Porfolio
Metadata & Cataloging
Avoice: African American Voices in Congress
- Consulted with client to determine metadata to capture and which controlled vocabularies to use
- Verified items received with item manifest and assigned unique identifiers to each
- Cataloged 815 items selected to be part of this online archive according to consultation with client
- Verified items cataloged against those digitized
- Assigned metadata to each item so that items would appear in appropriate exhibit and theme section of the site
- Converted metadata from spreadsheets to Dublin Core and MODS using XML and XSLT
- Coordinated metadata portion of the project by maintaining contact with client, programmers, site builders and designers, and information architect regarding all metadata issues
The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
- Consulted with the 12 Presidential Libraries, NARA and the Learning Technology Center in The University of Texas at Austin College of Education to create a metadata schema and workflow for the project
- Created a template and a corresponding data dictionary for the libraries to use in their cataloging
- Coordinated the receipt of the metadata and corresponding digital objects (over 718 items were submitted) for the project
- Verified items against manifest, normalized metadata according to data dictionary for the project, added some subject access to all 718 items
- Converted metadata from spreadsheets to XML using XSLT based on needs of the firm building the site
- Organized and submitted digital objects and metadata to the firm building the site
- Example of metadata submitted - Original Eisenhower metadata
- Example of metadata after normalization - Normalized Eisenhower metadata
Papers of Justice Tom C. Clark
- Consulted with client to determine metadata to capture and which controlled vocabularies to use
- Cataloged the 470 documents selected to be part of this online collection
- Verified items in collection manifest with those actually scanned
- Converted metadata from spreadsheets to Dublin Core using XML and XSLT
- Coordinated metadata portion of the project by maintaining contact with client, programmers, site builders and designers, and information architect regarding all metadata issues
Focus on Texas History: Colonization Through Annexation
- Consulted with client to determine metadata to capture and which controlled vocabularies to use
- Cataloged the 173 primary source documents selected for this online collection according to consultation with client
- Verified items in collection manifest with those actually scanned
- Assigned metadata to each object so that each item would appear in the correct exhibit and in a specific order
- Converted metadata from spreadsheets to Dublin Core using XML and XSLT
- Loaded metadata into the Metadata Registry which allows the site to pull data for searching, item display and metadata sharing from one place.
- Coordinated metadata portion of the project by maintaining contact with client, programmers, site builders and designers, and information architect regarding all metadata issues
Teaching the American Twenties: Exploring the Decade Through Literature and Art
- Consulted with client to determine metadata to capture and which controlled vocabularies to use
- Normalized and supplemented minimal metadata provided by the client
- Verified item manifest against actual digitized items and metadata
- Assigned metadata to each item so that items would appear in appropriate place on the site
- Converted metadata from spreadsheets to Dublin Core and MODS using XML and XSLT
- Loaded metadata into the Metadata Registry which allows the site to pull data for searching, item display and metadata sharing from one place.
- Coordinated metadata portion of the project by maintaining contact with client, programmers, site builders and designers, and information architect regarding all metadata issues
- Consulted with client to determine metadata to capture and which controlled vocabularies to use
- Normalized and supplemented minimal metadata provided by the client
- Verified item manifest against actual digitized items and metadata
- Assigned metadata to each item to link photographs and specimens together for display on the site
- Converted metadata from spreadsheets to Dublin Core and MODS using XML and XSLT
- Loaded metadata into the Metadata Registry which allows the site to pull data for searching, item display and metadata sharing from one place.
- Coordinated metadata portion of the project by maintaining contact with client, programmers, site builders and designers, and information architect regarding all metadata issues
Spanish-Speaking People of Texas (Russell Lee Photography Collection)
- Combined metadata from several sources to create robust metadata records for each item in the collection
- Verified items in collection manifest with those actually scanned
- Converted metadata from spreadsheets to Dublin Core using XML and XSLT.
- Loaded metadata into the Metadata Registry which allows the site to pull data for searching, item display and metadata sharing from one place.
Texas Architecture: A Visual History
- Converted metadata from spreadsheets to Dublin Core using XML and XSLT.
- Loaded metadata into the Metadata Registry which allows the site to pull data for searching, item display and metadata sharing from one place.
- Coordinated metadata portion of the project by maintaining contact with client, programmers, site builders and designers, and information architect regarding all metadata issues