A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Digital Commons Colby’s Muddy Detour Through WordPress.
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Transcript of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Digital Commons Colby’s Muddy Detour Through WordPress.
Putting the Pieces Together…
…required a journey through:Mud puddlesFallen treesPatches of sunlightMoments of song and laughter
The Travelers on Our Journey
• Wes McNairMuse
• Pat BurdickCollection Expert
• Erin RhodesScanning and Metadata Expert
• Mel RegnellTechno-Geek
• Jack D’Isidoro ‘10Student Slave
• Roy ReedImage Editor
Pat’s intro – defining the puzzles pieces
• Background: Wesley McNair Papers• Pat & Wes talking – poem cluster concept• Emphasis on teaching & understanding poetry
…continued
• What do we want to do?• Mel & Pat: We want dynamic display! (Aha
moment)• What can Digital Commons do?• Oh No! Digital Commons isn’t ready for us.• WordPress… Hmmm…
Entering the WordPress Woods
• What can we do in here?• Oh No! No dynamic display…• Tags & Categories vs Dublin Core
Version 0.1Are You Serious?
• 1001 tags/categories • 2000+ objects/tasks• Initial objects per poem:• Audio• 3 notebook pages• 3 overlays• 3 transcripts• Published poem• 3 side-by-sides
Version 0.2Slash and Burn
• Reduction of the number of metadata records
• Creation of Object and Cluster templates
• Interface re-design
Version 0.3Patches of Sunlight
• Codification of functions of Posts vs. Pages
• Reduction of tags and categories
• Elimination of Side-by-Side objects
Version 0.4Look! The Clearing!
Pulling the Pieces Together
• Teaching vs. Digital Commons Clusters
• Elimination of Transcript objects
• Standardization of streamlined cluster template
Special Collections WordPress Site
42 Teaching Poem Clusters• 1 Audio• 1 Published Poem• 3 Notebook Pages• 3 Transcript Overlays• 1 Read & Listen display
5 Digital Commons Poem Clusters• 1 Audio• 1 Published Poem• 3 Notebook Pages• 3 Transcript Overlays• 1 Audio Metadata• 3 Metadata Notebook Pages• 3 Metadata Transcript Overlays• 1 Metadata Published Poem
42 Audio-Only Teaching Clusters
Now, If Only Digital Commons Could Do What WordPress Can
(Sort Of) Do…
• Comments on status of Digital Commons
For More Information Contact:
Pat BurdickColby College Special Collections
5150 Mayflower HillWaterville, Maine 04901
207 – 859 – [email protected]