Award Number IUG 2004 Boston, MA Integrating Digital Libraries and Traditional Libraries Sue Cody Arlene Hanerfeld Dan Pfohl University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Award Number iLumina Project A digital library of sharable undergraduate learning objects for science & mathematics learning objects Our project is to harvest and sustain iLumina metadata XML Harvester is a tool NSF funding as part of NSDL
Award Number NSDL National STEM Digital Library Centralized resource for science education at all levels Distributed model Focused projects collect and describe learning objects NSDL harvests for central digital library
Award Number iLumina’s History Web-enhanced & online courses Original project ( ) developed database & interfaces for searching and contributing resources Current project ( ) is to create a model for sustainability through integration with traditional library systems. Current iLumina team
Award Number Sustainability issues NSF funding ending 80-88% of NSDL Projects are university- based Libraries traditional role adaptable to digital environment Bibliographic standards, collection development Libraries are now describing & managing digital objects
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iLumina’s Original Mission Develop online contribution system Catalog resources w/ minimal labor Develop search & browse interface Develop editorial & peer review model for digital objects Is it what it says it is? Does it work? Less concerned with is it good science
Award Number Initial Librarian Advisory Role Developing taxonomies (subject headings) Field structure & content Searching/navigating Basic screen design Suggesting integration with library catalog
Award Number iLumina vs. Library Catalog What is gained? Wider dissemination Library catalog a stable environment What may be lost? Contribution form not integrated with Randall Library catalog Robust search entry form (multiple pull-down menus)
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Cataloging in MARC & OCLC Created an OCLC record for the iLumina Digital Library Created OCLC records for 2 resources from iLumina (see handouts #1 & 2)
Award Number Cataloging challenges Determining publisher, distributor, etc. Fields not in our load table Fields not indexed Field labels for 5xx fields Limiting searches to iLumina Reference database Scoping Advanced keyword searching
Award Number Harvesting iLumina Goal is to harvest records vs. original cataloging iLumina metadata scheme is IMS NSDL now requires Dublin Core metadata Dublin Core not as rich as MARC Crosswalks needed IMS to DC IMS to MARC DC to MARC exists
Award Number Dublin Core Elements Title Creator Subject Description Publisher Contributor Date Type Format Identifier Source Language Relation Coverage Rights
Award Number Dublin Core/MARC Crosswalk CREATOR Unqualified: 720 ##$a (Added Entry--Uncontrolled Name) Qualified: Personal: 700 1#$a (Added Entry--Personal Name) Corporate: 710 2#$a (Added Entry--Corporate Name) Conference: 711 2#$a (Added Entry--Conference Name) Role: 720 ##$e (Added Entry--Uncontrolled Name) Role (Personal): 700 1#$e (Added Entry--Personal Name) Role (Corporate): 710 2$e (Added Entry--Corporate Name)
Award Number XML Harvester Provides collection of XML data through an OAI interface XML metadata OAI metadata harvesting protocol OAI Interface from DLESEDLESE Provides translation of XML data to MARC and mechanism for loading records DC to MARC EAD to MARC MARCXML to MARC
Award Number Harvesting iLumina Outputting database to DC Qualified & Unqualified DC Outputting database to MARCXML Mapping fields for each standardstandard
Award Number Implementing the Harvester Setting session parameters Testing the crosswalks Session log Load table Index table
Award Number Harvester’s Configuration File
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See Handout #3
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Award Number Processing Harvested Records Customized Load Table MARC 270 field Review Index Table 024 indexed in ISN(i) 516 indexed in Keyword Notes (w)
Award Number Clean-up & Enhancement Authority work LC Subject Headings Name authority Bibliographic quality control Punctuation Abbreviations Constant data Name order Capitalization
Award Number OCLC Exporting harvested records to CATME Upload records to OCLC Part of evaluation can be checking WorldCat to see how many have added holdings to our records
Award Number Insights (so far) Cultural & knowledge differences Scientists unfamiliar with bibliographic standards and conventions Librarians unfamiliar with NSF/NSDL environment Librarians learning new XML/OAI applications Ambiguous meanings of “library” & “cataloging” XML Harvester collects & converts metadata Cataloging digital objects is both different & the same as cataloging traditional resources
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Award Number The iLumina Team Scientists Dr. Dick Ward, PI Dr. Dick Dillaman Dr. Russell Herman Dr. Gabriel Lugo Dr. James Reeves Dr. Ron Vetter Programmer Mitch Waters Librarians Sue Cody Arlene Hanerfeld Dan Pfohl Susannah Benedetti Annie Wu Evaluator Dr. Barbara Heath