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PALMM (Publication of Archival,
Library & Museum Materials)
is a program of the libraries of the Florida Board of Education's
Division of Colleges and Universities (DCU) designed to
provide support to individual and cooperative digital library
initiatives.
PALMM collections may involve a single DCU institution,
multiple DCU institutions, or a combination of DCU and
non-DCU participants. A PALMM collection must involve at
least one DCU institution and agree to follow guidelines for
the quality of digital content and for website design.
For Administrative Information, see the Digitization
Services Planning Committee.
The PALMM website contains:
- links to PALMM collections
- a searchable database of PALMM collections and related
collections belonging to DCU institutions or geographically
or thematically pertaining to the state of Florida
- tools for building PALMM collections, including guidelines
for website design, best practices for quality of content,
and downloadable graphics for the PALMM banner and icon
- links to national and international standards pertaining
to digital library applications
PALMM collections can optionally take advantage of centralized
software and support services provided by the Florida Center
for Library Automation (FCLA). These currently include
mechanisms for contributing metadata and data to FCLA;
services to load, store, and navigate text and image collections;
bibliographic search software; and Z39.50 client and server
facilities. Additional services are planned or under development,
including support for additional types of materials, and
the provision of long-term archival storage and migration
facilities.
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