[Dspace-general] what is your metadata workflow?

[Helen F. Schmierer]

At 02:07 PM 12/15/2009, Caryn Neiswender wrote:
>Hi, Alice~
>
>We are definitely in a similar situation.  In one of our projects, we have 
>a collection of materials that was originally stored on floppy disks.  The 
>documents were transferred to a shared drive, so access to the files could 
>be distributed amongst a group of people.  Various individuals are then 
>able to access a shared Excel Workbook (stored on the same drive as the 
>files), which is setup to collect metadata.
>
>I developed some documentation for the process we're using.  It's 
>available at 
><https://dekiwiki.lib.uci.edu/User:cneiswen/Rorty_Project>https://dekiwiki.lib.uci.edu/User:cneiswen/Rorty_Project 
>. Essentially, this outlines how we are getting from docs on a shared 
>drive through metadata creation, through submission (using bulk upload).
>
>I tend to be a little cautious, and want to QC things extensively. So, 
>we're using step 2 in the DSpace workflow process, just to be sure that 
>what is automatically generated (and bulk loaded) looks correct once it 
>has been uploaded.
>
>Hope this helps. Please let me know if I can provide any additional info 
>(or if you have streamlined procedures that we might be able to adapt...).
>
>Have a great day,
>Caryn
>
>
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: [Dspace-general] what is your metadata workflow?
>From: Platt, Alice <mailto:a.platt at snhu.edu><a.platt at snhu.edu>
>To: <mailto:dspace-general at mit.edu>dspace-general at mit.edu 
><mailto:dspace-general at mit.edu><dspace-general at mit.edu>
>Date: 12/15/2009 11:35 AM
>>Hello,
>>
>>I’m curious to find out how other DSpace members are managing their 
>>workflow. We are considering not using the built-in DSpace workflow (for 
>>various reasons I will not detail here). The thinking is that we will 
>>batch import groups of items instead of doing one at a time.
>>
>>We have students who can write the basic metadata, and a digital content 
>>specialist who writes the more complex metadata such as abstract/keyword 
>>information.
>>
>>I would like to know if anyone else has a similar situation where two or 
>>more people are writing metadata without using the DSpace workflow – and 
>>if you are in that situation, can you describe your workflow to me? I’m 
>>trying to figure out the best arrangement.
>>
>>Thanks in advance!
>>
>>Alice Platt
>>Digital Initiatives Librarian
>>Shapiro Library
>>Southern New Hampshire University
>>2500 North River Rd
>>Manchester, NH 03106
>>USA
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