[Metadatalibrarians] A wiki for all things digital collection

[Stephen Hearn]

Ingrid,

As someone in a similar position to yours, I'd find such a wiki useful. 
I'm less sanguine about the chances for getting it fully stocked and 
kept up to date; but if you build it, ...

Stephen

Ingrid Schneider wrote:
> Apologies for cross-posting. Some of you may have seen this last week.
>
> I have an idea that I've been tossing around for a while, and I'd like 
> to ask your opinion on it and gauge possible interest.
>
> As a new metadata librarian working on building a digital program from 
> the ground up, I've spent a lot of time searching for little bits of 
> information. Information on different metadata schemes, what software 
> is available for what purpose, functions of the software we currently 
> have that might help us on our way, exporting and importing data, 
> etc., etc., etc.
>
> The idea I had was to start a wiki where all the myriad knowledge and 
> information on metadata, digital collections, digital objects, IRs, 
> etc. can be gathered. I envision gathering such information as:
> *Different metadata schemes: maybe summaries, intended uses, pros and 
> cons, idiosyncrasies, etc.
> *Different software options: coverage of software being used in our 
> institutions; again with pros and cons, idiosyncracies, workarounds, etc.
> *Processes: how exactly do you export from FileMaker Pro (for 
> example)? Or build a tab delimited file for importing? How does the 
> tab delimited file link to the digital objects?
> *Resources: Information on relevant blogs, mailing lists, 
> associations, interest groups, etc.
> *Information from mailing lists: Answers to questions that come up 
> frequently, topics that generate special interest among the 
> participants, topics that may be of interest to people outside of the 
> list.
>
> Of course, I'm still learning much of this, so I'd have to ask for 
> community participation. If enough people seem interested in having 
> the resource available and/or contributing I'll go ahead and move 
> forward with it. Feel free to email me off list, and thank you for 
> reading my email!
>
> Ingrid Schneider

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Stephen Hearn
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