An Application Profile by Teressa Keenan Photos courtesy of The National Smokejumpers Association

Mansfield Library at The University of Montana Oral History collection Complete collection contains over 2000 taped interviews on topics including … The depression in Montana The History of Smokejumping Montana’s Feminists The History of the University of Montana Concentrate on a subset of the collection The History of Smokejumping

Forest Service began project in 1984 Taken over by the University of Montana Contains approximately 100 taped interviews with transcripts or summaries Digitization Project 30 interviews digitized through a BCR Collaborative Digitization Program sound model grant Goals Provide archival quality digital copy for preservation Provide easily streamed version of content for student /faculty research

Descriptive Metadata Users need to be able to search by keyword, subject, interviewee, date, time period, location. Technical Metadata Accurate representation of original recording and digital versions for preservation purposes Administrative Metadata Provide accurate information concerning rights and usage Consider Interoperability and Semantic Web to increase/maintain future access to collection

Considerations Flexibility/Granularity of schema & elements Compatible with Content DM Convertable to/from MARC Ease of use for faculty/staff/student employees Future expansion possibilities & interoperabilty Decision Made Dublin Core (DC) Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)

Considerations User friendly for the non-audio specialist Covers aspects unique to audio and textual materials Allows description of original and digital objects Compatible with METS to allow future refinement and expansion of metadata records Decision Schema for Technical Metadata for Text (TextMD) LC-AV Audio Metadata Extension Schema (AudioMD)

Considerations Facilitate management, tracking, migration and re-use of digital assets Record details on creation, quality control, rights and preservation Decision Mods Dublin Core

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Created local elements for public display purposes Declaired in local namespace Mapped to Dublin Core for interoperability Local TermDublin Core Element InterviewerContributor IntervieweeCreator Original Physical FormatFormat Run TimeExtent

Syntax Encoding SchemeControlled Vocabulary Element Declarations Comments/Best Practice Advise

Provide ability to search by time period, date range or geographic location Coverage element Coverage element - Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Temporal element - using DCMI Period Encoding Scheme & local controlled vocablary for consistancy edited with XMLSpy

Incomplete information on digitization process and technical audio specifications Created optional local element ml:digitizationSpecifications which is mapped to dc:description Analog/Digital Converter: Prism Sound Dream ADA-8XR. File name/size: UMToh sideA.wav KB & UMToh sideA.mp KB edited with XMLSpy

Flexibility to add more detailed preservation and technical metadata in the future Use of AudioMD & TextMD schemas edited with XMLSpy

Norgaard, Jim. Anderson, Larry, Smokejumpers oral history project ; no. 1 Interview with Larry Anderson Mr. Anderson describes his smokejumping experience from , comparing the "old days" (50’s) with current practices. Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula Smokejumpers -- Montana -- Biography

mp3 wav pdf Insert technical specifications here Interview with Larry Anderson, OH , July 5, 1984, Smokejumper Oral History Project, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library of The University of Montana. (OCoLC) UMToh sideA UMToh sideB K. Ross Toole Archives and Special Collections OH Title supplied by cataloger

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