Collection Consultation: Advice & Tools for Contributing to NSDL NSDL Annual Meeting November 6-8, 2007

Session Goals  Answer NDR API questions  Help new collection builders with collection development strategies  Help existing collection builders  Provided information on metadata  Showcase NSDL Collection System (NCS)

NSDL Collection System (NCS)  Java-based web application for collection management Login as a guest

NCS: Technical Highlights  Supports multiple metadata formats (NSDL_DC, OAI_DC)  Cataloging interface is generated from the XML schema that defines the metadata framework  Writes/reads directly to/from the NDR API  Platform independent & web accessible (Java based)  OAI is embedded if would like to use  Secure access for individual users and services

NCS: Collection Builder Highlights  Handles multiple collections simultaneously  Create different workflows for each collection (i.e. specify the status of a metadata record from new to in progress to accessioned)  Provides collection interactions from cataloger to collection manager to administrator  Manage, create, edit, delete, copy, move and search metadata records  Supports NSES educational standards  Controlled vocabularies and cataloging best practices are embedded

NCS and Use by Core Integration  Will replace the Collection Registration System (CRS) by providing management of NSDL collection-level metadata  Suggested resources Recommend a Resource ( land directly in the NCS and an XML metadata record is produced.

NCS and Use by NSDL Community  Can be used to enhance metadata (e.g. educational standards)  Develop new collections that interact directly with NDR API (no need for OAI)  NSDL-CI can host metadata for collections (good for small collections)  NCS can be installed locally and communicate with NDR

Other Metadata and Collections Info  NSDL_DC metadata framework  Version change from 1.02 to 1.03  Supports new vocabularies  Collection Policy  In packet and on Expert Voices  Provides accessioning/deaccessioning criteria  Metadata Primer Update  To reflect metadata changes and include NDR info  Just started (not available yet)

Metadata Working Group (MWG)  Rachael Bower:  Tim Cornwell:  Katy Ginger:  Marsha Matyas:  Ann Miller:

NSDL Collection Development Team  Tim Cornwell: Cornell-CI )  Katy Ginger: UCAR-CI  Mike Luby: Columbia-CI  Ann Miller: Columbia-CI )

Session Options  See demo of NCS  Answer general metadata/collections/OAI questions  Answer general NDR questions  Break into small groups to address individual questions (NDR, metadata, collection building)  Other questions?