One of Many Small Collections: The Vassar College Costume Collection Online

The

Vassar

College

Costume

Collection

ONE OF MANY

SMALL COLLECTIONS

VASSAR AS ONE OF MANY

VASSAR AS ONE OF MANY

VASSAR AS ONE OF MANY

VASSAR AS ONE OF MANY

Integrated Access

BACKGROUND

THE

COLLECTION

h t t p : / / p a ges .va ss

a r. ed u / h c pw

THE

COLLECTION

THE

COLLECTION

f rom an

Excel

spreadsheet

to a

Fi lemaker

Database

Integrated Access

http ://wor ldcat

.org

WORLDCAT

1. Get a librarian to help!

they will look out for your content for the long-term, in ways that web designers will

not

LESSONS LEARNED . . .

http ://vcomeka

.com/vccc

OMEKA

SITE

THE

COLLECTION

Fashioning an Educat ion

150 Years of Vassar Students and What They Wore

Spr ing 2011

http ://vcomeka.com/vccc/exh ib its/show/fash ioning/ int roduct ion

EXHIBITION:

For Better

and For

Worse

Sixteen

Decades of

Wedding Wear

at Vassar

Spr ing 2013

http ://vcomeka

. com/vccc/exhi

b i ts/show/fbfw

/int ro

EXHIBITION:

Inverse

Panoramas

rotate and

zoom

OBJECTVRS

2. Remember your

mission

what are your goals?

LESSONS LEARNED . . .

pages.vassar.edu tryingonhistory.blogspot.com

2 BLOGS

3. Share with the community

give back!

be willing to share

your data openly

LESSONS LEARNED . . .

THE FUTURE

DIGITAL PUBLIC LIBRARY OF AMERICA

at http://DP.LA

Digi tal Publ ic

L ibrar y of

America

at ht tp ://DP.LA

DPLA

4. Don’t reinvent the wheel

follow existing models and standards so work is

compatible

LESSONS LEARNED . . .

Google

SEARCH

ENGINES

LINKED

OPEN DATA

still from a video from Europeana,

“Linked Open Data - What is it?” at

http://vimeo.com/36752317

Google

us ing

Linked Open

Data

SEARCH

ENGINES

5. Use structured data

use databases –

plain text isn’t enough

LESSONS LEARNED . . .

HOW TO GET THERE

h t t p : / / ww w.

a r d en k i r k la nd .

c o m / c o s t u m eco r

e

COSTUME

CORE

MAPPING OUR F IELDS – TO THE STANDARDS

COSTUME

CORE

Title

Description

Identifier

Requi red

E lements

COSTUME

CORE

Creator Name

Date

Materials

Techniques

Measurements

Inscriptions

Donor

Provenance

Type

Work Type

Cataloger Name

Cataloger Date

Repository Location

Record Type

Recommended

Elements

COSTUME

CORE

MAPPING OUR F IELDS – TO EACH OTHER

Creator Role

Style Period

Creation Location

Use Location

Storage Location

Creation Culture

Use Culture

Worn By

Family History

Exhibition History

References

Relations

Subject

Classification

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Socio-Economic

Class

Gender

Age

Function

Cost

Condition Term

Condition Description

Treatment

Public Information

Private Information

Opt ional

E lements ,

Par t 1

COSTUME

CORE

Main Color

Secondary Colors

Components

Structure-Neckline

Structure-Torso

Structure-Sleeves

Structure-Waist

Structure-Skirt

Structure-Pants

Structure-Hem

Structure-Lining

Closure Type

Closure Placement

Measurements-Size

Measurements-Chest

Measurements-Waist

Measurements-Hips

Measurements-

Center Front Length

Measurements –

Center Back Length

Measurements-Hem

Circumference

Measurements –

Armpit to Waist

Measurements-Other

Opt ional

E lements ,

Par t 2

COSTUME

CORE

Integrated Access

Integrated Access

1. Get a librarian to help

2. Remember your mission

3. Share with the community

4. Don’t reinvent the wheel

5. Use structured data

LESSONS LEARNED . . .

Contact

Me!

Arden Kirkland

[email protected]

vcomeka.com/vccc