Thanks, Bert. This does look like a great resource. It came up in our literature search and should be quite helpful. JJ
-----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bert Lyons Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 2:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Oral History Metadata Best Practices Also, a nice resource (for information and for people having similar discussions) is Oral History in the Digital Age (http://ohda.matrix.msu.edu/), a recently-finished project funded by IMLS and others. - Bert Bertram Lyons, CA Folklife Specialist / Digital Assets Manager American Folklife Center Library of Congress [email protected] www.loc.gov/folklife & Consulting Archivist, Project Manager & Dissemination Coordinator Association for Cultural Equity Alan Lomax Archive [email protected] www.culturalequity.org On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Michael Hopwood <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Jane, Priscilla, > > I would recommend looking at www.lido-schema.org as more interoperable, > extensible and generally longer-term value-adding schema for collection of a > lot of historical / heritage data. > > It has the same capabilities and easy entry level (only three mandatory > sections; object/work type - title/name - record details) as Dublin Core to > collate a lot of data, potentially from different source, but it also has the > optional depth and breadth required for enriching data with links, and the > specific semantics used precisely by archives and historians, rather than > libraries. > > Data created / collected in LIDO will have greater reuse potential than less > contextual schemas. > > It's based on the ISO standard CIDOC-CRM (see > http://www.cidoc-crm.org/uses_applications.html) which is itself the result > of painstaking work by historical and archives data people. > > The CIDOC-CRM itself is probably worth looking at too, maybe in terms of "CRM > CORE" (a lightweight model using just key parts) and the many real life > applications in archive contexts... > > Disclaimer: I work (as a librarian!) on one part of www.linkedheritage.eu > which does have some of the world LIDO experts as partners. > > Best, > > Michael Hopwood > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Priscilla Caplan > Sent: 25 October 2012 14:17 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Oral History Metadata Best Practices > > You might want to look at the section on Cataloging in the best practices > guide on Florida Voices: > http://www.fcla.edu/FloridaVoices/index.htm > > Priscilla > > On 10/25/2012 8:57 AM, Jacobs, Jane W wrote: >> Hi Library-Coders, >> >> My colleagues and I are researching best practices in recording metadata for >> Oral Histories for an article tentatively accepted for publication. We're >> looking for input from practicing librarians, archivists, and historians. >> In particular we'd like to know what encodings (e.g. MARC, EAD, METS, etc.) >> people are using and how happy (or unhappy) they are with them. Also what >> fields are people using to enter their data? Any data-dictionaries or >> templates showing required, repeatable, non-repeatable fields would be >> welcome. >> >> So far we've discovered that with new digital technologies allowing much >> easier collection and retransmission of oral histories, creation is booming; >> standards not so much. >> >> We would appreciate input from anyone who is willing to share their >> procedures. As mentioned above, we are planning to publish an article, but >> we will, of course, ask permission, before quoting anyone directly. >> Off-list responses are welcome. >> >> Please excuse duplication (cross-posting) and forward to interested >> colleagues. >> >> Thanks in advance for your help. >> >> JJ >> >> >> >> **Views expressed by the author do not necessarily represent those of >> the Queens Library.** >> >> Jane Jacobs >> Asst. Coord., Catalog Division >> Queens Borough Public Library >> 89-11 Merrick Blvd. >> Jamaica, NY 11432 >> tel.: (718) 990-0804 >> e-mail: >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] >> > >> FAX. 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