Harvard/Radcliffe Online Historical Reference Shelf About the Harvard/Radcliffe On-line Historical Reference Shelf Project

Project statistics

1. Project title: Harvard/Radcliffe Online Historical Reference Shelf
   
   
2. Project developers: Harvard University Archives & Radcliffe Archives
   
   
3. Source of funding: Harvard University Library Digital Initiative
   
   
4. Project duration: June, 1999 - December, 2001
   
   
5. Project participants: 24 people in 5 library departments
   
   
6. Storage, access, and delivery systems in use:
   • DRS (Digital Repository and Naming Services)
     System in which electronic versions of the annual reports are stored
   • PDS (Page Delivery System)
     System in which the electronic reports are browsed and searched
   • HOLLIS (Harvard On-Line Library Information System)
     Harvard's on-line library catalog from which bibliographic records link to the electronic reports
   • WWW
     Harvard/Radcliffe Online Historical Reference Shelf (a.k.a. "Horrors!") web site will provide links to the electronic reports
   
   
7. Total number of reports: 463 vols.
   • Harvard presidents' reports - 164 vols.
   • Harvard treasurers' reports - 163 vols.
   • Radcliffe presidents' reports - 85 vols.
   • Radcliffe treasurers' reports - 51 vols.
   
   
8. Total number of electronic pages: 208,148
   • 103,871 bitonal TIFF files (black & white page images)
   • 103,871 ASCII files (OCR text versions of pages)
   • 406 color TIFF files (1 map, 374 charts, 31 color covers)
   
   
9. Total number of digital files: ca. 218,000
   • 103,871 TIFF files (one for each page of the reports)
   • 103,871 ASCII files (one for each page of the reports)
   • 463 volume files (one for each volume of the reports)
   • ca. 10,000 "section" files (one for each section of the reports)
   
   
10. Total file size: 14.96 gigabytes
    • Harvard reports: 12.83 gigabytes
      (images - 12.46 gigabytes; text - 0.37 gigabytes)
    • Radcliffe reports: 2.13 gigabytes
      (images - 2.10 gigabytes; text - 0.34 gigabytes)
    
    
11. Number of bibliographic records for source material: 26
    • Harvard Presidents' Reports: 7
    • Harvard Treasurers' Reports: 4
    • Radcliffe Presidents' Reports: 13
    • Radcliffe Treasurers' Reports: 2