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
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)
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
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
http://www.smith.edu/imaging
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