Harvesting Metadata Dehn, Hickey, LeVan, Terrall, Toves, Young

2 Goals Use OAI-PMH to harvest metadata Build an integrated catalog

3 Approach Concentrating on –Theses and dissertations –Learning objects Working with –Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations –Collaborative Online Learning and Information Services

4 Current Activities Harvesting records Integrating WorldCat records Working with repositories Open source –OAICat –SRU/SRW software Making NDLTD data harvestable

5 Discussion Community building –OCLC’s job? –Approaches? Targets –Suggestions for other collections? –Concentrate on wholesale harvesting? Synchronization of changes –Who’s in charge? –How can multiple sources of change be accommodated?

6 More Discussion How to handle relationships between records –WorldCat vs. harvested metadata –Duplicate records –FRBRization Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records – showing hierarchical relationships Metadata formats –Currently MARC21, ETDMS, (for theses), Dublin Core, LOM –What next? EAD? –Solutions, suggestions on handling multiple formats?