Field Book Project SPNHC 2012
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Transcript of Field Book Project SPNHC 2012
C. Sheffield and R. Russell
Examples of field books
Examples of field books?
And this.
Related projects
Related Cataloging Practices
…or not.
MARC15.4%
Dublin Core10.3%
EAD12.8%
Local Schema17.9%ICMS
7.7%
Specify2.6%
No answer33.3%
Information Needs
• Geographical location – 67%
• Environment and habitat descriptions – 41%
• Species information – 33%
• Specimen / museum collection info – 26%
• Narrative or historical information – 15%
Existing Standards
• Collection Level: Natural Collections Description (NCD)
• Item level: Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
• Archival Authority Control: Encoded Archival Context (EAC)
NCD CollectionCollectionId: NCDC78Title: Frederick Coville, field books, 1890-1924
Owner: EACO9
Creator: EACP173
Description: The collection consists of Coville's field notes from botanical collecting and observation efforts in …
MODS Item MODSid: MODSI1281Collection: NCDC78Title: Field notes, Death Valley Expedition, 1891Dates: 1891.05.10-1891.07.30
Creator: EACP173
Expedition: EACE 0017
Abstract: This item contains narrative notes and lists of botanical specimens collected or observed during Coville'sresearch in Death Valley . …
EAC PersonPersonId: EACP173Name: Coville, Frederick (Frederick Vernon), 1867-1937Dates: 1867-1937Biographical history: Frederick Vernon Coville, botanist and blueberry breeder, was born in New York and educated…
EAC ExpeditionExpId: EACE0017Name: Death Valley Expedition Dates: 1890-1891Description: The Death Valley Expedition was the first biological survey to …
EAC OrganizationOrgId: EACO9Name: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Metadata!
But field books from that expedition are also in my collections…
How will we bring them together?
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Connecting Content
Partners
Next Steps
• Test ingest process with partners
• Iterate, iterate, iterate
• Open the Registry for additional partners
• Ongoing development of tools and features
Project Team
Principal Investigators
Rusty Russell
Anne Van Camp
Project Staff
Carolyn Sheffield
Sonoe Nakasone
Lesley Parilla
Emily Hunter
Project Advisors & Support
Ricc Ferrante
Tammy Peters
Sarah Stauderman
Nora Lockshin
Kristen Tyree
Kira Cherrix
Funding
Website:
http://mnh.si.edu/rc/fieldbooks/
Blog:
http://nmnh.typepad.com/fieldbooks/
Flickr:
http://tinyurl.com/fbpflickr
Contact: Carolyn Sheffield, [email protected]
Thank you