Quality Assurance of the DLESE Community Collection Holly

Quality Assurance of the DLESE Community Collection Holly Devaul Workshop on Quality 30 June 2003

DCS “Holding” Area n n QA team views all DCC records prior to accessioning “ Holding” area for records submitted but not accessioned due to: n n do not meet initial selection criteria duplicate record (a mirror) off-line ( permanently or temporarily) changed content such that no longer meet criteria

Item Quality Assurance n Example items not accessioned after submission n Not relevant to ESS n Out of scope science: The Official String Theory site http: //superstringtheory. com/index. html Antimatter: Mirror of the Universe http: //livefromcern. web. cern. ch/livefromcern/antimatter/ index. html n Not science Dogs Worldwide Photo Album http: //www. rkamstra. demon. nl/index. html Ask. Jeeves http: //www. ask. com/

Item Quality Assurance n Not technically robust broken links in activities that prevent use Ocean Currents http: //www. oar. noaa. gov/k 12/html/ocean_currents. html fatal loop in “Return to” link Earth History resources http: //seaborg. nmu. edu/earth/default. html site under construction Glaciation in the Sawtooth Mountains http: //wapi. isu. edu/Field_Exercise/Glaciers/glacier_index. htm

Item Quality Assurance – other issues Granularity issues Search results pages from larger site Ask. ERIC: Ecology Lesson plans http: //askeric. org/cgibin/lessons. cgi/Science/Ecology/index. ht ml No direct access to material Mapquest Orthophotos http: //www. mapquest. com/maps/main. adp

Communication with Contributor n n n If “not science” email sent w/explanation Community catalogers have most trouble with proper cataloging protocol If not relevant or other issues, discussion with cataloger to determine fate of item

Linkchecking n n Software passes over URLs 2 x a day If consistently inaccessible 3 days, followup n n n If redirect, update URL Search for new URL Contact creator when possible Change as indicated by creator Move to holding if no response

The Grey Area What’s in the library now that is of questionable quality, that current policy does not clearly exclude? Distracting or inapproriate advertising World. Atlas. com http: //www. graphicmaps. com/aatlas/world. htm Weather. com http: //www. weather. com/education/index. html Biased science Global Warming http: //www. globalwarming. org/index. htm Kentucky Coal Education http: //www. coaleducation. org/ Learning materials absent Fuel Economy for Cars (emissions data) http: //www. fueleconomy. gov/index. htm