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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 -- Ingrid Schneider, M.L.S. Metadata & Authority Control Librarian New Mexico State University Library PO Box 30006 / MSC 3475 Las Cruces, NM 88003 Phone: 575-646-4707