A Training Program for Shareable Metadata
Metadata for You & Me
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/mym/
Section 1:
Introduction
Metadata for You & Me is a collaboration between the University of Illinois Library and Indiana University.
This project is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
through the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.
What Does This Record Describe?
Bowie County Texas (County Number 19,
Supplementary Sheet D)
Texas Transportation Planning and
Programming Division.
Texarkana
Kennedy Lake
Coca Cola Lake
Hobo Jungle Park
The General Libraries, University of
State
http://library.university.edu/raw/tcbo
wid1.html
2 Record harvested via OAI PMH 2-26-2007
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What Does This Record Describe?
Bowie County Texas (County Number 19,
Supplementary Sheet D)
Texas Transportation Planning and
Programming Division.
Texarkana
Kennedy Lake
Coca Cola Lake
Hobo Jungle Park
The General Libraries, University of
State
http://library.university.edu/raw/tcbo
wid1.html
4 Record harvested via OAI PMH 2-26-2007
What Does This Record Describe?
http://museum.university.edu/unique identifier
State University Museum of Ichthyology, Fish Field
Notes
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be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please go to
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1926; 0070; 06; Little S. Br. Pere Marquette R.; THL26-68; 71300;
71301; 71302; 71303; 71304; 71305; 71306; 71307; 71308; 71309; 07;
1926/07/06; R12W; S09; Second collector Moody; T16N
Cottus bairdi; Esox lucius; Cottus cognatus; Etheostoma nigrum;
Salmo trutta; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Catostomus commersoni; Pimephales
notatus; Margariscus margarita; Rhinichthys atratulus; mottled sculpin; northern
pike; slimy sculpin; johnny darter; brown trout; rainbow trout; white sucker;
bluntnose minnow; pearl dace; blacknose dace; bairdi; lucius; cognatus; nigrum;
trutta; mykiss; commersoni; notatus; margarita; atratulus; Cottus; Esox; Cottus;
Etheostoma; Salmo; Oncorhynchus; Catostomus; Pimephales; Margariscus;
Rhinichthys; 1926-07-06;
UND
Michigan 1926 Langlois, v. 1 1926--1926;
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What Does This Record Describe?
http://museum.university.edu/unique identifier
State University Museum of Ichthyology, Fish Field
Notes
jpeg
These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must
be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please go to
http://museum.university.edu/ for more information.
image
1926; 0070; 06; Little S. Br. Pere Marquette R.; THL26-68; 71300;
71301; 71302; 71303; 71304; 71305; 71306; 71307; 71308; 71309; 07;
1926/07/06; R12W; S09; Second collector Moody; T16N
Cottus bairdi; Esox lucius; Cottus cognatus; Etheostoma nigrum;
Salmo trutta; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Catostomus commersoni; Pimephales
notatus; Margariscus margarita; Rhinichthys atratulus; mottled sculpin; northern
pike; slimy sculpin; johnny darter; brown trout; rainbow trout; white sucker;
bluntnose minnow; pearl dace; blacknose dace; bairdi; lucius; cognatus; nigrum;
trutta; mykiss; commersoni; notatus; margarita; atratulus; Cottus; Esox; Cottus;
Etheostoma; Salmo; Oncorhynchus; Catostomus; Pimephales; Margariscus;
Rhinichthys; 1926-07-06;
UND
Michigan 1926 Langlois, v. 1 1926--1926;
7 Record harvested via OAI PMH 2-27-2007
This One?
Title: Ezra Meeker books
Identifier: http://www.historicalsociety.org/images/wtp/19398.htm
Contributor: State Historical Society
Description: Abstract Ezra Meeker, who went west first in 1852, created a
national sensation when in 1906 he retraced the trail from west to east,
again in an ox-drawn wagon. The first vocal proponent of marking the
historic route, his efforts led to the formation of the Oregon Trail Memorial
Association.
Subject: Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928; Oregon National Historic Trail; Overland
Trails--Description and travel; State Western Trails Project
Publisher: State Historical Society
Rights Management: http://www.historicalsociety.org/oversite/copyrite.htm
Project: State Historical Society,
Digital Date: [Structured/included data] 2003-02-25
Digitization Specifications: Master file 3000ppi, RGB, TIFF; Reference file
150ppi, RGB, JPEG
Library: State Western Trails
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This One?
Title: Ezra Meeker books
Identifier: http://www.historicalsociety.org/images/wtp/19398.htm
Contributor: State Historical Society
Description: Abstract Ezra Meeker, who went west first in 1852, created a
national sensation when in 1906 he retraced the trail from west to east,
again in an ox-drawn wagon. The first vocal proponent of marking the
historic route, his efforts led to the formation of the Oregon Trail Memorial
Association.
Subject: Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928; Oregon National Historic Trail; Overland
Trails--Description and travel; State Western Trails Project
Publisher: State Historical Society
Rights Management: http://www.historicalsociety.org/oversite/copyrite.htm
Project: State Historical Society,
Digital Date: [Structured/included data] 2003-02-25
Digitization Specifications: Master file 3000ppi, RGB, TIFF; Reference file
150ppi, RGB, JPEG
Library: State Western Trails
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What Does This Record Describe?
• Title: Herbert Dore.
• Publisher: University of -- Libraries. Special
Collections Dept.
• Date: [19--?].
• Source: Redpath Chautauqua Collection.
• Subject: Dore, Herbert.
• Subject: Lecturers.
• Identifier: http://sdrcdata.lib.--.edu/libsdrc/details.jsp?id=/dore/1
• Format: 2 p. : ports. ; 23 cm.
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What Does This Record Describe?
• Title: Herbert Dore.
• Publisher: University of -- Libraries. Special
Collections Dept.
• Date: [19--?].
• Source: Redpath Chautauqua Collection.
• Subject: Dore, Herbert.
• Subject: Lecturers.
• Identifier: http://sdrcdata.lib.--.edu/libsdrc/details.jsp?id=/dore/1
• Format: 2 p. : ports. ; 23 cm.
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How About This One?
title: (Woman Holding a Pie) LNG42122.5
subject: Berkeley; male; outdoors; yard; stair
subject: Dorothea Lange Collection
subject: The War Years (1942-1944)
subject: Office of War Information (OWI)
subject: Woman Holding a Pie
publisher: Museum of [state]
date: 1944
type: image
identifier: http://www.orgname.org/idnumber
relation: http://orgname.org/findaid/idnumber
relation: id:/13030/tf9779p783
relation: http://www.orgname.org/
relation: http://findaid.org.org/findaid/...
relation: http://www.orgname.edu/project/
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How About This One?
title: (Woman Holding a Pie) LNG42122.5
subject: Berkeley; male; outdoors; yard; stair
subject: Dorothea Lange Collection
subject: The War Years (1942-1944)
subject: Office of War Information (OWI)
subject: Woman Holding a Pie
publisher: Museum of [state]
date: 1944
type: image
identifier: http://www.orgname.org/idnumber
relation: http://orgname.org/findaid/idnumber
relation: id:/13030/tf9779p783
relation: http://www.orgname.org/
relation: http://findaid.org.org/findaid/...
relation: http://www.orgname.edu/project/
16 Record harvested via OAI PMH on 2-27-2007
Course Outline
• Overview: Section 1
• A Look at Sharing: Sections 2 and 3
• Defining Shareable Metadata
• Shareable Metadata in Practice
• Looking Forward
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Scope of This Course
• What we’ll cover
– Why we share
– Principles of shareable metadata
– Some practical advice for creating shareable
metadata
• What we won’t cover
– Basic metadata and cataloging principles
– Specific metadata and cataloging standards
– XML syntax
– Technical issues of sharing protocols
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Overall Objectives
• An understanding of the need for interoperable or
shareable metadata;
• An understanding of impact that your metadata has on
larger aggregations;
• An understanding of key components of shareable
metadata;
• The ability to think critically about the shareability of your
own metadata;
• Identification of small and large steps that will make your
own metadata more shareable; and
• The ability to produce metadata that is more useful in a
shared context.
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Metadata for You & Me Online
• http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/mym/
• What’s available:
– Workshop slides in Powerpoint format
– Brief textual versions of workshop materials
– Supplemental materials such as references, links, and activities
• Up next: Section 2:
A Look at Sharing: The Current Sharing Environment
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Credits
• The development of the Metadata for You & Me
curriculum was funded through a Laura Bush 21st
Century Librarianship grant from the Institute of Museum
and Library Services
• The content for this course grew out of work sponsored
by the Digital Library Federation and National Science
Digital Library to develop best practices for use of OAI-
PMH and shareable metadata
• We would also like to thank:
– Richard Urban, MYM Project Manager
– Institutions hosting on-site workshops
– …and all participants in the online and on-site workshops for
your valuable contributions towards the evolution of this training
program This work is licensed under the Creative Commons
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