1. Building a dual-purpose image collection
Sharing new standards
Building a dual-purpose image collection
Sally Forrest
9th September 2009

2. Overview The need for content and the challenges this posed
Getting the project off the ground
Metadata standards and controlled vocabularies
Publishing to the web
Any questions

3. The need for content Art and Design Library Visual Media Department
Traditional slide collections
Search process
Support online learning
Use of digital media in teaching
Support Marketing and the corporate image

4. Challenges Maximise use of resources Copyright management
Sourcing images
Staff time and expertise
Standards and inter-operability

5. Getting the project off the ground
Formal bid for funding and staff
Local knowledge and experience
TASI
Selection of Image Management System
Support
Training
Cost

6. Standards and Metadata
What is metadata?
“electronic data about electronic data”
What are others using?
Dublin Core
VRA Core 3

7. VRA Core 3 VRA Core 3 Designed for works of visual culture
Simplified to overcome problems of “work” and “image” records
Use of Core categories with qualifiers
Custom fields

8. Custom fields VRA Core Category Our Field Names
Record.type Record type
Type Type
Title Title
Date.creation Date
Creator Creator
Location.current.site Current location
Location.discovery.site Exhibition

9. Custom fields VRA Core Category Our Field Names Material.medium Medium
Material.support Support
Measurements.dimensions Dimensions
Measurements.format Format
Style/period Style/period
Source Source
Rights Rights

10. Additional fields Creator born Creator died Date photographed (EXIF)
Fields embedded within Extensis Portfolio
Keywords
Description
Filename

15. Controlled vocabularies
AAT
Ulan

16. Palettes showing
Master Keyword list using AAT
Artist/Creator list using ULAN

17. Publishing to the web
Netpublish
Epic

23. Conclusion
From a collective memory to a shared resource

24. Future challenges
Resource sharing
Growing demand for images
Staff skills
Video, Audio, Animation

25. Questions and Answers