I have a question about photo metadata and how to record it. So while digitizing negatives, I've been recording the metadata into an excel sheet. I'm following Dublin Core and added some preservation metadata fields. Anywho, considering the institution I'm volunteering for doesn't have a DAMS or CMS, I was thinking of embedding the metadata using Photoshop. I successfully completed one image's embedded metadata and it wasn't difficult or too time consuming. The REAL question is...is it worth it? Should I just be doing the Dublin Core metadata in the Excel sheet OR just the IPTC metadata in Photoshop? Or is both great? Ultimately, I want to prep these photos so that if/when they do get a DAMS, they'll be easily added to the system with all their information.
Any input or completely different suggestions would be greatly appreciated :D Thank you!!
