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This sounds like it's completely appropriate to do this on the "Library Success" wiki: <http://www.libsuccess.org/> Roy On 3/11/10 3/11/10 € 10:30 AM, "Ingrid Schneider" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Apologies for cross-posting. Some of you may have seen this last week. > > I have an idea that I've been tossing around for a while, and I'd like > to ask your opinion on it and gauge possible interest. > > As a new metadata librarian working on building a digital program from > the ground up, I've spent a lot of time searching for little bits of > information. Information on different metadata schemes, what software is > available for what purpose, functions of the software we currently have > that might help us on our way, exporting and importing data, etc., etc., > etc. > > The idea I had was to start a wiki where all the myriad knowledge and > information on metadata, digital collections, digital objects, IRs, etc. > can be gathered. I envision gathering such information as: > *Different metadata schemes: maybe summaries, intended uses, pros and > cons, idiosyncrasies, etc. > *Different software options: coverage of software being used in our > institutions; again with pros and cons, idiosyncracies, workarounds, etc. > *Processes: how exactly do you export from FileMaker Pro (for example)? > Or build a tab delimited file for importing? How does the tab delimited > file link to the digital objects? > *Resources: Information on relevant blogs, mailing lists, associations, > interest groups, etc. > *Information from mailing lists: Answers to questions that come up > frequently, topics that generate special interest among the > participants, topics that may be of interest to people outside of the list. > > Of course, I'm still learning much of this, so I'd have to ask for > community participation. If enough people seem interested in having the > resource available and/or contributing I'll go ahead and move forward > with it. Feel free to email me off list, and thank you for reading my > email! > > Ingrid Schneider