KU Digital Library Metadata Working Group
Members:
- Margaret Wilson, Electronic Resources Cataloger, Chair
- Doug Miller, Application Programmer/Consultant, ACS
- John Miller, Assistant Dean for Information Technology-Libraries
- Larry Palmquist, Senior Library Automation Analyst, Libraries
- Mary Roach, Catalog Librarian
- Sarah Goodwin Thiel, Asst. Special Collections Librarian (Digital Projects)
Ex-Officio: Beth Warner, Director, Digital Library Initiatives
Effective Dates: April 9 - September 1, 2001
Background:
A major aspect of the development of the KU Digital Library is refining and implementing the basic infrastructure, i.e. the architecture, standards, guidelines, services, and staffing. The development of digital resources is facilitated by the availability of appropriate tools and services that fit within the overall architectural framework, meet the approved standards, and provide easily accessed services to the user community.
Charge:
The Digital Library Metadata Working Group is charged to develop specific recommendations and plans for metadata schemes and crosswalks within the KU Digital Library including:
- Select appropriate metadata schemes for all content formats including text (published and manuscript), visual, audio, numeric, spatial, etc.
- Consider descriptive, structural, and administrative metadata requirements
- Define tagset definitions, as needed, for local implementation and national resource sharing. National standards/best practices will be followed whenever possible.
- Select / define metadata scheme crosswalks
- Develop procedures for creation and maintenance of metadata
- Consider both staff and end-user participation and procedures
- Consider requirements for categories of content including, but not limited to, remotely accessed content, locally maintained commercial content, local Library/DLI-created content, other locally created content (faculty research, presentations, courses, etc.)
- Recommend software, other tools for metadata creation
- Recommend priorities for implementation.
The Working Group should consult with other campus resources as appropriate to inform their work. The Working Group will present their initial recommendations and priorities to the DLEG by July 1, 2001 and detailed implementation plans and procedures by September 1, 2001. The implementation plans should present task plans, resource needs (software, equipment, staff, and budget) and timelines for accomplishment.
Suggested Background Resources:
KU Digital Library Technical Infrastructure Task Force Report, Working
Document, ver. 1.0, November 10, 2000 (
http://kudiglib.ku.edu/reports/ ,
http://kudiglib.ku.edu/presentations/)
Metadata background documents (Public Folders\All Public Folders\Libraries & Museums\Libraries\Digital
Library\Infrastructure Task Force\Background Info\Metadata links & docs) (KU Exchange
Folder)
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