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IMLS DCC Project Overview imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc/

IMLS DCC Project Overview http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/. Jenny Benevento ( benevent@uiuc.edu ) Museum Informatics, 03/07/06. Context. Project began December 2002 Project Objectives:

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IMLS DCC Project Overview imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc/

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  1. IMLS DCC Project Overview http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/ Jenny Benevento (benevent@uiuc.edu)Museum Informatics, 03/07/06

  2. Context • Project began December 2002 • Project Objectives: • Implement a collection registry of digital collections created or developed with funding from IMLS NLG program • Use OAI-PMH to implement an item-level metadata repository for content objects contained in NLG collections • Carry out associated research related to: • Utility and usability of Registry & Repository • Current metadata practices of IMLS NLG grantees • Implications for interoperability (Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections)

  3. Accomplishments to Date • Collection Registry and Item-Level Repository publicly accessible: http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/collections/ http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/search/ • Selected Research Publications to Date: Shreeves, S.L. & Cole, T.W. 2003. Developing a Collection Registry for IMLS NLG Digital Collections [Poster Abstract]. In DC-2003: Proceedings of the International DCMI Metadata Conference and Workshop p. 241-242. Cole, T.W. & Shreeves, S.L. 2004. Search and discovery across collections: The IMLS Digital Collections and Content Project. Library Hi Tech 22(3): 307-322 Palmer, Carole L. and Ellen M. Knutson. 2004. Metadata practices and implications for federated collections. In Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology , Edited by Linda Schamber & Carol L. Barry. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc: 456-462. Shreeves, S.L., Knutson, E.M., Stvilia, B., Palmer, C.L., Twidale, M.B., & Cole, T.W. (2005). Is ‘quality' metadata ‘shareable' metadata? The implications of local metadata practice on federated collections. In H.A. Thompson (Ed.) Proceedings of the Twelfth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, April 7-10 2005, Minneapolis, MN . Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.

  4. IMLS-DCC Collection Registry • ~120 primary NLG collection records • Includes additional 40 records for sub-collections • Also 29 associated / 61 physical collections • ~170 projects represented • Objects represented in registered collections • Images: prints, posters, photographs • Text: books, archival finding aids, newspapers • Digital surrogates of physical objects: artifacts, specimens, textiles • Sound: oral histories, sound files, wax cylinders • Interactive resources • Moving image • Datasets

  5. Collection Registry Demo http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/collections/ Other Collection Registries http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/resources.htm

  6. IMLS-DCC Metadata Repository • 32 collections represented • 37 repositories harvested • ~200,000 item-level records indexed • Harvest in Simple Dublin Core & MARC 21 XML • Testing with Qualified Dublin Core • Issues explored: • How metadata best practices are being adopted • Interface customization based on audience • Local context versus global context • Intentional creation and collection development of digital collections

  7. Sample of Metadata Statisticshttp://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/resources.htm#shareablemetadata

  8. Item Level Demo http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/search/

  9. Plans for next 2 years • Will add a handful of Illinois LSTA-funded projects in 2006 • More LSTA projects in 2007 • Themes for extension • Metadata normalization, transformation, and enrichment • Interface & metadata design for targeted audiences • Collection Identity & metadata granularity • Knowledge diffusion of metadata best practices • What’s next?

  10. Current Research • Collection identity in digital collections isn’t the same as in real life collections. • Shareable metadata that works outside of the original context and is consistent is most valuable and able to be aggregated. • How does collection identity affect a digital object? How do people search for digital items, and how do we show them the collections they come from? (Richard)

  11. Why Would Museums Be Interested? • See what their peer institutions are doing. • Not repeat projects others have done. • Get traffic to their site • Audience of federated collection might not know about their site • Marketing of federated collection brings new people with no extra work for them • Assist users in finding individual items from many collections in one place, preferably themed. • Show users, through finding one matching item that there is a whole collection of interest to them. • Aggregators can add value to records (i.e. education)

  12. Interface + Direction Changes • New homepage • http://hades.grainger.uiuc.edu/matt/imls/imlsdcc.htm • http://cicharvest.grainger.uiuc.edu/heritage/collections.asp • Project emphasis changing • Research--->service orientation • Comments welcome!

  13. Contact information Jenny Benevento Project Coordinator, IMLS Digital Collections and Content benevent@uiuc.edu 217-244-7809 Presentations available at: http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/about.htm

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