april 25, 2012 making the most of library collaboration and cooperative projects partnering for...
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April 25, 2012
Making the Most of Library Collaboration and Cooperative Projects
Partnering for Discovery:
Jennifer Liss Erika DowellMetadata/Cataloging Librarian Interim Head of Technical Services & DigitizationWells Library Lilly Library
Dot Porter Lori DekydtspotterAssociate Director for Digital Library Interim Head of Cataloging & Rare Books CatalogerContent and Services Lilly LibraryDigital Library Program
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PresentationPresentationOutlineOutline
Overview of the War of 1812
Project
The Collection
Partnerships & Workflow
Lessons Learned Working together in progress …
How it all began…
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Division of ResponsibilityDivision of Responsibility
• Project Management: Erika Dowell & Dot Porter
• Encoding of finding aids: Lilly Library, Technical Services Department (War of 1812 mss.)
• Scanning of materials: Digital Library Program, Lilly Library (vault materials)
• Serving digital objects: Digital Library Program
• Omeka Development: Collaboration
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The Lilly Library The Lilly Library War of 1812 War of 1812 CollectionCollection
Monographs Prints Music Maps Manuscripts
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The Collection:The Collection:Differing Levels of Differing Levels of
Description & AccessDescription & AccessMonographsMonographs
• Online records• Card catalog
PrintsPrints• Access database
MusicMusic• In Harmony database
MapsMaps• Card catalog• Access database
ManuscriptsManuscripts• Artificial collection “War of
1812”• Individual items spread
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Transcribing existing
manuscript cards
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Bringing the Bringing the cataloging cataloging
into the 21into the 21stst century: century:
Authorized Authorized Subject Subject
Headings Headings &&
Name Entries Name Entries
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DLP Wiki Utilized forDLP Wiki Utilized forCataloging Questions ExchangeCataloging Questions Exchange
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Metadata for Metadata for DiscoveryDiscoveryMonographsMonographs
PrintsPrints• Added access points
(MODS)MusicMusic
• Cleanup of access points (MODS)
MapsMaps• MARC cataloging by map
cataloger• QC of metadata
transformationManuscriptsManuscripts
• Encoding (EAD)• QC of access points• QC of metadata
transformation
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Collaborating for [Good] Collaborating for [Good] MetadataMetadataDefine metadata Define metadata
expectationsexpectations• Access points?• Controlled vocabularies?
• Content standards?Document Document metadata decisionsmetadata decisions
Build in a system Build in a system for Q/A and for Q/A and reporting errorsreporting errors
Contribute to Contribute to project team project team meetingsmeetings
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Metadata Gone Bad!Metadata Gone Bad!
Legacy data
=
something
GOINGWRONG
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Archival Collections
ImageCollections
Sheet Music
Monographs
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Digitizing Workflow
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Selection
EADMARC MARCDatabase
books archival collections mapsprints
scan
metadata conversion – automated and manual
ingest into Fedora Repository
Link from finding aids / ICO records / IUCat records
Note: music was already digitized
Site development workflow
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Initial site conception
Selection of Omeka for site development
Materials digitization (previous slide)
Site design Pulling metadata from Fedora into Omeka
OMEKA SITE
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OMEKA SITE
Wrap-upWrap-up
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Flexibility
Trust
Clarity
Links:Links:The Lilly Library: http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/
IU Digital Library Program: http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/
IUCAT: www.iucat.iu.edu
IU Archives Online: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/
Image Collections Online: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/images/
InHarmony: Sheet Music from Indiana: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/inharmony/
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Questions?Questions?
Erika DowellInterim Head of Technical Services & Digitization, Lilly [email protected]
Dot PorterAssociate Director for Digital Library Content and Services, Digital Library Program [email protected]
Jennifer LissMetadata/Cataloging Librarian, Herman B Wells [email protected]
Lori DekydtspotterInterim Head of Cataloging & Rare Books Cataloger, Lilly [email protected]
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