Metadata Round-up

The rough and tumble world of metadata

librarianship

Liz Muller, Glen Wiley, and Dianne Dietrich

Metadata Working Group Forum/Career Development WeekCornell University Library

21 May 2010

What does a Metadata Librarian do?

• Project-based work• Usually non-MARC based• Typically programmatic or automated solutions• Provides services

• Development of metadata & schemas• Design of data model and access• Consulting on metadata• Production of metadata

Who do we work with?

• Faculty• Library Staff• Curators

(internal/external)• Publishers/Vendors

When does the work come?

• Unpredictable• Domino effect

Where does the work come from?

Word of Mouth

Proactive Scanning

DCAPS / DLIT

RMC / Archives

Arts & Sciences

grants

Misc

What do we work with?

• Multimedia • Image collections• Research data• Bibliographic metadata• Anything…

Why?

• Mediate information decisions and software needs• Work with anything• Does not need to be well structured• The go-betweens with programmers, catalogers,

curators, researchers…• Deal with longevity, migration, re-use, big picture issues• Extent resources and metadata beyond its original

intent• Project management issues like budget, workflows, etc.

Image Metadata Projects

Consulting Design Mapping Production Access

Advise on metadata schema, vocabularies, and content standards for use in digital projects

Determine which metadata fields to use, display, and index in building a digital collection

Determine how existing metadata should be presented for use in another context

Create item-level metadata

Create collection-level metadata to provide access to digital collections

ConsultingAdvise on metadata schema, vocabularies, and content standards for use in digital projects

•Rare and Manuscript Collections•General image collection•Dante Collection Image Archive

•Kheel Center photographs•Prof. Annetta Alexandridis (Art History)

•Plaster cast database•Numismatics collection database

•Plant Pathology Herbarium fungi specimens•Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics (LEPP) images•ARTstor Shared Shelf development

Consulting: Plaster Cast Database

Design/Mapping

Determine which metadata fields to use, display, and index in building a digital collection;

Determine how existing metadata should be presented for use in another context

•Maps LUNA collection•LUNA categories index•ARTstor quarterly uploads•ARTstor migration from Luna•Flickr

Design: Maps LUNA Collection

Mapping: Maps LUNA Collection

Production

Create item-level metadata

•Arts & Sciences image cataloging•Classics project•Art History and other disciplines

Production: A&S Image Cataloging

Access

Create collection-level metadata to provide access to digital collections

•Registry of Digital Collections•Catalog updates•WebFeat updates

Access: Registry of Digital Collections

Research Data Projects

• Loons (text/audio)• DataStaR• National Virtual Observatory (instruction

session)• Research Data Support Wiki• Translational Librarianship Consortium• Outreach • Survey of Faculty needs (in the works)

Loon Data

Metadata Creation (in Morpho)

Metadata Creation (in Morpho)

DataStaR

DataStaR

Discoverability

Completed Record Online (KNB)

Completed Record Online (eCommons)

Audio Files

Audio Files

Research Data Support Wiki

Other Projects• Electronic Theses & Dissertations• Amazon Print on Demand / ONIX

format• Project Euclid • Law Library new books list• Business Information Group wiki • Cooperative Extension’s eCommons

work• Veterinary Senior Seminars• National Archives of Canada finding

aid• Technical Services workflow reviews• Google books

• User contributed Flickr metadata & statistics

• VIVO (ontology/taxonomy)• Logs.library.cornell.edu• OpenURL research• DCAPS data archiving

methods/standards• Documentary film footage &

educational videos for ThinkWorks

• Numerous investigations, tips, leads…