SEI 2009

Preparatory Readings for SEI 2009

Readings for Digital Object: Storage and Archiving/Digital Repositories, June 12, 2009, 9:00–10:15
Instructor Ross Harvey
Center for Research Libraries Core Requirements for Digital Archives

Digital Preservation Management: Implementing Short-term Strategies for Long-term Problems. Cornell University Library. This highly recommended tutorial provides an essential introduction to digital preservation.

The DCC Curation Lifecycle Model’, International Journal of Digital Curation. Vol. 3, no. 1: Higgins, Sarah (2008)

Digital Repositories, DCC Briefing Paper: Semple, Najla (2006)

 
Readings for Digital Object: Preservation and Longevity, June 12, 2009, 10:30–11:30
Instructor Ross Harvey
Selecting File Formats for Long-Term Preservation, Digital Preservation Guidance Note 1: National Archives (2003)

Graphic File Formats, Digital Preservation Guidance Note 4: National Archives (2003)

Image Compression , Digital Preservation Guidance Note 5: National Archives (2003)

Paradigm Workbook chapter 8: Paradigm Project

Readings for Cataloging: The Role of the User, June 9, 2009, 9:00–10:15 am and
Cataloging What? - Work vs. Image, June 9, 2009, 10:30 –11:30 am
Instructor: Sherman Clarke
Introduction to Metadata

Reading for Cataloging Tools: Authorities and Standards, June 10, 2009, 10:30–11:30 am.
Instructor: Sherman Clarke
Intro to Vocabularies

Getty Authorities: AAT, TGN, ULAN, and LC

 
Reading for Organization: XML, June 9, 2009, 2:30-3:30 pm.
Instructor: Kelcy Shepherd
XML in Ten Points

 
Readings for Cataloging: Tools - CCO, June 10, 2009, 9:00-10:15 am and Cataloging & Organization: Putting Core & CCO Together, June 10, 2009, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Instructor, Ann Whiteside

Cataloging cultural objects: a guide to describing cultural works and their images / Murtha Baca ... [et al.]. Published: Chicago: American Library Association, 2006.
Part One: General Guidelines

Part Three: Authorities - pages 279-283

Part Three: Authorities - pages 312-315

Part Three: Authorities - pages 331-337

Part Three: Authorities - pages 352-3557

Working Together or Apart: Promoting the Next Generation of Digital Scholarship, CLIR Report

 
Readings for Organization: VRA Core, June 9, 2009, 1:30-2:30 pm
Instructor: Jolene de Verges
VRA Core 4.0 Introduction

VRA Core 4.0 Element Outline

VRA Core 4.0 Element Description and Tagging Examples

Additional Suggested Preparatory ReadingsThese articles were published in the VRA Bulletin, Spring 07, Volume 34, No. 1 Issue. and are downloadable as pdfs by clicking on the titles.

Why Standards? by Ken Hamma

Metadata for All: Descriptive Standards and Metadata Sharing across Cultural Heritage Communities by Mary W. Elings & Günter Waibel

Encoding Works and Images: The Story Behind VRA Core 4.0 by Ben Kessler

Herding Cats: CCO, XML, and the VRA Core by Janice Eklund

CCO and CDWA Lite: Complementary Data Content and Data Format Standards for Art and Material Culture Information by Murtha Baca