Digital Library Project Plan Greg Ferguson LIU LIS 654 October 25, 2011

The Collections My digital library is dedicated to graphic design associated with vinyl records. Specifically, it includes two types of material, each of which will have its own collection within the library: o generic center labels o generic 12" sleeves The focus is on artwork the record companies designed for themselves, rather than for any particular release, e.g. LP cover art.

Labels

Sleeves

Items All items will come from my own collection. The criteria for inclusion is simply whether or not I find the label or sleeve interesting. This should generate at least 50 items between the two collections.

Metadata The library will use the following standard Dublin Core fields: o Title: a simple name for the item, e.g. "Tommy Boy 12" sleeve" o Creator: the record company that issued the label or sleeve o Date: the date the label or sleeve's record was issued o Format: the format of the label or sleeve's record o Relation: a link to another item produced by the same label, or issued with another item (e.g. a label and a sleeve that belong to the same record) o Description: a brief description of the record company o Identifier: a unique identifier for the item

Metadata In addition, the library will likely also use the following field specific to my items: o Location: the record company's location

Plugins The library will utilize at least two plugins: Item Relations - so that the relationships between labels and sleeves from the same label can be defined Contributions - so that users can upload items of their own I will probably also use the Comments plugin to allow users to add observations.

Tags I may use tagging to create categories for different types of design, e.g. "abstract", "landscape", etc. Alternately, I may also use tagging for genre, artist or song information. Since the library's focus is purely on graphic design, the items' metadata will not include any information on the music on the associated records. Tagging may be a more informal means to categorize the labels and sleeves in a way that relates to the music.