1. Descrever é preciso: adding item-level metadata to the Leila Míccolis Brazilian Alternative Press collection at the University of Miami Libraries SALALM 60 June 17, 2015 Tim A. Thompson Princeton University Library @timathom

2. 1.Project background –Leila Míccolis –Collection scope 2.Timeline –Original acquisition and processing –Metadata project 3.Metadata enhancement –Approach –Format 4.Data transformation and analysis –Finding aid –Network graphs 5.Conclusion, outcomes, lessons learned Outline

3. Background

4. Leila Míccolis

5. Leila Míccolis Alternative Brazilian Press collection

6. Timeline 2006 – Acquisition, processing, inventoryinventory 2010 – Collaborative Archive from the African Diaspora Collaborative Archive from the African Diaspora 2013 – Míccolis collection metadata enhancement

7. Approach: Item-Level Description with Thematic Focus Archival context – More Process, Less Product (Greene and Meissner, 2005) More Process, Less Product – Complementing and enhancing archival description with minimal resources Thematic focus – Representations of Afro-Brazilian identity

8. Metadata Enhancement: Template Gatho Holdings: no. 1-2 (Oct-Nov 1980); no. 4 (Jan 1981) Notes: Grupo de Atuação Homosexual Oct-Nov 1980; Jan 1981 tag if there are any other format changes to record: e.g., from mimeograph to xerox. --> Size varies: Oct-Nov 1980: 22 x 17 cm when folded, 22 X 34 cm when open; Jan 1981 21 x 14.8 cm when folded, 21 x 29.6 when open 3 volumes (folded sheets) : illustrations ; 21.6 x 17.1 cm-21 x 14.8 cm Zine Box 16, Folder 5 Recife, PE

9. Metadata Enhancement: Contents Holdings: no. 1-2 (Oct-Nov 1980); no. 4 (Jan 1981) Contents: Poema Inspirado Num Quadro de Portinari (poem by Oubi Inaê Kibuko), no. 5, page 13 Notes:

10. Metadata Enhancement: Contributors Holdings: no. 1-2 (Oct-Nov 1980); no. 4 (Jan 1981) Sambursky, Mirian Blanck, poet Lima, Batista de, poet Nunes, Sebastião, poet Míccolis, Leila, poet Notes:

11. Data Transformation and Analysis Finding aid container list Finding aid Network graphs in Gephi (demo) – Modeling Afro-Latin American Artistic Representations in Topic Maps: Cuba’s Prominence in Latin American Discourse Modeling Afro-Latin American Artistic Representations in Topic Maps: Cuba’s Prominence in Latin American Discourse Digital Humanities Quarterly 7.1 (2013)

12. Conclusion: Outcomes Enhanced access to individual publications Learning experience (blog post)blog post Collaboration with faculty Cultivation of donor relationship New dataset for analysis and exploration

13. Conclusion: Limitations Use XForms rather than oXygen EAD profile (Archon) can’t accommodate enhanced item-level data Controlled vocabularies were never reconciled

14. Leila Míccolis University of Miami Steve Butterman (Spanish and Portuguese) Tatiana Faria Béatrice Skokan (Special Collections) Acknowledgements

15. Thank you! Tim A. Thompson Princeton University Library @timathom ©2015 Timothy A. Thompson. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.