XML is a widely used format for information serialization, transfer, and processing. Unfortunately, because of its document-centric nature, XML is unnecessarily inconvenient to work with in contexts where content consists of multiple independent records, and where streaming and/or fault-tolerant processing […]
In order to take advantage of our routine batch loading process, the finding aid metadata workflow transforms the EAD metadata from the finding aid and outputs it into a .csv file for use with the simple archive format packager SAFBuilder. […]
As part of my internship at Indiana University’s Mathers Museum of World Cultures (http://mathers.indiana.edu/), I created a document outlining the steps for creating an Omeka exhibit of the Museum’s collections. You can see a PDF of the document below. Please […]
Knowledge Bank featured collection this month is the Jesse Owens Photographs collection. The collection currently contains 141 images – a sampling of the more than two thousand photographs from the life of Jesse Owens held at The Ohio State University […]
As we are working on developing our digital archives capacities we have been testing, evaluating, and trying out processes for managing digital archival material. Towards this end we have documented and created templates for acquisition, submission and archival processing tasks. […]
By Sandra McIntyre, Mountain West Digital Library A few months back, we learned about some useful tools for metadata auditing. The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center shared these tools with other Service Hubs in the Digital Public Library of America […]
The Preservation Self-Assessment Program (PSAP) is a free online tool that helps collection managers prioritize efforts to improve conditions of collections. Through guided evaluation of materials, storage/exhibit environments, and institutional policies, the PSAP produces reports on the factors that impact […]
https://github.com/Conal-Tuohy/huni/tree/master/data-store/www/skos-tools/vocabulary.xml I’ll explain briefly how it works, but first, I think it’s necessary to explain the rationale for the vocabulary tool, and for that you need to see how it fits into the LODLAM environment. http://conaltuohy.com/blog/taking-control-of-an-uncontrolled-vocabulary/
by University of North Texas Digital Projects Unit These are the current UNT Libraries’ guidelines for creating metadata, broken down by individual fields. They are based on a modified Dublin Core structure, but include more specific local instructions and precedents that […]
by Sheet Music Consortium hosted by Indiana University The Metadata Mapping Tool can be used to generate and validate metadata from a source file of data about a sheet music collection. This tool can also be used to validate […]