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Transforming Catalogers (and Others) into Digital Library
Specialists
The Evolution of the University of Oregon’s Metadata and Digital Library Services
https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/dspace/handle/1794/919
Presentation for WiLS OCLC Peer CouncilSpring MeetingMay 18, 2005
by
Carol HixsonHead, Metadata and Digital Library Services
University of Oregon
Catalog Department in 2000
MDLS Today
MDLS Today
Context in 2000
• Great staff
• PCC involvement
• Already doing quick cataloging
• Clean bibliographic database
• Team-based organization in department
• ARL library – budget deficit
• My background
• New UL in June 2000
Gradual Evolution• Expanded PCC (BIBCO, full CONSER) • Retrospective conversion • Uncataloged collections survey
• Manuscript cataloging• Map cataloging• New services and approaches
– Different levels of cataloging – EAD training – Non-library collections in library catalog
• Preservation Dept. merged in February 2001• Digital collections work started 2003• Name change in December 2003• Image Services Center merged in July 2004
New Skills and Focus
• Dublin Core, XML, TGM, etc.
• Project orientation
• Cross-functional initiatives or projects
• Access to Collections
Access to Collections
New Skills and Focus
• Dublin Core, XML, TGM, etc.
• Project orientation
• Cross-functional initiatives or projects
• Access to Collections
• Data for Local Communities
Data for Local Communities
New Skills and Focus
• Dublin Core, XML, TGM, etc.
• Project orientation
• Cross-functional initiatives or projects
• Access to Collections
• Data for Local Communities
• Northwest Digital Archive
Northwest Digital Archive
New Skills and Focus
• Dublin Core, XML, TGM, etc.
• Project orientation
• Cross-functional initiatives or projects
• Access to Collections
• Data for Local Communities
• Northwest Digital Archive
• Digital Library Initiative
Digital Library Initiative
New Skills and Focus
• Dublin Core, XML, TGM, etc.
• Project orientation
• Cross-functional initiatives or projects
• Access to Collections
• Data for Local Communities
• Northwest Digital Archive
• Digital Library Initiative
• Metadata Implementation Group
Metadata Implementation Group
Picturing the Cayuse
New Skills and Focus
• Dublin Core, XML, TGM, etc.• Project orientation • Cross-functional initiatives or projects• Access to Collections• Data for Local Communities• Northwest Digital Archive• Digital Library Initiative• Metadata Implementation Group• Institutional Repository Group
Institutional Repository Group
New Skills and Focus• Dublin Core, XML, TGM, etc.• Project orientation • Cross-functional initiatives or projects• Access to Collections• Data for Local Communities• Northwest Digital Archive• Digital Library Initiative• Metadata Implementation Group• Institutional Repository Group• Digital Content Coordinators
Digital Content Coordinators
University of Oregon Libraries Digital Collectionshttp://libweb.uoregon.edu/diglib/search.html
Training
• New staff
• Introduction to Dublin Core
• Introduction to scanning of images and text
• Introduction to content analysis for images
• Revised approach to descriptive metadata
• Stay one step ahead – informed by our professional development activities
Digital Library Collections : Standards
Digital Library Collections : Standards
Poker Jim, Chief of Round Up, Pendleton, OR
TCI Metadata from Poker Jim Image
Descriptive Metadata for Poker Jim Image
Technical Metadata for Poker Jim Image
Tour of UO Digital Librarieshttp://libweb.uoregon.edu/catdept/digcol/forum/slideshow.html
Tour of UO Digital Librarieshttp://libweb.uoregon.edu/catdept/digcol/forum/slideshow.html
Tour of UO Digital Libraries
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/catdept/digcol/forum/slideshow.html
Tour of UO Digital Librarieshttp://libweb.uoregon.edu/catdept/digcol/forum/slideshow.html
Tour of UO Digital Librarieshttp://libweb.uoregon.edu/catdept/digcol/forum/slideshow.html
Tour of UO Digital Librarieshttp://libweb.uoregon.edu/catdept/digcol/forum/slideshow.html
Athletics & the Academy
Historical Photograph Collection
Historical Photograph Collection
Western Waters Digital Library
Along the Columbia River
Indians Fishing at Celilo
Scholars’ Bank
How Did We Get There?
• Gradual evolution
• Working to acquire new skills (making time)
• Taking on new work when asked
• Seizing opportunities
• Promoting a wider role for ourselves
• Following through
• Changing focus
• Discussion
Challenges
• Learning and keeping up with everything we need to know is difficult
• Hard to find common ground in increasingly diverse department
• Too busy, lots of balls in the air• Less contact with each other• Loss of experienced staff• Redefining our focus from inward to outward –
new mindset
Successes
• Lots of work getting done – 114% increase in traditional cataloging
– Retrocon more than halfway done
– 6 digital collections publicly available
– Institutional repository up and running (ca 800 items)
• Cross training opportunities abound
• Wider role within library and on campus
• Greater collaboration
• Many people having fun
Contact Information
Carol Hixson
Head, Metadata and Digital Library Services
University of Oregon Libraries
(541) 346-3064
