University of Washingtons J Willis Sayre Collection ELIZABETH
University of Washington’s J. Willis Sayre Collection ELIZABETH MCCORD LS 566 METADATA DR. MACCALL
History of the Collection of historic photographs Redigitized images. Personal collection to public collection to online collection.
Metadata Schema = Dublin Core Washington University’s Metadata Implementation Group uses Dublin Core.
Content Standards Used Elements tailored to collections needs. Note “photographer” and “Architect” both map back to “Creator. ” Other interesting elements: Grant, studio location, location depicted, ordering information, repository collection, etc.
What digitization standards are used? Scanned at 600 ppi with an Epson 20000 flatbed scanner. Image then rotated, cropped, level-adjusted, and sharpened using Photoshop CS 3. Converted to a JPEG 2000 image upon ingest into CONTENTdm.
Harvesting into Federated searches
Powered by OCLC’s Content. DM Why Content. DM? have as many fields in the description as you want create your own field names decide whether each field will be searchable or will display put the fields in any order you want make fields available for cross-database searching
Whose Responsible for All of This: MIG Diana Brooking Cataloging Librarian (Slavic) Metadata/Cataloging Librarian, Cataloging and Metadata Services Whitney Buccicone Special Collections Cataloging Anne Graham Librarian, Cataloging and Senior Computer Specialist, Metadata Services Libraries Information Technology Services Moriah Caruso Preservation Librarian Denise Hattwig Curator, Image Collections & Charlene Chou Services, Libraries UW Coordinator, Distinctive Bothell/Cascadia Library Collections Technical Services, Special Collections Joe Kiegel Head, Cataloging and Metadata Theodore Gerontakos, Services convener Kris Kinsey Special Collections Ann Lally Digital Collections Curator, Libraries Special Collections Stephanie Lamson Head, Preservation Services Laura Lins Special Materials Cataloger, Cataloging and Metadata Services
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