[Metadatalibrarians] Crosswalks

[Nancy Fallgren]

Hi Teressa,

One of the tools you will need in your new position is MarcEdit.  It's
an open source program created and maintained by Terry Reese.  Among its
features are XSLT scripts to convert/crosswalk data among the usual xml
schema and MARC, and it also allows you to add your own XSLT scripts. 
It has features that allow batch conversions as well as conversion of
individual files.  

There are also XSLT crosswalks available on the LC Standards site on
the individual xml schema pages: http://www.loc.gov/standards/

In addition to MarcEdit, oXygen is a powerful xml editor for creating,
testing, and implementing xml crosswalks in XSLT and has been
indispensable to me.

Depending on the programming support available to you, you may want to
do some reading up on XSLT so you can create custom crosswalks and other
xml data conversions as needed.  

- Nancy


 
Nancy Fallgren
Digital Access/Metadata Librarian
Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD  21218
nfallgren at jhu.edu
phone: 410-516-7757


>>> "Keenan, Teressa" <teressa.keenan at mso.umt.edu> 8/14/2008 10:18 AM
>>>
Hi everyone;

I am new to metadata librarianship. Though I've been lurking on this
list for a while. I officially start my new position as a
metadata/digital projects librarian on September 1st.  I am very excited
about actually putting my education to use in the real world.  I have a
question that I hope isn't too silly and that someone here on this list
can point me in the right direction.

We learned a bit about crosswalks in library school.  Basically we
either read about or set up tables that show which elements are
equivalent to each other, but the one thing we didn't cover was how this
actually happens.  So if a person wanted to take MARC records from their
local ILS and transform them into DC, how would they do that?  I am
assuming that this isn't only done manually with someone physically
keying in (or copying and pasting) the information into a form.  Is
there some literature out there someplace that explains or describes the
process?  Has anyone actually done this in real life and not just in a
classroom on paper?

I realize I haven't even officially started my new job yet; but I have
a feeling that this is going to be a topic that comes up very soon so
I'd like to learn as much as possible.  

Thanks in advance for any tips you all can send my way.


Teressa M. Keenan
Library Technician – Bibliographic Management Services (until
08/31/08)
Metadata/Digital Productions Librarian (after 09/1/08)
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
The University of Montana 
32 Campus Drive (MMLA01)
Missoula, MT 59812-9936
teressa.keenan at umontana.edu , (406) 243-6862

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