status of these items. It was decided that we could include these pieces
of sheet music in the collection if we didn’t provide access to the
individual pages that were not in the public domain, an approach that
wouldn’t affect the usability of the music itself.
Another consequence of using CARLI’s server is that our digital
collections are subject to CARLI’s “look and feel” requirements for
uniformity. The consortium allows very little flexibility, as it wants to
maintain a consistent look between the collections of member
organizations. For our first project, this was actually a blessing.
Designing a branded image is a lengthy process requiring resources
(graphic design talent and technological tools and adroitness) and
research (complying with the look and feel requirements of the SIUE
website as a whole). As it was, the decisions I presented before the
CONTENTdm committee were straightforward and simple. I made
some mockups featuring the school colors in various combinations in
the permitted areas; the voting process was fairly painless. I worked
with Academic Computing personnel to get an official logo that
conformed to CARLI’s size constraints with the exact color specified
by SIUE marketing guidelines.