imls dcc project briefing ( ) jenny benevento ( [email protected] ) timothy w. cole
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IMLS DCC Project Briefing(http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/)
Jenny Benevento ([email protected])Timothy W. Cole ([email protected])
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Statewide Digitization Planners Meeting25 June 2005
@ ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
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Context
Project began December 2002 Project Objectives:
Implement a collection registry of digital collections created or developed with funding from IMLS NLG program
Use OAI-PMH to implement an item-level metadata repository for content objects contained in NLG collections
Carry out associated research related to: Utility and usability of Registry & Repository Current metadata practices of IMLS NLG grantees Implications for interoperability (Framework of
Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections)
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Accomplishments to Date
Collection Registry publicly accessible:http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/collections/
Item-Level Metadata Repository ready for public release Selected Research Publications to Date:
Shreeves, S.L. & Cole, T.W. 2003. Developing a Collection Registry for IMLS NLG Digital Collections [Poster Abstract]. In DC-2003: Proceedings of the International DCMI Metadata Conference and Workshop p. 241-242.
Cole, T.W. & Shreeves, S.L. 2004. Search and discovery across collections: The IMLS Digital Collections and Content Project. Library Hi Tech 22(3): 307-322
Palmer, Carole L. and Ellen M. Knutson. 2004. Metadata practices and implications for federated collections. In Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology , Edited by Linda Schamber & Carol L. Barry. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc: 456-462.
Shreeves, S.L., Knutson, E.M., Stvilia, B., Palmer, C.L., Twidale, M.B., & Cole, T.W. (2005). Is ‘quality' metadata ‘shareable' metadata? The implications of local metadata practice on federated collections. In H.A. Thompson (Ed.) Proceedings of the Twelfth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, April 7-10 2005, Minneapolis, MN . Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.
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IMLS-DCC Collection Registry
108 primary NLG collection records Includes additional 40 records for sub-collections Also 29 associated / 61 physical collections
158 projects represented Objects represented in registered collections
Images: prints, posters, photographs Text: books, archival finding aids, newspapers Digital surrogates of physical objects: artifacts, specimens,
textiles Sound: oral histories, sound files, wax cylinders Interactive resources Moving image Datasets
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IMLS-DCC Metadata Repository
30 collections represented 35 repositories harvested ~200,000 item-level records indexed
Harvest in Simple Dublin Core & MARC 21 XML Testing with Qualified Dublin Core
Issues explored: How metadata best practices are being adopted Interface customization based on audience Local context versus global context Intentional creation and collection development of digital
collections
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Sample of Metadata Statistics http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/resources.htm#shareablemetadata
Collection 1 Collection 2 Collection 3 Collection 4
Number of records in collection
27,444 14,425 1,599 35
Type of collection
Large collaborative digitization project
Large academic library
Small academic library and public library collaboration
Small academic library
% of records with DC element <title>
100 99 100 100
% of records with DC element <creator>
59 100 57 83
% of records with DC element <subject>
97 100 57 0
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Plans for next 2 years
Proposal in to IMLS to extend grant
Will add a handful of Illinois LSTA-funded projects in 2006 More LSTA projects in 2007
Themes for proposed extension Metadata normalization, transformation, and enrichment Interface & metadata design for targeted audiences Collection Identity & metadata granularity Knowledge diffusion of metadata best practices What’s next?
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Contact information
Tim Cole
PI, IMLS Digital Collections and Content
University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign
Jenny Benevento
Project Coordinator, IMLS Digital Collections and Content
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
217-244-7809
Presentation available at http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/about.htm