Youn Noh is Yale University Library's new Digital Resources Catalog Librarian.

Matthew Beacom announced that version 0.4 (June 2005) of the Yale University Library Descriptive Metadata Element Set and Guidelines have been revised in response to the recommendation of the IAC to expand the target audience from Yale University Library to Yale University. Beacom has forwarded version 0.5 (July 2005) to members of the working group.

ACTION: Beacom will post version 0.5 on the Metadata Committee Web page early next week and will forward the URL to committee members.

Beacom reported on a meeting with Arts Library Visual Resources (ALVR). ALVR is using the Yale Element Set to catalog its Visual Resources Collection, digital images used primarily for classroom instruction. Beacom circulated a draft of their Cataloger's Manual (Records for Digital Images). Jennifer Weintraub will evaluate the suitability of ALVR's manual for her work in creating metadata for the bookplate collection. Beacom mentioned that the Yale Element set will be "implemented" or "tested" in several projects or units at Yale Library; in addition to ALVR and the bookplate collection, these test sites include Beinecke, Social Science Library, Manuscripts and Archives, and Divinity. Gretchen Gano had suggested a set of questions be developed to structure responses to the Yale Element Set and facilitate analysis.

ACTION: Beacom will draft preliminary question set for Yale Element Set implementers.

Audrey Novak suggested that the Metadata Committee develop crosswalks mapping the Yale Element Set to other standards such as MARC XML and MODS. The rationale behind this would be to encourage developers to provide the best possible metadata, suited to the collection being described but interoperable with other sets. The Yale Element Set also needs to be mapped to metadata sets already in use at Yale.

ACTION: Beacom will draft preliminary crosswalks.

Joan Swanekamp raised the issue of crosswalks necessary for our own production. The committee needs to decide which metadata standards to support and the level of support it would commit to provide for them.

ACTION: Swanekamp will develop a portfolio of accepted metadata standards.

Novak proposed that the committee begin to investigate the development of metadata sets for administration, preservation, and other functions. As cataloging has traditionally focused on description, Beacom suggested that the committee capture the elements that serve these functions in metadata sets being developed at Yale.

See: ACTION: Beacom will draft preliminary crosswalks.

ACTION: Beacom will discuss the suggested modifications with Amy Benson, the presenter, and will recommend dates during fall semester for the presentation.

Regarding additional program topics, Novak proposed a presentation on MODS, METS, and XML. Beacom recommended Ann Caldwell from Brown University and mentioned that Rebecca Guenther from the Network Development and MARC Standards Office at the Library of Congress may be available, too. Both are involved in metadata for digital library initiatives.

Swanekamp recommended offering the NELINET and the MODS, METS, XML presentations within 6 months as different units in the library have expressed strong interest in these topics. The committee decided to offer the NELINET conference during fall semester and the MODS, METS, and XML presentation early winter.