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M E T A D A T A
Julie Allinson <[email protected]>Beyond Advocacy: A Bradford Master Class on Institutional Repositories, 20th November 2008
Images from flickr, credits available on request
C:/my stuff/misc/filenames.jpeg are not
changing cultures at the University of York
filenames are not
A digital library for York
• Building an infrastructure, not a complete solution
• Focus on multimedia, not research texts• Complements other systems (WRRO!)• A three-year project with a secure
future• A software development project (Fedora
Commons and Muradora)• A service-in-development for users at
•Strategic input•Ongoing, infrequent engagement•Ad-hoc and opportunity-driven•Focussed, in-Department effort
History of Art – a case study
Staffing the slide libraryScanning under the CLA LicenceImproving quality of legacy metadataEnabling remote accessTalking to users daily ? ‘Advising’ on copyright ? Changing the culture, slowly ? Implementing access controlSometimes saying ‘No’
Filenames are not metadata?
Thoughts (1)
Not everybody has ‘repository’ in their job description
… or even knows what ‘repository’ means
Thoughts (2)
It’s impossible to please everybody
… but trying to make everybody happy is a noble aim