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Metadata Round-up
The rough and tumble world of metadata
librarianship
Liz Muller, Glen Wiley, and Dianne Dietrich
Metadata Working Group Forum/Career Development WeekCornell University Library
21 May 2010
What does a Metadata Librarian do?
• Project-based work• Usually non-MARC based• Typically programmatic or automated solutions• Provides services
• 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
Proactive Scanning
DCAPS / DLIT
RMC / Archives
Arts & Sciences
grants
Misc
What do we work with?
• Multimedia • Image collections• Research data• Bibliographic metadata• Anything…
Why?
• 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 Access
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 existing metadata should be presented for use in another context
Create item-level metadata
Create collection-level metadata to provide access to digital collections
ConsultingAdvise 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…