insight personal collection builder

Personal Collection Builder Policy
The use of Personal Collection builder is limited to authorized Smith college faculty, students, and staff for academic use only.

- Scanners are available in Digital Image Development Center (Hillyer 326) or the VCRC.
- You must supply your own media (CD, DVD, zip disks, jump drives)
- Slides from the Smith Image Collections may not be scanned without the permission of the Imaging Center Director.

How to Use Personal Collection Builder

1. Register with Jacy Birdsong for:
- User Name and Password for Insight
- Permission set for using Personal Collection Builder
Also, let Jacy know:
- Who would you like to be able to view your collection?
- Who should have permission to edit your collection?
2. Log on to Novell with your own log-in.
3. Open Insight java client 5.6.
4. Open "Personal Personal Collection" folder.
5. Click on "Create New Personal Collection."
6. Follow the directions wizard.

Personal Collection Builder Tips

Name your collection: we suggest that you name your personal collection with your last name. The "Personal Personal Collections" folder will have other users' collections.

Cataloging Template:
Option 1: Select one of the templates listed in the PCB.
Option 2: Create your own template (See Elisa Lanzi for guidance).
If you want to make your template fields searchable with other collections (e.g. Smith and AMICA), please register your template for mapping with imaging staff.

Data Consistency:
Scanning Tips
- Naming images: use unique names, do not use characters, such as _ or &.
- Batch images: process images in small batches (e.g., 25) to better manage the project

Permissible image file types
- TIFF
- JPEG (not compressed)
- PSD (not compressed)

Smith Imaging Center Core TEMPLATE for Personal Collections
NOTE: The Smith Core is based on Cataloging Cultural Objects and the VRA Core 4.0. Not all fields will be neccessary for each record. It will depend on what you are cataloging.