4. Metadata Crosswalking: Repurposing a Legacy Database for Use in CONTENTdm

5. Since 1965, the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library has photographically recorded the contents of over 140,000 manuscripts.

6. HMML also has a number of databases. Two major database systems available online Oliver: Manuscript metadata Vivarium: Digital objects online (CONTENTdm)

7. Oliver: HMML’s Manuscript Database Contains records for over 105,000 manuscripts for which HMML has either microfilm or digital copies.

8. Oliver: HMML’s Manuscript Database Complete manuscript record is a hierarchical nested structure, with data presented in layers going from general to specific information.

9. Oliver: HMML’s Manuscript Database Order of information in complete manuscript record: Manuscript Part Text

10. Manuscript Part1 Text1 Text2 Text3 Part2 Text1

23. Crosswalk: Mapping the database fields of a source database schema to the fields of a destination database schema.

25. Potential Pitfalls of Data Conversion: Loss of information—not bothering to migrate some of the data if it won’t fit the destination. Loss of meaning—clarity and specificity lost when information is simplified or when multiple fields are combined.

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