Dear Emmanuelle, This is a topic that I and my colleague Günter Waibel spent many years exploring. I wanted to share an old but relevant article we wrote on this topic: Metadata for All <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__firstmonday.org_article_view_1628_1543.&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=e507lsOLMLpNWxMc9GIaKxb-mxZhbMJ1mY6SLgDKU0A&m=Mhq2GJdm6RCb7I4xZTxatQop6A7djdAQVYIHSGR9HU4&s=ov_2jIFIc4rPdGcMGS-xgtDJ1LG7pzgTbFZ-f8x2ieo&e=>, which discusses the reasons behind our inability to have our data interoperate or "play nicely" with other institutions. It is also a useful history of efforts that came before and what worked and what didn't.
I think the promise of linked data and efforts like Europeana and DPLA have shown us what is possible when we use network level standards, which allow our data to reach outside the confines of our local institutional systems. I don't think we will ever get to a point where we all follow the same metadata practices but we can extract and share our data in ways that are more universal. Other readings of interest: Beyond the Silos of the LAMs: Collaboration Among Libraries, Archives and Museums <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.oclc.org_content_dam_research_publications_library_2008_2008-2D05.pdf&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=e507lsOLMLpNWxMc9GIaKxb-mxZhbMJ1mY6SLgDKU0A&m=Mhq2GJdm6RCb7I4xZTxatQop6A7djdAQVYIHSGR9HU4&s=z55EXfGSEjjjNvVPZWDVTh6KOIgVilCfAJHUQamMGSI&e=> Think Global, Act Local – Library, Archive and Museum Collaboration <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.oclc.org_content_dam_research_publications_library_2009_waibel-2Derway-2Dmmc.pdf&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=e507lsOLMLpNWxMc9GIaKxb-mxZhbMJ1mY6SLgDKU0A&m=Mhq2GJdm6RCb7I4xZTxatQop6A7djdAQVYIHSGR9HU4&s=X7xWGNlemcwO553CQv7fslJzCX5171zrQ3e9N25y_Ko&e=> Good luck moving the topic forward! As technology moves ahead, these things will be easier to achieve. There also needs to a powerful incentive, such as better serving user needs. We are getting there... incrementally. -- Mary W. Elings Head of Digital Collections The Bancroft Library University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Delmas-Glass, Emmanuelle < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > In order to get us started with the LAM interoperability SIG, we would > like to get your feedback on a few questions. > > 1. Use cases: as a museum, library or archive, whenever you tried to > integrate your data with other institutions, what worked, what didn't, and > why? > > 2. Interoperable metadata schemas and/or ontologies: what is out there > that can help bring collection data and bibliographical data together? What > do you think about them, what are the challenges and how do you plan or > wish to utilize them? > > 3. Existing interoperability tools: what software platforms do you use? If > you could design your own, what would they be? > > 4. Staffing: what staff member(s) usually work together on these questions > of data interoperability at your institution (list titles)? What new staff > position(s) would be useful? > > If you could give brief replies that would be great. The goal is to assess > the challenges of our community as well as the opportunities. This common > base should lead to some interesting discussions that we could bring up in > an in-person meeting at the next MCN conference in New Orleans. > > Emmanuelle and Stefano > > Emmanuelle Delmas-Glass > Collections Data Manager > Collections Information & Access Department > Yale Center for British Art > http://britishart.yale.edu > 203-410-4069 > -- > Stefano Cossu > Director of Application Services, Collections > The Art Institute of Chicago > 116 S. Michigan Avenue > Chicago, IL 60603 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Mary W. Elings Head of Digital Collections The Bancroft Library University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
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