MDLand Rec Net A Digital Image Retrieval System

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MDLand. Rec. Net A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Record Indices in Maryland Photograph of Dorchester County Land Records Room, July 2001 Photo by Hanna Szczepanowska Copyright 2002 Maryland State Archives 1

MDLand. Rec. Net A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Record Indices in Maryland Land records constitute one of the most voluminous and important record series created by government. Ø Ultimate responsibility for preserving and providing access to land records is vested in the Archives. Ø Indices to land records, both electronic and historic bound volumes, provide users with the means to research land record instruments. Ø At present, there is no mechanism for providing comprehensive access to these materials. Copyright 2002 Maryland State Archives 2

MDLand. Rec. Net A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Record Indices in Maryland Mdlandrec. net will facilitate access to land record information and provide a framework to conserve records in danger of being lost. Ø Provide all existing JIS mainframe land record index data and images of traditional bound index volumes in a searchable, webenabled environment accessible in the courts, by the end of fiscal year 2006. Ø Institute a program of conservation imaging of those land records identified as most in danger of being lost due to poor microfilming, lack of archival back up, deterioration from prolonged use, or theft. Ø Provide a framework for accessing and delivering those images, as well as images of land records more than 10 years old, including images migrated off ELROI to the Archives for permanent storage. Copyright 2002 Maryland State Archives 3

MDLand. Rec. Net A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Record Indices in Maryland if the land record volume is not yet available online, a message to this effect will appear onscreen Copyright 2002 Maryland State Archives 15

MDLand. Rec. Net A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Record Indices in Maryland if the land record volume is available online, the page requested will appear onscreen Copyright 2002 Maryland State Archives 16

MDLand. Rec. Net A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Record Indices in Maryland If you click yes after printing, you are automatically logged out of the system. The screen is ready for the next patron. Copyright 2002 Maryland State Archives 42

MDLand. Rec. Net A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Record Indices in Maryland find grantor/grantee you are researching and enter citation in search box Copyright 2002 Maryland State Archives 51

MDLand. Rec. Net A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Record Indices in Maryland Benefits of mdlandrec. net Ø Provide State and local officials, private researchers, the land title community, and the public with comprehensive access to recent and historical land record indices, by the end of fiscal year 2006, for a total investment of $1. 8 million over four fiscal years. Ø Preserve and make accessible land records that the Courts have identified as in danger of being lost forever. Ø Provide improved customer service. Ø Preserve and safeguard the permanent archival copy of land record indices and instruments. Ø Provide cost and procedural efficiencies. Ø Provide a framework for retiring images from ELROI. Ø Eliminate, in time, the need to purchase and maintain costly microfilm reader printers and film storage devices in the Courts. Copyright 2002 Maryland State Archives 55