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DC-2005: Vocabularies in Practice, 12-15 September 2005, Madrid, Spain Dublin Core for an African context Pat Liebetrau Digital Imaging South Africa (DISA) Durban South Africa
DC-2005: Vocabularies in Practice, 12-15 September 2005, Madrid, Spain
Dublin Core for an African context
Pat LiebetrauDigital Imaging South Africa (DISA)
DurbanSouth Africa
DC-2005: Vocabularies in Practice, 12-15 September 2005, Madrid, Spain
Digital Imaging South Africa
First national collaborative digital project in South Africa
collaboration - national and regional partners transformation process socio-political material scholarly and research resources
DC-2005: Vocabularies in Practice, 12-15 September 2005, Madrid, Spain
Challenges
capacity building digital skills – libraries and archives sustainability ensuring high standards infrastructure
DC-2005: Vocabularies in Practice, 12-15 September 2005, Madrid, Spain
Phase 1 - journals
distributed scanning
shortage of institutional staff limited capacity digital skills quality control
DC-2005: Vocabularies in Practice, 12-15 September 2005, Madrid, Spain
Phase 2 – archival material
distributed metadata creation
library and information management skills transference of digital skills English language first language standardisation partner commitment
DC-2005: Vocabularies in Practice, 12-15 September 2005, Madrid, Spain
Aim
keep it simple use an international metadata standard xml open source code minimise training required minimise input errors standardise input
DC-2005: Vocabularies in Practice, 12-15 September 2005, Madrid, Spain
Solution
Java based online input form Dublin Core simple online assistance - incorporate indexing guidelines drop down lists – minimise errors online thesaurus – predictive text, minimise spelling
errors automatically generated xml file automatic generation of file name – minimise file
naming errors
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DC-2005: Vocabularies in Practice, 12-15 September 2005, Madrid, Spain
Rendered with a stylesheet for quality controlTitle: Letter from Thoko Mpumlwana to H Dlamlenze regarding the Education Seminar
Identifier: let19770328.032.009.271
Creator: Thoko Mpumlwana
Description: Letter from Thoko Mpumlwana to H Dlamlenze regarding the Education Seminar on the 15th May 1977. Contains a list of invitees to present papers at the seminar and a tentative programme.
Language: eng
Subject: EDUCATION Subject: CONFERENCES Subject: BLACK ADVANCEMENT Subject: CORRESPONDENCE Subject: BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS
Coverage: CAPE PROVINCE Coverage: SOUTH AFRICA
Date: 1977-03-28
Type: let
Format: text/xml Format: Adobe PhotoShop version 6 Format: Epson GT12000 Format: 2 pages
DC-2005: Vocabularies in Practice, 12-15 September 2005, Madrid, Spain
Conclusions work in progress
wide ranging applicability institutional repositories scholars students researchers
minimal training required standardisation ensured– global and local extensible portable
DC-2005: Vocabularies in Practice, 12-15 September 2005, Madrid, Spain
Web site: http://disa.nu.ac.za
E-mail contact:[email protected]
Acknowledgments and thanks:
Colleen Goldsworthy - DISA Alex Lyashok – Aluka
