LofT Committees - 2001
University
of Virginia
Digital Resource Management Planning Team
1. Background
The management
of digital resources extends beyond the creation or acquisition of the digital
objects, much as physical collections are managed during the life of the book
(cataloging, inventory, weeding, preservation). Various types of metadata
records, including descriptive, administrative, technical and structural,
are used to manage access to and behavior of digital objects. Standards and
quality control are important for both metadata and the digital objects themselves.
The life cycle of the digital object may extend well-beyond the life of some
physical objects, but only if the Library plans for digital preservation,
including refreshing both content and metadata (upgrading as standards evolve).
2. Charge
The Digital Resource
Management Planning Team will develop guidelines and implementation plans
for digital content standards to ensure that existing, purchased, and newly
created digital objects can be fully integrated into the digital library and
maintained throughout the life cycle of the digital object.
The team will:
- Examine current resource
production to determine appropriate workflows and "hand-offs" for metadata
creation and file standardization.
- Create an inventory
of permanent digital collections of the Library. Identify areas where
the evolution of standards will create digital library integration problems.
- Examine quality control
issues at all stages of digital content creation and recommend appropriate
best practices.
- Examine ways to enrich
metadata records (including bib records in Virgo) with evaluative, explanatory
and other information.
- Identify existing standards
for Administrative, Technical and Structural metadata, especially in the
area of authentication and rights management.
- Determine a policy
or policies regarding maintenance of existing digital objects in light
of constantly evolving metadata and format standards.
- Prepare an implementation
plan that addresses technical, educational (staff and user), workflow,
resource, and staffing implications.
3. Leader
Beth Camden
4. Members
- Beth Blanton-Kent
- Carol Hunter
- Chris Wiedman
- Daniel McShane
- Deej Baker
- Gayle Cooper
- Lynda White
- Matthew Gibson
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