Metadata Committee 4/21/2008

Present: Marshall Breeding, Roberta Winjum, Zora Breeding, Mary Charles Lasater, Pete Wilson, Steven Nordstrom, Bill Walker, Ronee Francis

Absent: none

Agenda

• Volunteer needed to take minutes. Ronee volunteered.
• The use of DOIs in Acorn records. Brought up by Zora, the committee discussed whether there was an advantage to using DOIs v the URL provided by the publisher. DOIs are assigned by the original publisher and are persistent. If the publisher changes the URL will not. The DOI URl consist of a series of numbers. It is possible these URL do not makes sense to a user and the possibility of creating alternative text was discussed.

ACTION: Further inquiry is required to find out:

1. If using DOIs serves the user in the long run.
2. If there are any advantages or disadvantages
3. Who is providing them and how many of our records have them
4. Ronee will find out how CNRI handles are used with the VU e-Archive

• Pete reported “Who Speaks for the Negro” needs some work on subject headings and abstracts. The Gilbert Moses oral histories are missing. Response to this digital collection has been very positive. A records for “Who Speaks…” has been created for Acorn and two exist in OCLC.
• REPORT: The Metadata is supportive of adding content of the VU e-Archive to Discover Library.
• Ronee will provide information to the committee concerning the National Institute of Health Public Access Policy.
• The next meeting will be held June 2nd.