National Library of New Zealand : strategies for interoperability: metadata projects and activities Karen Rollitt Douglas Campbell DCMI Localisation and.

National Library of New Zealand :strategies for interoperability:

metadata projects and activities

Karen Rollitt Douglas Campbell

DCMI Localisation and Internationalisation Working Group Meeting, September 13, 2005, Madrid Spain.

Overview

• National Library of NZ

• Frameworks and principles

• Projects

• Activities

• Future

National Library of New ZealandTe Puna Mātauranga o Aoteaora

• Collect, maintain, and make accessible literature and information resources that relate to New Zealand and the Pacific

• Alexander Turnbull LibraryPreserve New Zealand's documentary heritage for generations to come

• Develop and deliver services for schools to support teaching and learning

• National Library Act 2003 mandates legal deposit of electronic materials

Metadata Framework at National Library of New Zealand (2000)• Focus on resource discovery• Focus on interoperability• Crucial adherence to standards• Dublin Core as significant 2004 Principles for NLNZ metadata in a collaborative environment• DC implementations must comply with DCMI recommendations • DC terms (ISO15836) must be the common layer • Application Profiles for sector specific and local requirements include the DC layer

Frameworks and principles

Projects : Discover

• A database of over 2,500 multimedia items selected for use in the Visual Arts and Music disciplines in New Zealand schools

• Pilot project for the Digital Library Programme

• MARC and ISAD exported and mapped to DC and qualified DC and also contains EAD elements and local extensions

• Expressed in XML and uses the recommended RDF framework for DC metadata

Projects : Matapihi

• Contains 50,000 objects, including images, some 3-d virtual museum objects and sound and textual items. All are about, made created by New Zealanders, or held in New Zealand collections

• First cross sector collaborative project using DC based metadata

• 3 libraries, 1 art gallery and 1 museum

• Centralised metadata repository

• Skim of the DC layer of partners metadata

• Expressed in XML and uses the recommended RDF framework for DC metadata

• Bilingual

DC MetadataDC MetadataURLOther MetadataOther MetadataOther MetadataOther Metadata

Matapihi

DC MetadataDC MetadataURL

DC MetadataDC MetadataURLOther MetadataOther MetadataOther MetadataOther Metadata

DC MetadataDC MetadataURL

DC MetadataDC MetadataURLOther MetadataOther MetadataOther MetadataOther Metadata

DC MetadataDC MetadataURL

Websites

Aggregation of Dublin Core metadata

Metadata Conversion Engine

DescriptiveRecords

MARC

ISAD(G)

Picture Australia

Matapihi

Govt Portal

Digital Archive

CROSSWALKDC XML

METS

DC RDF/XML

Discover

AdditionalData

DRD RDF AP

NZGLS

DC RDF/XML

Metadata Conversion Engine

DCMI Registry

• @ http://dcregistry.natlib.govt.nz/dcregistry/

• dcterms in Te Reo Māori – official language of New Zealand /Aotearoa

• Authorised by the New Zealand Maori Language Commission / Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo

• Plans : translate element refinements, encoding schemes and vocabularies and Pacific languages

National Library Metadata Developments

National Library Metadata Developments

DCMI Affiliation• June 2005 – National Library of New Zealand,

State Services Commission and Archives New Zealand signed DCMI affiliate agreement

Dublin Core Australia/New Zealand (DCANZ) • Promotes the use of standards based metadata in the region • Biennial Conferences• Metamatters: http://metabrowser.dtdns.net/dcanz2/mb.aspx

E-Government• 2 representatives on the New Zealand Government Locator Service (NZGLS) Working Group• maintain the New Zealand standard for the creation of discovery-level metadata in the government sector • Application profile – dcterms & AGLS (Australian Government Locator Service)

Education • National Library delivers services to schools • Contributing to the New Zealand Education Sector Architecture Framework (ESAF)• Working on a project to develop a Core Education Sector Metadata Schema• Monitor DC-Education Working Group

National Library collaboration and interoperability in other sectors

New Zealand’s National Digital Strategy

New Zealand’s National Digital Strategy

EnablersInformation on Content and where it can be accessed to enrich the quality of lives. Give Confidence to use ICT and in a secure environment Connecting to and using ICT

Agents of change information for and about Communities – tools available to access contentGovernment – easy to use Businesses – create value and connect

Creating a digital future

New Zealand’s National Digital Strategy

National Library of New Zealand contribution:

• Communities - deliver content to public libraries and citizens advice bureaux through “The People’s Network”

• Continuity - Electronic legal deposit - Preserving New Zealand’s digital heritage for future generations of learners

• Content - National Content Strategy - Includes mapping the content landscape. E-content will be from a variety of sources and repositories.

ConnectionLibraries of NZ “The People’s Network” Skilling New Zealand

New Zealand’s National Digital StrategyNational standards-driven ICT infrastructure with high levels of interoperability and a seamless across-sector framework

Continuity $24 millionfor digital preservationElectronic legal deposit

Content Matapihi, EPIC, Te Ara.Asset mapping, elearning, egovernment, ehealth, elaw, eresearch, etc