Transcript Using METS for Digitized Sanborn Maps

Cataloging Compound Digital Objects:
Using METS for Digitized
Sanborn Maps
Christopher Cronin
Head of Digital Resources Cataloging
University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries
[email protected]
Introduction to Map Digitization / Hosted by OCLC Preservation Centers
ALA Midwinter Conference, Philadelphia, PA
12 January 2008
What is METS &
Why Use it for Maps?
• Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard (METS)
 Maintained by Library of Congress
(http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/)
• Standardized and shareable
• Supports compound digital objects
 Hierarchical XML structure
• Supports repurposing of existing metadata
The Structure of a METS Record
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METS Header <metsHdr>
Structural Map <structMap>
Structural Links <structLink>
File Section <fileSec>
Descriptive Metadata <dmdSec>
Administrative Metadata <amdSec>: 4 types
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Technical Metadata
Intellectual Property Rights Metadata
Source Metadata
Digital Provenance Metadata
• Behavior <behaviorSec>
Descriptive Metadata
• Importance of presence in OCLC/WorldCat
• Separate-record approach
 Separate MARC records for analog and digital versions in
OCLC/WorldCat, local online catalog (Chinook), digital library
(DIAL), and the regional union catalog (Prospector)
• MarcEdit for MARC to MARCXML transformation
(http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html)
• CU Generation Tool: MARCXML to MODS
transformation (Metadata Object Description Schema
(http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/)
Technical Metadata
• NISO Metadata for Images in XML (MIX)
 Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images Standard
 Maintained by the Library of Congress
(http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix//)
• In-house digitization
 Programming skills to automatically capture the technical
data
• Outsourcing digitization
 Importance of technical metadata in the RFP and/or vendor
selection process
CU Boulder’s METS/MODS
Generation Tool (1)
• Availability of tools for METS record creation
 LC’s list of METS tools and utilities:
(http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/mets-tools.html)
• Developing a local tool to fill the commercial gap
 CU’s METS/MODS Generation Tool, and its technical and
user documentation, can be found at:
(http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/systems/digitalinitiatives/tool
s.htm)
CU Boulder’s METS/MODS
Generation Tool (2)
CU Boulder’s METS/MODS
Generation Tool (3)
Strategic Planning for METS
• Institutional commitment
 Collaborative decision-making: Map Library/Public Services,
Collection Managers, Cataloging, Systems, and Administration
• METS as part of long-term digital preservation plan
 PREMIS (Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies)
(http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/)
• Staffing requirements
 Metadata expertise, technical/programming skills, knowledge of the
collection
• Systems requirements
 Capability for storing and/or serving out the records
Additional Resources
• Cantara, L. (2005). “METS: the Metadata Encoding and
Transmission Standard.” Cataloging & Classification
Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 3/4, pp. 237-253.
• Cundiff, M.V. (2004). “An Introduction to the Metadata
Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS).” Library
Hi Tech, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 32-64.
• Library of Congress. METS: An Overview & Tutorial.
http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/METSOverview.v2.html