Jimmy:
What Jane said ... :-)
Also, if you decide to develop your own vocabularies to help you
describe some aspects of your work, feel free to use the NSDL Registry
(http://metadataregistry.org) to develop and expose your vocabularies.
There are basic instructions on the site for doing so, and the registry
is free and open.
Regards,
Diane Hillmann
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Jane Greenberg wrote:
> Hello Jimmy,
>
> This is an exciting project, and it would be good for you to consult
> an archival cataloger to learn about the tools and standards that are
> accessible to you. You might also communicate with a faculty member
> or graduate students the School of Information at U.Michigan, or
> consider hiring someone in the area of archival description /
> cataloging to help you, or at least as a consultant to get you started.
>
> Two people who come to mind are Beth Yakel (faculty) and Devon
> Donaldson (a new doctoral student) both in the library/information
> sci. program at U.Michigan, AA.
>
> There are standards for cataloging oral histories, although it seems
> you are also in need of vocabulary to describe your content. The
> DublinCore is simple, and may satisfy your needs to some degree, but
> it would be good to know about the standards available to you.
>
> One metadata scheme will not solve all your needs. The metadata
> community often works with multiple standards, and it also sounds as
> though you are interested in more free form tagging, the taxonomy
> approach...which adds to your mix.
>
> This is a brief reply, but hopefully helpful.
>
> best wishes, jane
>
>
>
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>
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2008, Jimmy Rhoades wrote:
>
>> I am beginning a program that trains high school students to entering
>> nursing homes to videotape, over multiple visits, the oral histories of
>> elders. The project presents valuable curriculum opportunities for
>> educators, an eye-opening experience for students, and significant
>> therapeutic value for the senior citizens, who too often feel bored and
>> isolated in long term care.
>>
>> We will very soon have a large number of oral histories on video,
>> containing
>> first person narratives on just about any topic that a person can
>> experience
>> in a lifetime... Prohibition, WWII, Great Depression, sure. But also
>> social
>> movements like the lessening of the divorce taboo, the changing
>> nature of
>> the family meal, the ebb and flow of American race relations... a
>> huge (and
>> growing) mass of unpredictable data, basically, that will only have
>> enduring
>> value if it is searchable.
>>
>> So we would like to make the project's video archives searchable using a
>> metadata taxonomy. We want gerontologists, researchers, community
>> groups,
>> families, etc. to be able to find the kind of information they're
>> looking
>> for once we're done!
>>
>> Accurate use of the DC taxonomy seems essential from the outset. (We
>> have
>> already begun with small groups of students, so we can catch up to
>> where we
>> are so far; by fall, the numbers will grow many times over so we need to
>> begin tagging as a regular part of the students' curriculum.) I will
>> use
>> the tutorial information to train the students in tagging myself if
>> needed,
>> but was wondering if more qualified training personnel exist. If so,
>> how
>> might we find such a person in the Southeast Michigan (Ann
>> Arbor/Detroit)
>> region?
>>
>> Many thanks for any advice you might have!
>>
>> Jimmy Rhoades
>> Community Outreach Director, The Legacies Project
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>>
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