clds, stewardship, resource discovery and collections management (hmm…catchy) nick poole ict...
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CLD’s, stewardship, resource discovery and collections management (hmm…catchy)
Nick Poole
ICT Adviser
Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
Contents:
• Introduction
• Update on Cornucopia
• CLD’s and the Resource Stewardship strategy
• The NOF-digitise portal
• Contact
Introduction...
Cornucopia update• The data:
– Full collections descriptions for Registered museums in WM and SW
– Complete records for Yorkshire museums
– Almost complete records for North West museums
– Further regions (incl. North East) soon to be underway
– Special library collections from LASER to be added shortly…
– Links to ARCHON on way...
Cornucopia update• The database:
– Currently Index+ client and database
– Migrating to MySQL & PHP
– Created an Access/MySQL client combining collections description and facilities mapping (ask me for a copy)
– Enabling exporting of metadata through different channels - RDF/RSLP/XML
– Enabling online editing/updating
Cornucopia update• Further developments…
– Collections descriptions for all 1800+ Registered museums by the end of next year
– Further descriptions for special library collections and some archives
– Cornucopia as one of the key elements of the Peoples Network interface - delivering collections descriptions through UK public libraries
– Development of metasearch facility with the 24 Hour Museum and partners
– Culture Online…?
CLD’s and the Stewardship Strategy• ‘Stewardship describes the entire range of demands and responsibilities
associated with the management of cultural heritage collections, whether books, manuscripts, objects or digital material.’
– Doesn’t stand alone – part of a wider, integrated framework
– Development and use of collections - building on work done by RSLP/JISC
– Using CLDs to manage subject collections in diverse institutions (eg. maritime collections in UK museums)
– CLDs demonstrating delivery of Best Value
– http://www.resource.gov.uk/action/stewardship/preserv01.asp
– a thoroughly sensible document
The NOF-digitise portal
• MySQL (probably) database of collections-descriptions entered by projects
• Indexed using a standard terminology and/or location
• Searchable by users
• Will direct users out to project websites from a central point
• Thinking about Curriculum Online - using NOF-digi CLD metadata to point to learning resources online
Why are you here…..?
Contact
Nick PooleICT Adviser
Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
16 Queen Anne’s Gate
London SW1H 9AA
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk
Collection Level Descriptions:a valuable resource?
Heather WilliamsonCrossroads Project
Collection Description Focus, Workshop 48 November
• Improving access to museum, library and archive collections
• Developing a model for a web-enabled database of collection level descriptions– open source (non-proprietary)– incorporating online editing/updating
• Due to complete March 2003.
• Improving access for users:– in discovering collections– via summarised results (collection level vs. item level)
– in gaining access information
• Promoting the existence of resources– across the domains & across the region– increased public awareness and interest
• Interoperable/standardised– RSLP CLD Schema adopted.
Free text (dc:description)
Example collection level description
Time (dcq:temporal)
People (cld:agentName)
Subject (dc:subject)
Place (dcq:spatial)
Title (dc:title)
Location.(cld:address)
• Sharing information across domains and localities
• Provide institutions with information about their collections– summary of holdings
• Aid in collection management– inform strategic planning– help assess priorities for item-level cataloguing
• Unexpected benefits!– from users– and for staff.
• Public evaluation version of database
• Evaluation of the Crossroads product (across all domains)– staff– end-users
• Final report (March 2003).
