field book project, mostly metadata panel session, smithsonian digitization fair 2012
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Smithsonian Digitization Fair 2012Carolyn Sheffield, Project Manager
Metadata for Digital Access
• Metadata for the object• Metadata for the surrogate• Metadata for playing with others
Metadata for the ObjectWhat is a field book anyway?
Related Cataloging Practices
…or not.
MARC15.4%
Dublin Core10.3%
EAD12.8%
Local Schema17.9%
ICMS7.7%
Specify2.6%
No answer33.3%
Information Needs
• Geographical location – 67%• Environment and habitat descriptions – 41% • Species information – 33% • Narrative or historical information – 15%
NCD CollectionCollectionId: NCDC78Title: Frederick Coville, field books, 1890-1924Owner: EACO9Creator: EACP173Description: The collection consists of Coville's field notes from botanical collecting and observation efforts in …
MODS Item MODSid: MODSI1281Collection: NCDC78Title: Field notes, Death Valley Expedition, 1891Dates: 1891.05.10-1891.07.30Creator: EACP173Expedition: EACE 0017Abstract: This item contains narrative notes and lists of botanical specimens collected or observed during Coville's research in Death Valley . …
EAC PersonPersonId: EACP173Name: Coville, Frederick (Frederick Vernon), 1867-1937Dates: 1867-1937Biographical history: Frederick Vernon Coville, botanist and blueberry breeder, was born in New York and educated…
EAC ExpeditionExpId: EACE0017Name: Death Valley Expedition Dates: 1890-1891Description: The Death Valley Expedition was the first biological survey to …
EAC OrganizationOrgId: EACO9Name: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Metadata for the Object!
Metadata for Digital Access
• Metadata for the object• Metadata for the surrogate
Metadata for the Surrogate
Metadata for the Surrogate
DAMS
Metadata for the DerivativesStarfish specimen collected off the coast of Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica, c. 1962
Local number: SIA2012-0664
Summary: SIA RU007231, Box 140, Folder. Taken during Waldo Schmitt's collecting during the Palmer Peninsula Survey 1962-1963.
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Metadata for Digital Access
• Metadata for the object• Metadata for the surrogate• Metadata for playing with others
But field books from that expedition are also in my collections…
EAC records and SNAC
EAC records and SNAC
EAC PersonPersonId: EACP173Name: Coville, Frederick (Frederick Vernon), 1867-1937Dates: 1867-1937Biographical history: Frederick Vernon Coville, botanist and blueberry breeder, was born in New York and educated…
NCD CollectionCollectionId: NCDC78Title: Frederick Coville, field books, 1890-1924Owner: EACO9Creator: EACP173Description: The collection consists of Coville's field notes from botanical collecting and observation efforts in …
Next steps
• Moving Registry online and enriching with social tags and annotations
• Submitting records to SNAC• Expanding the Registry to accept content from
other repositories
Project Team
Principal InvestigatorsRusty RussellAnne Van Camp Project StaffCarolyn SheffieldSonoe NakasoneLesley ParillaEmily Hunter
Project Advisors & SupportRicc FerranteTammy PetersSarah StaudermanNora LockshinKristen TyreeKira Cherrix
Funding
Website:http://mnh.si.edu/rc/fieldbooks/
Blog: http://nmnh.typepad.com/fieldbooks/
Flickr: http://tinyurl.com/fbpflickr
Contact: Carolyn Sheffield, [email protected]
Thank you