Emily Chapin, Diane De Fazio, Annelise Ream, Wei Wei LIS 665-02 - Projects in Digital Archives
Metadata Schema
Metadata Team Workflow
Name Schema
Difficulties & Challenges Data Inconsistencies ● Multiple interviewers ● Delayed creation of naming schema ● Volunteers creating data Location of physical tapes ● Time between digitization and listening to audio files
Difficulties & Challenges File upload limit ● Use of DropBox Questionable rights ● How to word rights statement, where to put it
Louise Delgado * Three tapes (6 sides) * Tapes from two different recording dates * Transferred to .WAV on 10/6/2014 (?) * Interviewee name spelled 3 different ways * Preservation .WAV files created by 3 * File naming schema not complete at time anonymous individuals of digitization * Original file names created by 3-5 people * File naming schema not 100% followed * Bad quality control (DHD)
Name ¡Created, ¡10/6 ¡ Name ¡Changed, ¡11/14 ¡ Accurate ¡Name ¡ centro_1984-‑08-‑15_DelgadoLouise_ 20b ¡ centro_1984-‑08-‑15-‑DelgadoLouise_ 1A ¡ centro_1984-‑08-‑15-‑DelgadoLouise_ 2A ¡ centro_1984-‑08-‑15_DelgadoLuisa_ 20a ¡ centro_1984-‑08-‑15_DelgadoLouise_ 1B ¡ centro_ 1985 -‑02-‑17_DelgadoLouise_ 3B ¡ centro_ DelgadoLuisa_a ¡ centro_1984-‑08-‑15_DelgadoLouise_ 2A ¡ centro_1984-‑08-‑15-‑DelgadoLouise_ 1A ¡ centro_ DelgadoLuisa_b ¡ centro_1984-‑08-‑15_DelgadoLouise_ 2B ¡ centro_1984-‑08-‑15_DelgadoLouise_ 1B ¡ centro_1985-‑02-‑17_DelgadoLouise_1A ¡ centro_1985-‑02-‑17_DelgadoLouise_ 3A ¡ 3A ¡was ¡OK! ¡ No ¡file ¡name ¡(blank ¡side) ¡ centro_1985-‑02-‑17_DelgadoLouise_ 3B ¡ centro_ 1984 -‑08-‑15_DelgadoLouise_ 2B ¡ (BLANK) ¡
Future Directions Unify metadata structure and schema ● Standardize file names ● Remove dead links & unneeded fields ● Add newly created fields Web accessibility ● Ensure 508 Compliance
Future Directions Tagging & Community Engagement
Future Directions
Conclusion “Metadata is the Interface”
Thank you! Questions?
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