, including but not limited to display, publication and commercial use, permission of the copyright holder must be obtained.
There are several good sources of information about copyright and Fair Use on the web. For additional information, you may want to start with the Smathers Library Copyright Reference Page at http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/copyright.html, or the Copyright Management Center, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis at http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/collections/uarchives/ua089.
ATTRIBUTION OF SOURCE
Citations, quotations, and use of images in this collection made under Fair Use or with permission of the copyright holder must acknowledge their source. Proper attribution includes the name of the resource, the name of the Florida Historical Quarterly, the name of the copyright holder, and the URL of the Florida Historical Quarterly homepage at http://www.florida-historical-soc.org/quarterly.
PERMISSION FOR USE
Users assume all liability for copyright infringement and are advised to contact the Florida Historical Society for copyright information and permission to use the electronic versions. Permission must be obtained for display, publication, commercial use, or any other use of the digital materials in this collection except as allowed under Fair Use.
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Subscription and Membership Info
Subscription to the Florida Historical Quarterly accompanies membership in the Florida Historical Society. Annual membership is $50; student membership (with proof of status) is $30; family membership $75; and prices for library, institutional, contributing, and corporate memberships ranging from $75-$500.
Correspondence related to membership and subscriptions, including address changes and orders for back copies of the FHQ, should be addressed to:
The Florida Historical Society
435 Brevard Ave.
Cocoa, FL 32922
Phone: 321-690-1971
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Florida Historical Quarterly is the online version of Florida Historical Quarterly, the academic journal of the Florida Historical Society. The Quarterly has served to expand understanding of Florida's historical development and offers a broad spectrum of articles in scholarly research and appreciation for the peoples, places, themes, and diversity of Florida's past. The Quarterly through 2003 is available online and most issues are fulltext searchable. Continuous Work is underway to place the more recent issues online as well.
