DC-2005: Vocabularies in Practice, 12-15 September 2005, Madrid, Spain Dublin Core for an African context Pat Liebetrau Digital Imaging South Africa (DISA)

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

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Phase 2 – archival material

distributed metadata creation

library and information management skills transference of digital skills English language first language standardisation partner commitment

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Aim

keep it simple use an international metadata standard xml open source code minimise training required minimise input errors standardise input

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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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Title: 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

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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:liebetraup@ukzn.ac.za

Acknowledgments and thanks:

Colleen Goldsworthy - DISA Alex Lyashok – Aluka