IMLS DCC Project Briefing ( ) Jenny Benevento ( ) Timothy W. Cole ( ) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Statewide Digitization Planners Meeting 25 June ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL

25 June 2005 University of Illinois at UC 2 Context Project began December 2002 Project Objectives: Implement a collection registry of digital collections created or developed with funding from IMLS NLG program Use OAI-PMH to implement an item-level metadata repository for content objects contained in NLG collections Carry out associated research related to: Utility and usability of Registry & Repository Current metadata practices of IMLS NLG grantees Implications for interoperability (Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections)

25 June 2005 University of Illinois at UC 3 Accomplishments to Date Collection Registry publicly accessible: Item-Level Metadata Repository ready for public release Selected Research Publications to Date: Shreeves, S.L. & Cole, T.W Developing a Collection Registry for IMLS NLG Digital Collections [Poster Abstract]. In DC-2003: Proceedings of the International DCMI Metadata Conference and Workshop p Cole, T.W. & Shreeves, S.L Search and discovery across collections: The IMLS Digital Collections and Content Project. Library Hi Tech 22(3): Palmer, Carole L. and Ellen M. Knutson Metadata practices and implications for federated collections. In Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Edited by Linda Schamber & Carol L. Barry. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc: Shreeves, S.L., Knutson, E.M., Stvilia, B., Palmer, C.L., Twidale, M.B., & Cole, T.W. (2005). Is ‘quality' metadata ‘shareable' metadata? The implications of local metadata practice on federated collections. In H.A. Thompson (Ed.) Proceedings of the Twelfth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, April , Minneapolis, MN. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.

25 June 2005 University of Illinois at UC 4 IMLS-DCC Collection Registry 108 primary NLG collection records Includes additional 40 records for sub-collections Also 29 associated / 61 physical collections 158 projects represented Objects represented in registered collections Images: prints, posters, photographs Text: books, archival finding aids, newspapers Digital surrogates of physical objects: artifacts, specimens, textiles Sound: oral histories, sound files, wax cylinders Interactive resources Moving image Datasets

25 June 2005 University of Illinois at UC 5 Collection-Level Description

25 June 2005 University of Illinois at UC 9 IMLS-DCC Metadata Repository 30 collections represented 35 repositories harvested ~200,000 item-level records indexed Harvest in Simple Dublin Core & MARC 21 XML Testing with Qualified Dublin Core Issues explored: How metadata best practices are being adopted Interface customization based on audience Local context versus global context Intentional creation and collection development of digital collections

25 June 2005 University of Illinois at UC 10 Sample of Metadata Statistics Collection 1Collection 2Collection 3Collection 4 Number of records in collection 27,44414,4251,59935 Type of collection Large collaborative digitization project Large academic library Small academic library and public library collaboration Small academic library % of records with DC element % of records with DC element % of records with DC element

25 June 2005 University of Illinois at UC 15 Plans for next 2 years Proposal in to IMLS to extend grant Will add a handful of Illinois LSTA-funded projects in 2006 More LSTA projects in 2007 Themes for proposed extension Metadata normalization, transformation, and enrichment Interface & metadata design for targeted audiences Collection Identity & metadata granularity Knowledge diffusion of metadata best practices What’s next?

25 June 2005 University of Illinois at UC 16 Contact information Tim Cole PI, IMLS Digital Collections and Content University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign Jenny Benevento Project Coordinator, IMLS Digital Collections and Content University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presentation available at