SnapDragonCollection Management

Shareable Metadata for Images

Elisa LanziSmith College Imaging Center

SnapDragon

What? Image Collection Management system

Why? Facilitate best practices, manage the digital transition, support pedagogy

SnapDragon

Who is it for? collection managers, metadata creators, image production workers

Where does it fit? Metadata vault, export to campus repository and end-user outlets

Collaboration, or jumping boundaries and

crossing state lines

•Liberal Arts College/University •Imaging/IT Ed. Tech/Libraries•Academic departments•5 – Colleges consortium•Aggregators

Implementing standards

• Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO)• VRA Core 4.0 XML• Mapping• Display, cataloging, classification

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/intrometadata/metadata_element_sets.html

Descriptive Data Model

• Relationships• Hierarchy• Global Attributes (preferred, sources,

rules, etc.)• Works/Collections/Images

CCO: all authorities available to work and image records

Legacy vs. CCO • Names personal and corporate

(proper)• Places geography (proper)• Concepts supports work types,

styles/periods/cultures, materials, techniques, subject/of-ness (generic)

• Subjects themes and iconography (proper)

Authority practice built in

Workflow

• From requests to delivery, all hands in the database

• Controls displays• Quality Control• Exports• Interoperability• Controls Assets• Assists with special projects (museum,

archives, etc.)

Shareable metadata projects using SD

•5 – Colleges images of ancient art

•ARTstor hosting•SC Theater costume

collection

Future directions and special issues

ULAN, AAT, TGN

User Edits/Additions

Master InstitutionalAuthority Tables

Cataloging Front End

Presentation Tools

Searching

Vocabulary service model?

Thank You!

Images for teaching and learning courtesy of: AMICA Library, Smith College Museum of Art, Smith College Image Collections, and ARTstor. Images may not be reproduced or copied from this presentation.

Elisa Lanzi

elanzi@email.smith.edu

http://www.smith.edu/imaging

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