Present: Michael Appleby, Matthew Beacom, Rebekah Irwin, Edward Kairiss, Youn Noh, Audrey Novak, Karen Reardon, Joan Swanekamp, Jennifer Weintraub
Absent: Thomas Raich, Dajin Sun, Stephen Yearl
Joan Swanekamp announced that the contract had been signed for the course, which will be sponsored by the IAC.
The committee provided feedback to Jennifer Weintraub on the glossary:
- Include CDWA under metadata standards.
- Include the following links:
Getty Metadata Crosswalk
MIT Metadata Reference Guide
Cornell Digital Imaging Tutorial (includes section on metadata) Include information on the contexts in which metadata is used (e.g., Sakai, VITAL).
ACTION: Edward Kairiss will investigate metadata used in Sakai.
ACTION: Weintraub will continue to take suggestions on the glossary until September 30.
ACTION: Matthew Beacom will update the committee on the number of people who have registered for the course via email.
ACTION: Beacom will ask Thomas Raich and Elizabeth Harnett to send out a course announcement.
Audrey Novak suggested speakers for future courses on metadata.
ACTION: Beacom will look into inviting these speakers at a later date.
Rebekah Irwin announced that the Beinecke is considering hiring a new vendor to provide digitization services, which include a metadata component. She needs to develop a metadata specification in a month's time for the vendor trial. She is currently evaluating the data dictionaries developed by the Library of Congress for its audiovisual projects:
Audio (Source) Data Dictionary
Video (Source) Data Dictionary
The committee recommended resources on metadata for audiovisual material:
- Association of Recorded Sound Collections
- Vivian Perlis at the Music Library
ACTION: Irwin will continue to take suggestions for the next month.
Novak suggested that the Metadata Committee develop a schema for audiovisual materials as an extension of the Yale Element Set, which could be implemented at the Beinecke during the six-month trial period.
ACTION: The committee will develop a schema for audiovisual materials as an extension of YES. The schema will include a preservation component.
Irwin will begin the next meeting with a status report on the specification she is developing for the trial.
Youn Noh