Transcript Metadata Round-up - Cornell University

Metadata Round-up
The rough and tumble
world of metadata
librarianship
Liz Muller, Glen Wiley, and Dianne
Dietrich
Metadata Working Group Forum/
Career Development Week
Cornell University Library
21 May 2010
What does a Metadata Librarian do?
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Project-based work
Usually non-MARC based
Typically programmatic or automated solutions
Provides services
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Development of metadata & schemas
Design of data model and access
Consulting on metadata
Production of metadata
Who do we work with?
• Faculty
• Library Staff
• Curators
(internal/external)
• Publishers/Vendors
When does the work come?
• Unpredictable
• Domino effect
Where does the work come from?
Word of Mouth
Misc
Arts &
Sciences
grants
RMC /
Archives
Proactive
Scanning
DCAPS /
DLIT
What do we work with?
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Multimedia
Image collections
Research data
Bibliographic metadata
Anything…
Why?
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Mediate information decisions and software needs
Work with anything
Does not need to be well structured
The go-betweens with programmers, catalogers,
curators, researchers…
• Deal with longevity, migration, re-use, big picture
issues
• Extent resources and metadata beyond its original
intent
• Project management issues like budget, workflows, etc.
Image Metadata Projects
Consulting
Design
Mapping
Production
Advise on
metadata
schema,
vocabularies,
and content
standards for
use in digital
projects
Determine
which
metadata fields
to use, display,
and index in
building a
digital
collection
Determine how Create itemexisting
level metadata
metadata
should be
presented for
use in another
context
Access
Create
collection-level
metadata to
provide access
to digital
collections
Consulting
Advise on metadata schema, vocabularies, and content
standards for use in digital projects
•Rare and Manuscript Collections
•General image collection
•Dante Collection Image Archive
•Kheel Center photographs
•Prof. Annetta Alexandridis (Art History)
•Plaster cast database
•Numismatics collection database
•Plant Pathology Herbarium fungi specimens
•Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics (LEPP) images
•ARTstor Shared Shelf development
Consulting: Plaster Cast Database
Design/Mapping
Determine which metadata fields to use, display, and index in
building a digital collection;
Determine how existing metadata should be presented for use in
another context
•Maps LUNA collection
•LUNA categories index
•ARTstor quarterly uploads
•ARTstor migration from Luna
•Flickr
Design: Maps LUNA Collection
Mapping: Maps LUNA Collection
Production
Create item-level metadata
•Arts & Sciences image cataloging
•Classics project
•Art History and other disciplines
Production: A&S Image Cataloging
Access
Create collection-level metadata to provide access to
digital collections
•Registry of Digital Collections
•Catalog updates
•WebFeat updates
Access: Registry of Digital Collections
Research Data Projects
• Loons (text/audio)
• DataStaR
• National Virtual Observatory (instruction
session)
• Research Data Support Wiki
• Translational Librarianship Consortium
• Outreach
• Survey of Faculty needs (in the works)
Loon Data
Metadata Creation (in Morpho)
Metadata Creation (in Morpho)
DataStaR
DataStaR
Discoverability
Completed Record Online (KNB)
Completed Record Online (eCommons)
Audio Files
Audio Files
Research Data Support Wiki
Other Projects
• Electronic Theses & Dissertations
• Amazon Print on Demand / ONIX
format
• Project Euclid
• Law Library new books list
• Business Information Group wiki
• Cooperative Extension’s eCommons
work
• Veterinary Senior Seminars
• National Archives of Canada finding
aid
• Technical Services workflow reviews
• Google books
• User contributed Flickr metadata &
statistics
• VIVO (ontology/taxonomy)
• Logs.library.cornell.edu
• OpenURL research
• DCAPS data archiving
methods/standards
• Documentary film footage &
educational videos for
ThinkWorks
• Numerous investigations, tips, leads…