OCLC Workshop on Contentdm--Advanced Topics

A workshop designed to assist institutions in understanding how to optimize the use of CONTENTdm software and digital collections management. Workshop exercises include
preparing for metadata batchload import and export, web template customization,
creating customized collection interfaces using CONTENTdm Custom Queries & Results, and review of statistics and report functions.

Notes to follow:

OCLC Workshop on Preserving Born-Digital Collections (with Gail Palmer/OCLC)

Course description: As more and more content is created and maintained in digital formats, it is important to begin thinking about what to preserve and how to preserve it. This workshop focuses on the issues of selecting an appropriate preservation strategy for born digital material, the key issues in maintaining materials in a digital format, and the use of national digital archive prototypes and other preservation options. (from OCLC training course description)

What you will learn: Understanding of the concepts of content, context, structure, reliability and authenticity of digital material and how they relate to preservation; Understanding of the available options for preservation of born digital material; and Ability to make appropriate preservation decisions for born digital material. (from OCLC training course description)

This training course workshop addressed the basic requirements of a digital preservation program including issues relating to content, structure, reliability, authenticity, access, and rights management. While all of these elements were discussed in detail, the overarching element that I took away from this workshop was the need for "bringing people along in the process," policies, planning and resource development to sustain this initiative. Gail focused on the need to determine the "organizational readiness", the technological infrastructure that forms the foundation of any venture, and then finally the resources framework for sustainability.

As I introduce this agenda for my campus, I need to determine if it is a concern for PCC. Are there elements already documented in the planing processes (program, unit and area plans; technology master plan,, educational master plan) that can provide the springboard for further explanation. The campus survey that I developed for release in January will identify some of the resources as well as the concerns for a project. The Technology Master Plan can also integrate Technology Survey (Spring 2006) findings into the new revisions.

There are some models "ripe" for integration into a demonstration project:
•Richshell Allen's "born-digital" photographs
•Library historical photographs (already digitized)
•PCC historical photographs in the Library archives (already scanned)
•Oral histories (to be converted to digital media from audiotape)
•PCC Couriers (microfilmed; ready for digitization if funding is available)
•PCC Courier files (original film, contact sheets for each issue of the Courier/files moved to the PCC Library Archives and are waiting for an inventory)
•PCC Artist in Residence resources (B role tape)
•PCC Biography articles file (to be digitized and loaded into Contentdm)

Sites to explore (or revisit):
Cornell's Digital Preservation Tutorial">Cornell's Digital Preservation Tutorial
http://www.library.cornell.edu/iris/tutorial/dpm/

Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access 1st ed. Maxine K. Sitts, Editor. Northeast Document Conservation Center. Andover, Mass, 2000.
http://www.nedcc.org/oldnedccsite/digital/dighome.htm


Western States Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices Updated Fall 2006!
http://www.cdpheritage.org/cdp/documents/CDPDCMBP.pdf

Library of Congress Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS)
http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/METSOverview.html

Funding resources (on Gail's bibliography)including IMLS, NEA, NEH, NHPRC as well as other preservation organizations and funding: http://www.oclc.org/digitalpreservation/resources/funding.htm

Contentdm thesaurus for Pasadena City College

Because of the changing nature of divisions and departments over the years, I thought it might be good to experiment with using a wiki to post a draft of the thesaurus. Faculty and staff could add descriptive histories and anecdotes to the terms. E.g., The Media Center has moved from one area of the college to another. Rather than having one person responsible for the "authority" and referral work, I thought it would be good to make this a collaborative project. And, it will give me experience with a wiki! ;-)

I will also be adding the index to Mark Dodge's history as additional index terms. The "historical framwork" of the divisions will also be outlined here.

Thesaurus for Pasaadena City College’s Digital Documents
Administrative and Student Services Areas (non-instructional)

Admissions Office
Advisement Center
Affirmative Action Office
Alumni Office
Articulation Office
ASB Office
Bank
Benefits Office
Board of Trustees
Bookstore
Business Services
Cafeteria
Calworks
Campus Center (General)
Campus Police
Campus use/room reservation
Career/Job Placement Center
Child Development Center
Child Education Center
Classified senate
College Work Study
Commencement Ceremony
Computing services
Contract Education
Counseling/Career Services
Courior
Cross Cultural Center
Curriculum & Instruction
Custodians
Development office
Disabled Student Programs & Services
Economic development
Economic Development
Electronic maintenance
EOPS Office
Facilities
Faculty senate
Financial Aid/Scholarships
Fiscal services: accounting / payroll
Flea market
Flea Market
Foster Care Education
Foundation & External relations
Grant development & management
Health Center
Human resources
Institutional research office
Instructional Computing Lab
Instructional Resource Center
Instructional Television
International Student Admissions & Advisement
Job Placement
Keys
KPCC
Learning Assistance Center
Learning Resources
Lost & found
Management information services
Matriculation
Media Center
Office services
Office Skills Center
Parent Education
Parking
Parking
Pass Office
Police / safety services
President
Printing services
Project Leap
Psychological Services
Public relations office
Publications editor
Purchasing services : property control
Radio Station
Reading Lab
Receiving
Records
Registration
Scholarships and Loans
Student Affairs
Student Business Services
Student Trustee
Study Abroad Office
Testing (Assessment)
Transcripts
Transfer Center
Transportation
Travel & Student Insurance
Upward Bound Office
Veterans’ Office
Vice-President, Administrative Sevices
Vice-President, Instruction
Vice-President, Student & Learning Services
Vocational Education
Weekend College
WIN Center

Instructional Departments
Accounting
Administration of Justice
American Institutions
Anatomy
Anthropology
Arabic
Architecture
Armenian
Art
Astronomy
Automotive Technology
Banking and Finance
Biology
Building Construction
Business (General)
Business Information Technology
Chemistry
Chinese
Communication
Computer Information Systems
Computer Science
Cosmetology
Dental Hygiene
Dental Laboratory Technology
Drafting
Early Childhood Education
Economics
Education
Electricity
Electronics
Emergency Medical Technology
Engineering
English
English as a Second Language
English as a Second Language
Environmental Technology
Fashion
Fire Technology
Food Services
Foreign Language Study
French
Geography
Geology
German
Greek
Guidance
Health Education
Hebrew
History
Humanities
Italian
Japanese
Journalism
Laser Optics Technology
Latin
Legal Assisting
Library
Machine Shop
Marketing
Mathematics
Medical Assisting
Metal Processes
Microbiology
Music
Nursing
Nutrition
Philosophy
Photography
Physical Education Activity
Physical Education Theory
Physical Science
Physics
Physiology
Plumbing
Political Science
Printing
Psychology
Radiologic Technology
Religious Studies
Russian
Sign Art
Sociology
Spanish
Special Education Technology
Special Services
Speech
Statistics
Surveying
Technical Education (General)
Telecommunications
Theater Arts
Welding

Instructional Divisions