Metadata Basics
Creating Metadata Records in the Rare Books and Special Collections Library at the American University in Cairo
Carolyn Runyon, Instructor Thursday, March 7, 2013 UACT Training Lab, Library Building, P017
Contents Overview ...... 1 Learning Outcomes ...... 1 Create an Unqualified Dublin Core Metadata Record ...... 2 Create a Qualified Dublin Core Record for a Record ...... 4 Create a Qualified Dublin Core Record for a Photograph ...... 6
Overview The objective of the workshop is for participants to enhance their understanding of descriptive metadata. Best practices, guidelines, and resources will be shared.
Learning Outcomes By the end of this workshop, participants should be able to: 1. Define metadata; 2. Describe types of metadata; 3. Identify different metadata standards; 4. Understand descriptive standards; 5. Use authorities and controlled vocabularies; 6. Understand the different between Dublin Core elements and refining properties/qualifiers; 7. Create a descriptive metadata record for record and a photograph; 8. And use the Best Practices for Digitizing and Describing Cultural Heritage Materials guidelines. Metadata Basics
Create an Unqualified Dublin Core Record
Use your best judgment to great an unqualified Dublin Core metadata record for this contribution to the University on the Square: Documenting Egypt’s 21st Century Revolution collection with the donor- provided information below. Description: Pictures taken during the Egyptian Revolution Location: Tahrir Square Owner: Ahmed Eldiwany Tags: revolution images, tahrir square, july 25
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Contributor
Publisher
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Create a Qualified Dublin Core Record for a Record The American University in Cairo Board of Trustees Meetings Minutes digital collection primarily includes meeting agendas and minutes, as well as additional meeting documentation such as correspondence, reports, or memoranda. The collection includes minutes ranging from the first meeting of the Board of Trustees of Cairo Christian University on November 30, 1914 to the American University at Cairo's meeting on December 19, 1955.
The digital collection is derived from the Meetings Minutes subseries in the Board of Trustees and Founders series in the Governing Bodies and Committees record subgroup in the Records record group in the University Archives collection. Its call number is UA.R.GC.1914.01.01.
Use the Rare Books and Special Collections Library’s Best Practices for Digitizing and Describing Cultural Heritage Materials to describe the 54 page minutes from the Board’s 1915 meeting.
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Creator
Description
Name
Topic
Location
Date Created
Type
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Medium
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Collection
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Create a Qualified Dublin Core Record for a Photograph The Alexandria Bombardment of 1882 Photograph Album digital collection was originally compiled by Italian photographer Luigi Fiorillo. This unique resource documents the British naval attack on 'Urabi Pasha's nationalists, who revolted against Taufik Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt, from 1879 to 1882. Fiorillo’s fifty page album records damage to Alexandria's neighborhoods, particularly the harbor and the fortress district. The images trace the development of episode from the arrival of the British fleet to the destruction of the emerging downtown district. Further, the photographs show the artillery and forts used by the resistance. The album also features portraits of the key players in the bombardment, including 'Urabi Pasha, Khedive Taufik, Admiral Seymour, and Sir Wolseley.
Fiorillo was active from the 1870s to the 1890s. Although his main studio was located in Alexandria, he is known to have traveled widely throughout Egypt and Africa. He is best known for this distinctive album.
Use the Rare Books and Special Collections Library’s Best Practices for Digitizing and Describing Cultural Heritage Materials to describe an image from the Alexandria Bombardment of 1882 Photograph Album (call number=SC-1956-01), which is part of the Egypt and Middle East Architecture, Landscape, and Travel Photograph Album Collection (call number=PA-1882-01).
The item measures 26.7 centimeters wide x 18.9 centimeters tall, and will be available as a JPEG2000 in the Rare Books and Special Collections Digital Library.
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Photographer
Description
Topic
Subject
Location
Date Created
Type
Format
Extent
Medium
Language
Identifier
Original Identifier Collection
Source
License
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