The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation has provided support for DLF Aquifer to perform an inventory and evaluation of metadata tools that have been created to standardize metadata or change metadata from one format to another. We seek a metadata librarian to work part time for six months to identify and test existing tools and to evaluate how feasible it might be to combine various tools into a metadata improvement workflow. This is a great opportunity to connect with the digital library community by working with the Aquifer Metadata Working Group. Details about the project and the position are posted on the Digital Library Federation website. Review of applications will begin March 10, 2008.
The date normalization utility developed at the California Digital Library has already been shown to be effective in improving consistency in the way dates are represented in metadata as collections are added to American Social History Online. Improving consistency of date formats allows for services like viewing search results by date, using the Simile Timeline, to behave reliably, providing a better user experience. The goal of the Delmas funded project is to identify and evaluate other tools that could be used to improve metadata and services, whenever collections are pooled.
The date normalization utility developed at the California Digital Library has already been shown to be effective in improving consistency in the way dates are represented in metadata as collections are added to American Social History Online. Improving consistency of date formats allows for services like viewing search results by date, using the Simile Timeline, to behave reliably, providing a better user experience. The goal of the Delmas funded project is to identify and evaluate other tools that could be used to improve metadata and services, whenever collections are pooled.
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