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A Funny xxThing Happened on the Way to Digital Commons

A Funny xxThing Happened on the Way to Digital Commons. Colby’s Muddy Detour Through WordPress. How we Got into This Mess In the First Place. Divide and Conquer. Conquering the Questing Beast. Version 0.1 Death by a Thousand Cuts. 1001 tags/categories 2000+ objects/tasks

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A Funny xxThing Happened on the Way to Digital Commons

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  1. A Funny xxThingHappened on the Way to Digital Commons Colby’s Muddy DetourThrough WordPress

  2. How we Got into This Mess In the First Place

  3. Divide and Conquer

  4. Conquering the Questing Beast

  5. Version 0.1Death by a Thousand Cuts • 1001 tags/categories • 2000+ objects/tasks • Initial objects per poem: • Audio • 3 notebook pages • 3 overlays • 3 transcripts • Published poem • 3 side-by-sides

  6. Lions and Tigers and Bears…Oh My! The Metadata Conundrum (Erin)

  7. Version 0.2Slash and Burn • Reduction of the number of metadata records • Creation of Object and Cluster templates • Interface re-design              

  8. Lions and Tigers and Bears…Oh My! ??

  9. Version 0.3Liposuction • Codification of functions of Posts vs. Pages • Reduction of tags and categories • Elimination of Side-by-Side objects

  10. Lions and Tigers and Bears…Oh My! ??

  11. Version 0.4 • Teaching vs. Digital Commons Clusters • Elimination of Transcript objects • Standardization of streamlined cluster template

  12. Lions and Tigers and Bears…Oh My! The Long Ride Home (Mel)

  13. Special Collections WordPress Site 42 Teaching Poem Clusters • 1 Audio • 1 Published Poem • 3 Notebook Pages • 3 Transcript Overlays • 1 Read & Listen display 5 Digital Commons Poem Clusters • 1 Audio • 1 Published Poem • 3 Notebook Pages • 3 Transcript Overlays • 1 Audio Metadata • 3 Metadata Notebook Pages • 3 Metadata Transcript Overlays • 1 Metadata Published Poem 42 Audio-Only Teaching Clusters

  14. The Players in our Little Story • Wes McNairOur Muse • Pat BurdickCollection Expert • Erin RhodesDublin Core Expert • Mel RegnellTechno-Geek • Jack ??Scribe • Roy ReedImage Editor

  15. For More Information Contact: Pat BurdickColby College Special Collections5150 Mayflower HillWaterville, Maine  04901207 – 859 – 5150speccoll@colby.edu

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