Finally, to improve access to CONTENTdm collections, the WSU Libraries uses the Innovative Interfaces
(III) Imaging and Document Management product to create links between III INNOPAC MARC catalog
records and online collections. As shown in Figure 3, a detailed catalog record has been created for the
Frank Fuller Avery Image Collection in the WSU Libraries INNOPAC integrated library system. The III
Imaging product allows a thumbnail image to be embedded in the catalog record; a searcher clicking on
the thumbnail will be taken to the external URL for the online collection. The online collection is
presented in a web browser frame so that it is easy for searchers to return to the INNOPAC catalog after
working in the online collection. The III Imaging product is also employed to embed images of historical
maps to their corresponding MARC records. Using the custom map thumbnail images created by
CONTENTdm, these icons placed in the MARC record take users to the high-resolution MrSID files
where they may be studied in detail. Once at the MrSID site for the Early Washington Maps project,
users, if they feel so inclined, have the option to return to the maps database to view similar objects
thereby entering the Early Washington Maps CONTENTdm site through a back door