shepherding information
DESCRIPTION
The changes in the library world over the last 20 years have brought the field of the visual resources professional and that of the computer programmer closer together. This presentation looks at the shrinking distance between librarians and programmers, the presenter's experiences as a VR professional who writes code, the advantages and frustrations of having a foot in each world, and a practical example of metadata transformation in the UT School of Architecture VRC's year-long effort to edit and reformat over 38,000 records to start its ARTstor hosted collection.TRANSCRIPT
(confessions of a librarian-programmer)
Shepherding Information
Robert Carter • Metadata Librarian
School of Architecture Visual Resources Collection, The University of Texas at Austin
28th Visual Resources Association Conference, Atlanta GA, March 18 2010
AND SO…
• Lamp
• Chair
Why PHP?
• Low barrier language
• Well suited for metadata transformation
Pipes and Filters:
• Metadata goes through a series of transforming steps,
i.e., it is “piped” through a series of “filters”
• Chief advantage: original data is not modified,
changes can be rolled back in case of error
Metadata Cleanup
arLname arFname arFirmName
Wright Frank Lloyd (NULL)
Metadata Cleanup
arLname arFname arFirmName
Wright
Le Nôtre, Le Vau, Le Brun
Frank Lloyd
André, Louis, Charles
(NULL)
(NULL)
Metadata Cleanup
arLname arFname arFirmName
Wright
Le Nôtre, Le Vau, Le Brun
Herzog, Jacques
Frank Lloyd
André, Louis, Charles
de Meuron, Pierre
(NULL)
(NULL)
Herzog & de Meuron
Metadata Cleanup
arLname arFname arFirmName
Wright
Le Nôtre, Le Vau, Le Brun
Herzog, Jacques
Johnson, Burgee
Frank Lloyd
André, Louis, Charles
de Meuron, Pierre
(NULL)
(NULL)
(NULL)
Herzog & de Meuron
(NULL)
Metadata Cleanup
arLname arFname arFirmName
Wright
Le Nôtre, Le Vau, Le Brun
Herzog, Jacques
Johnson, Burgee
(NULL)
Frank Lloyd
André, Louis, Charles
de Meuron, Pierre
(NULL)
(NULL)
(NULL)
(NULL)
Herzog & de Meuron
(NULL)
Giotto; di Cambio, Arnolfo;
Brunelleschi, Filippo
Metadata Cleanup
arLname arFname arFirmName
Wright
Le Nôtre, Le Vau, Le Brun
Herzog, Jacques
Johnson, Burgee
(NULL)
Frank Lloyd
André, Louis, Charles
de Meuron, Pierre
(NULL)
(NULL)
(NULL)
(NULL)
Herzog & de Meuron
(NULL)
Giotto; di Cambio, Arnolfo;
Brunelleschi, Filippo
two lessons learned:• Rich metadata prevents a ton of
headaches
• Having code skills is a great asset,
AND
librarianship is still needed