A Funny xxThing Happened on the Way

to Digital Commons

Colby’s Muddy DetourThrough WordPress

How we Got into This Mess

In the First Place

Divide and Conquer

Conquering the Questing Beast

Version 0.1Death by a Thousand Cuts

• 1001 tags/categories • 2000+ objects/tasks• Initial objects per poem:• Audio• 3 notebook pages• 3 overlays• 3 transcripts• Published poem• 3 side-by-sides

Lions and Tigers and Bears…Oh My!

The Metadata Conundrum(Erin)

Version 0.2Slash and Burn

• Reduction of the number of metadata records

• Creation of Object and Cluster templates

• Interface re-design

Lions and Tigers and Bears…Oh My!

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Version 0.3Liposuction

• Codification of functions of Posts vs. Pages

• Reduction of tags and categories

• Elimination of Side-by-Side objects

Lions and Tigers and Bears…Oh My!

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Version 0.4

• Teaching vs. Digital Commons Clusters

• Elimination of Transcript objects

• Standardization of streamlined cluster template

Lions and Tigers and Bears…Oh My!

The Long Ride Home(Mel)

Special Collections WordPress Site

42 Teaching Poem Clusters• 1 Audio• 1 Published Poem• 3 Notebook Pages• 3 Transcript Overlays• 1 Read & Listen display5 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 Poem42 Audio-Only Teaching Clusters

The Players in our Little Story

• Wes McNairOur Muse

• Pat BurdickCollection Expert

• Erin RhodesDublin Core Expert

• Mel RegnellTechno-Geek

• Jack ??Scribe

• Roy ReedImage Editor

For More Information Contact:

Pat BurdickColby College Special Collections

5150 Mayflower HillWaterville, Maine 04901

207 – 859 – 5150speccoll@colby.edu