An Application Profile by Teressa Keenan

Smokejumper Oral History Project

Photos courtesy of The National Smokejumpers Association http://www.smokejumpers.com/

Mansfield Library at The University of Montana Oral History collectionComplete collection contains over 2000

taped interviews on topics including …The depression in MontanaThe History of SmokejumpingMontana’s FeministsThe History of the University of Montana

Concentrate on a subset of the collectionThe History of Smokejumping

The Collection

Forest Service began project in 1984Taken over by the University of MontanaContains approximately 100 taped

interviews with transcripts or summariesDigitization Project

30 interviews digitized through a BCR Collaborative Digitization Program sound model grant

GoalsProvide archival quality digital copy for

preservationProvide easily streamed version of content

for student /faculty research

The History of Smokejumping

Descriptive MetadataUsers need to be able to search by keyword,

subject, interviewee, date, time period, location.Technical Metadata

Accurate representation of original recording and digital versions for preservation purposes

Administrative MetadataProvide accurate information concerning rights

and usageConsider Interoperability and Semantic Web to

increase/maintain future access to collection

Choosing A Metadata Schema

ConsiderationsFlexibility/Granularity of schema &

elementsCompatible with Content DM Convertable to/from MARC Ease of use for faculty/staff/student

employeesFuture expansion possibilities &

interoperabiltyDecision Made

Dublin Core (DC)Metadata Object Description Schema

(MODS)

Descriptive Metadata

ConsiderationsUser friendly for the non-audio specialistCovers aspects unique to audio and textual

materialsAllows description of original and digital objectsCompatible with METS to allow future

refinement and expansion of metadata recordsDecision

Schema for Technical Metadata for Text (TextMD)

LC-AV Audio Metadata Extension Schema (AudioMD)

Technical Metadata

ConsiderationsFacilitate management, tracking, migration

and re-use of digital assetsRecord details on creation, quality control,

rights and preservationDecision

ModsDublin Core

Administrative Metadata

The Application Profile:

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Created local elements for public display purposesDeclaired in local namespaceMapped to Dublin Core for interoperability

Aplication Profile (AP): Details

Local Term Dublin Core Element

Interviewer Contributor

Interviewee Creator

Original Physical Format Format

Run Time Extent

Syntax Encoding Scheme

Controlled Vocabulary

Element Declarations Comments/Best Practice Advise

Provide ability to search by time period, date range or geographic locationCoverage element

Coverage element -Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Temporal element -using DCMI Period Encoding Scheme & local controlled vocablary for consistancy

AP Details : Searching Concerns

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AP Details : Technical/PreservationIncomplete

information on digitization process and technical audio specificationsCreated optional

local element ml:digitizationSpecifications which is mapped to dc:description

<ml:digitizationSpecifications> Analog/Digital Converter: Prism Sound Dream ADA-8XR . File name/size: UMToh133-001.sideA .wav 735350 KB & UMToh033-001.sideA .mp3 19454 KB </ml:digitizationSpecifications>

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Flexibility to add more detailed preservation and technical metadata in the future

Use of AudioMD & TextMD schemas

AP Details : Technical/Preservation

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XML Instance Example<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!--Sample XML file generated by XMLSpy v2008 sp1 (http://www.altova.com)-->

<oralHistoryCollection xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="OralHistoryAPP.xsd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms" xmlns:ml="http://www.lib.umt.edu/oral-history-collection/terms" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<oralHistory>

<ml:contributor> Norgaard, Jim.</ml:contributor>

<ml:creator> Anderson, Larry, 1934-</ml:creator>

<dc:title>

<dcterms:alternative>Smokejumpers oral history project ; no. 1</dcterms:alternative>

<dc:title>Interview with Larry Anderson</dc:title>

</dc:title>

<dc:description>

<dcterms:abstract>Mr. Anderson describes his smokejumping experience from 1954-1979, comparing the

"old days" (50’s) with current practices.</dcterms:abstract>

</dc:description>

<dc:publisher>Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula</dc:publisher>

<dc:date Scheme="W3CDTF">

<ml:dateRecorded>1984-07-04</ml:dateRecorded>

<dcterms:modified>2007-01-01</dcterms:modified>

</dc:date>

<dc:subject subjectSchemes="LCSH">Smokejumpers -- Montana -- Biography</dc:subject>

XML Instance Example Cont.<dc:type Scheme="DCMIType">mp3</dc:type>

<dc:type Scheme="DCMIType">wav</dc:type>

<dc:type Scheme="DCMIType">pdf</dc:type>

<ml:digitizationSpecifications>Insert technical specifications here</ml:digitizationSpecifications>

<dc:identifier>

<dcterms:bibliographicCitation>Interview with Larry Anderson, OH133-001, July 5, 1984, Smokejumper Oral History Project, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library of The University of Montana.</dcterms:bibliographicCitation>

</dc:identifier>

<mods:identifier displayLabel="OCLC Number" type="ocm" xml:lang="en-us">(OCoLC)42562653</mods:identifier>

<mods:identifier displayLabel="Voyager Bib Number" type="local" xml:lang="en-us" >239732</mods:identifier>

<mods:identifier type="local" xml:lang="en-us" >UMToh133-001sideA</mods:identifier>

<mods:identifier type="local" xml:lang="en-us" >UMToh133-001sideB</mods:identifier>

<mods:location>

<mods:physicalLocation>K. Ross Toole Archives and Special Collections</mods:physicalLocation>

<mods:url>http://www.lib.umt.edu/research/digitalcollections/oral-histories/ifile-name.html</mods:url>

</mods:location>

<mods:classification authority="ddc" edition="19">634.9618</mods:classification>

<mods:classification authority="local">OH 133-0001</mods:classification>

<mods:recordInfo lang="english" xml:lang="en-us" script="roman" >

<mods:note displayLabel="Note">Title supplied by cataloger</mods:note>

Audiomd extension schema data dictionary. Retrieved March 9, 2008, from http://loc.gov/rr/mopic/avprot/DD_AMD.html.

Brylawski, S. Preservation of digitally recorded sound, Building a National Strategy for Digital Preservation: Issues in Digital Media Archiving. Retrieved March 9, 2008, from http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub106/sound.html.

CDP Digital Audio Working Group. (2006, October). Digital audio best practicesversion 2.1. Retrieved March 9, 2008, from http://www.bcr.org/cdp/best/digital-audio-bp.pdf.

CMS metadata interoperability project : centre for digital library research : guideline support : background report on key metadata issues - guidance on metadata selection. (2006, May 14). Retrieved March 6, 2008, from http://cms.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/guidelines/metadataselection.html.

Harvard University Library. Administrative metadata for digital audio files. Retrieved March 9, 2008, from http://preserve.harvard.edu/resources/audiometadata.pdf.

Hunter, J., & James, D. (2000). The application of an event-aware metadata model to an online oral history archive, Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. Retrieved March 6, 2008, from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45268-0_27.

Indiana University Digital Library Program. (2008, March 4). Sound directions : best practices for audio preservation, Sound Directions: Digital Preservation and Access for Global Audio Heritage. Retrieved March 6, 2008, from http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/projects/sounddirections/papersPresent/index.shtml.

References

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LDI home page. Retrieved March 6, 2008, from http://hul.harvard.edu/ldi/. Library of Congress. (2005, June 2). Digital audio-visual preservation

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McGill Centre for Interdiciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology. (2007, June 29). Mcgill audio preservation project page. Retrieved March 5, 2008, from http://coltrane.music.mcgill.ca/mapp/research.html.

National smokejumper association : keepers of the flame. Retrieved March 6, 2008, from http://www.smokejumpers.com/index.php.

Weig, E., Terry, K., & Lybarger, K. Large scale digitization of oral history: a case study, D-Lib Magazine, 13(6). Retrieved March 6, 2008, from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may07/weig/05weig.html.

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