This first chapter outlines the book but also includes a nice overview of metadata and how it fits into the web at large (and really all of the records we create). If you are new to metadata or interested in learning how metadata works on the web (& perhaps, try a few projects), you are definitely the audience we were
Early on I was on a committee that was charged with writing metadata standards using qualified Dublin Core (DC) for what would become the Institutional Repository for the Univ. System of Georgia Libraries.I worked on other parts of this initial project (Technical Oversight, Portal Design) too. Anyhow, I am particularly proud of how dedicated and diligent this group is in
Really interesting story of one family’s attempt to digitize and archive their photographs (http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/07/one-familys-personal-digital-archives-project/)) but what I found most interesting is that their challenges mirror what my family has been through with this process. I also found it interesting that they decided to use Picasa (Google software) for image editing. Both Picasa and Flickr support and retain metadata which is wonderful. Of
Just a quick update – so much going on professionally this Fall. Teaching, teaching, teaching for Lyrasis (I hope to be teaching on linked data and semantic webby goodness soon plus the usual standards), just picked up reviewing articles for GLQ, chapter in prepub (When do I have time to be professionally active?) coming out in Time Organization for Librarians: