The Sheet Music Consortium and Metadata Standards

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The Sheet Music Consortium and Metadata Standards

• Jenn Riley
• Metadata Librarian
• Indiana University Digital Library Program

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A portal for sheet music

• An online union catalog for distributed sheet
  music collections
• Not just collections that have been digitized!
• A resource and community for institutions holding
  sheet music
• Called the Sheet Music Consortium to emphasize
  its collaborative nature

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History of the SMC

• Founding members
• UCLA
• Indiana
• Johns Hopkins
• Duke
• Important dates
• Fall and Winter 2001 Original idea, based on
  release of new OAI-PMH protocol
• March 2002 Planning meeting at IU
• September 2003 Version 1.0 release.
• Not much since then!

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1st phase metadata

• Simple Dublin Core
• See example on your handout
• This format is required for OAI-PMH
• But you can supplement it!
• DC usage guide for sheet music
• Reproduced on your handout
• Guidance on dealing with descriptive issues for
  sheet music not obvious in DC
• Attempt to gain more consistency across
  aggregated metadata

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Challenges in aggregation
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So where can we go from here?

• We need more robust description MODS?
• See handout for an example
• Many implementers just want a set of rules to
  follow!
• We have an opportunity to build community
  consensus around description for sheet music
• But we need tools to make it easier

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Sheet music cataloging tool
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Three possible OAI-PMH workflows
Digital asset management system
QDC
MODS
Metadata creation module
OAI data provider module
Transformation
DC
MARCXML
Metadata creation module
Static Repository Gateway
OAI Harvester
Transformation
QDC
MODS
Metadata creation system
Stand-alone OAI data provider
Transformation
DC
MARCXML
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Future of the SMC

• Needs to grow!
• Enhanced end-user functionality
• De-duplication of results?
• Tagging, other means of contributing metadata?
• Integration into tools like Zotero?
• More help for contributors
• Additional metadata guidelines?
• Selection for digitization?
• Copy cataloging?

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New grant proposal

• UCLA as lead institution developing grant
  proposal to do some of this work
• To be sent to IMLS February 1, 2009
• Some possible technical features
• OAI-PMH Static Repository
• Expanding beyond OAI-PMH
• Looking for partners! (contact me)

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Thank you!

• For more information
• jenlrile_at_indiana.edu
• SMC home page lthttp//digital.library.ucla.edu/sh
  eetmusic/gt
• These presentation slideslthttp//www.dlib.indian
  a.edu/jenlrile/presentations/mlamw2008/smc.pptgt
• Were serious about seeking project partners
  lets talk!