1. Cataloging Compound Digital Objects: Using METS for Digitized Sanborn Maps Christopher Cronin Head of Digital Resources Cataloging University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries christopher.cronin@colorado.edu Introduction to Map Digitization / Hosted by OCLC Preservation Centers ALA Midwinter Conference, Philadelphia, PA 12 January 2008

2. What is METS & Why Use it for Maps? Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard (METS)  Maintained by Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/)http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/ Standardized and shareable Supports compound digital objects  Hierarchical XML structure Supports repurposing of existing metadata

3. The Structure of a METS Record METS Header Structural Map Structural Links File Section Descriptive Metadata Administrative Metadata : 4 types Technical Metadata Intellectual Property Rights Metadata Source Metadata Digital Provenance Metadata Behavior

4. Descriptive Metadata Importance of presence in OCLC/WorldCat Separate-record approach  Separate MARC records for analog and digital versions in OCLC/WorldCat, local online catalog (Chinook), digital library (DIAL), and the regional union catalog (Prospector) MarcEdit for MARC to MARCXML transformation (http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html)http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html CU Generation Tool: MARCXML to MODS transformation (Metadata Object Description Schema (http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/)http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/

5. Technical Metadata NISO Metadata for Images in XML (MIX)  Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images Standard  Maintained by the Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix//)http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix// In-house digitization  Programming skills to automatically capture the technical data Outsourcing digitization  Importance of technical metadata in the RFP and/or vendor selection process

6. CU Boulder’s METS/MODS Generation Tool (1) Availability of tools for METS record creation  LC’s list of METS tools and utilities: (http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/mets-tools.html)http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/mets-tools.html Developing a local tool to fill the commercial gap  CU’s METS/MODS Generation Tool, and its technical and user documentation, can be found at: (http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/systems/digitalinitiatives/tool s.htm )http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/systems/digitalinitiatives/tool s.htm

7. CU Boulder’s METS/MODS Generation Tool (2)

8. CU Boulder’s METS/MODS Generation Tool (3)

9. Strategic Planning for METS Institutional commitment  Collaborative decision-making: Map Library/Public Services, Collection Managers, Cataloging, Systems, and Administration METS as part of long-term digital preservation plan  PREMIS (Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies) (http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/)http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/ Staffing requirements  Metadata expertise, technical/programming skills, knowledge of the collection Systems requirements  Capability for storing and/or serving out the records

10. Additional Resources Cantara, L. (2005). “METS: the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard.” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 3/4, pp. 237-253. Cundiff, M.V. (2004). “An Introduction to the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS).” Library Hi Tech, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 32-64. Library of Congress. METS: An Overview & Tutorial. http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/METSOverview.v2.html http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/METSOverview.v2.html