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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Digital Commons

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Digital Commons. Colby’s Muddy Detour Through WordPress. Putting the Pieces Together…. … required a journey through: Mud puddles Fallen trees Patches of sunlight Moments of song and laughter. The Travelers on Our Journey. Wes McNair Muse

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Digital Commons

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

  2. Putting the Pieces Together… …required a journey through: Mud puddles Fallen trees Patches of sunlight Moments of song and laughter

  3. The Travelers on Our Journey • Wes McNairMuse • Pat BurdickCollection Expert • Erin RhodesScanning and Metadata Expert • Mel RegnellTechno-Geek • Jack D’Isidoro ‘10Student Slave • Roy ReedImage Editor

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

  5. Pat’s intro – defining the puzzles pieces • Background: Wesley McNair Papers • Pat & Wes talking – poem cluster concept • Emphasis on teaching & understanding poetry

  6. …continued • What do we want to do? • Mel & Pat: We want dynamic display! (Aha moment) • What can Digital Commons do? • Oh No! Digital Commons isn’t ready for us. • WordPress… Hmmm…

  7. What a Mess, Indeed!

  8. Entering the WordPress Woods • What can we do in here? • Oh No! No dynamic display… • Tags & Categories vs Dublin Core

  9. The Adventure • Per Mel’s list…

  10. Version 0.1Are You Serious? • 1001 tags/categories • 2000+ objects/tasks • Initial objects per poem: • Audio • 3 notebook pages • 3 overlays • 3 transcripts • Published poem • 3 side-by-sides

  11. Mud Puddles The Metadata Conundrum (Erin)

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

  13. Version 0.3Patches of Sunlight • Codification of functions of Posts vs. Pages • Reduction of tags and categories • Elimination of Side-by-Side objects

  14. The Uphill Climb[aka “the long drive home”] ??

  15. I’d like the next slide to say:Look! The Clearing!Version 1.0

  16. Version 0.4Look! The Clearing!Pulling the Pieces Together • Teaching vs. Digital Commons Clusters • Elimination of Transcript objects • Standardization of streamlined cluster template

  17. The pieces pulled together…

  18. 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

  19. Now, If Only Digital Commons Could Do What WordPress Can (Sort Of) Do… • Comments on status of Digital Commons

  20. Our Playlist • …if we have one

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

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