de+Grummond+Children's+Literature+Digital+Collection

http://digilib.usm.edu/cdm4/degrum.php  (  a selection of items from manuscript collections and books located in the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection in McCain Library & Archives)

**How is the archive portal designed? text-based? image-based?** dG: text-based and image-based (thumbnails of actual document) and very much search-based **What kind of use and users does it seem to invite? those who already know what they're looking for? those who are just exploring?** dG: for people who are searching, no browsing **How easy is it to search the archive? how flexible are the search tools?** dG: Easy, lots of options, can do advanced search **How structured or open is the archive interface? does it guide the user through the collection? does it offer few guided paths for the user?** dG: browsing and searching gives you a long list of what is in the archive, very up-down, nothing points to something similar **How are the primary (archival) materials presented? with lots of context? without any context? are the primary materials manipulable? i.e. zoom in and out? with and without frames?** dG: manipulable, but tedious, slow and outdate