national library of new zealand : strategies for interoperability: metadata projects and activities...
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National Library of New Zealand :strategies for interoperability:
metadata projects and activities
Karen Rollitt Douglas Campbell
DCMI Localisation and Internationalisation Working Group Meeting, September 13, 2005, Madrid Spain.
Overview
• National Library of NZ
• Frameworks and principles
• Projects
• Activities
• Future
National Library of New ZealandTe Puna Mātauranga o Aoteaora
• Collect, maintain, and make accessible literature and information resources that relate to New Zealand and the Pacific
• Alexander Turnbull LibraryPreserve New Zealand's documentary heritage for generations to come
• Develop and deliver services for schools to support teaching and learning
• National Library Act 2003 mandates legal deposit of electronic materials
Metadata Framework at National Library of New Zealand (2000)• Focus on resource discovery• Focus on interoperability• Crucial adherence to standards• Dublin Core as significant 2004 Principles for NLNZ metadata in a collaborative environment• DC implementations must comply with DCMI recommendations • DC terms (ISO15836) must be the common layer • Application Profiles for sector specific and local requirements include the DC layer
Frameworks and principles
Projects : Discover
• A database of over 2,500 multimedia items selected for use in the Visual Arts and Music disciplines in New Zealand schools
• Pilot project for the Digital Library Programme
• MARC and ISAD exported and mapped to DC and qualified DC and also contains EAD elements and local extensions
• Expressed in XML and uses the recommended RDF framework for DC metadata
Projects : Matapihi
• Contains 50,000 objects, including images, some 3-d virtual museum objects and sound and textual items. All are about, made created by New Zealanders, or held in New Zealand collections
• First cross sector collaborative project using DC based metadata
• 3 libraries, 1 art gallery and 1 museum
• Centralised metadata repository
• Skim of the DC layer of partners metadata
• Expressed in XML and uses the recommended RDF framework for DC metadata
• Bilingual
DC MetadataDC MetadataURLOther MetadataOther MetadataOther MetadataOther Metadata
Matapihi
DC MetadataDC MetadataURL
DC MetadataDC MetadataURLOther MetadataOther MetadataOther MetadataOther Metadata
DC MetadataDC MetadataURL
DC MetadataDC MetadataURLOther MetadataOther MetadataOther MetadataOther Metadata
DC MetadataDC MetadataURL
Websites
Aggregation of Dublin Core metadata
Metadata Conversion Engine
DescriptiveRecords
MARC
ISAD(G)
Picture Australia
Matapihi
Govt Portal
Digital Archive
CROSSWALKDC XML
METS
DC RDF/XML
Discover
AdditionalData
DRD RDF AP
NZGLS
DC RDF/XML
Metadata Conversion Engine
DCMI Registry
• @ http://dcregistry.natlib.govt.nz/dcregistry/
• dcterms in Te Reo Māori – official language of New Zealand /Aotearoa
• Authorised by the New Zealand Maori Language Commission / Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo
• Plans : translate element refinements, encoding schemes and vocabularies and Pacific languages
National Library Metadata Developments
National Library Metadata Developments
DCMI Affiliation• June 2005 – National Library of New Zealand,
State Services Commission and Archives New Zealand signed DCMI affiliate agreement
Dublin Core Australia/New Zealand (DCANZ) • Promotes the use of standards based metadata in the region • Biennial Conferences• Metamatters: http://metabrowser.dtdns.net/dcanz2/mb.aspx
E-Government• 2 representatives on the New Zealand Government Locator Service (NZGLS) Working Group• maintain the New Zealand standard for the creation of discovery-level metadata in the government sector • Application profile – dcterms & AGLS (Australian Government Locator Service)
Education • National Library delivers services to schools • Contributing to the New Zealand Education Sector Architecture Framework (ESAF)• Working on a project to develop a Core Education Sector Metadata Schema• Monitor DC-Education Working Group
National Library collaboration and interoperability in other sectors
New Zealand’s National Digital Strategy
New Zealand’s National Digital Strategy
EnablersInformation on Content and where it can be accessed to enrich the quality of lives. Give Confidence to use ICT and in a secure environment Connecting to and using ICT
Agents of change information for and about Communities – tools available to access contentGovernment – easy to use Businesses – create value and connect
Creating a digital future
New Zealand’s National Digital Strategy
National Library of New Zealand contribution:
• Communities - deliver content to public libraries and citizens advice bureaux through “The People’s Network”
• Continuity - Electronic legal deposit - Preserving New Zealand’s digital heritage for future generations of learners
• Content - National Content Strategy - Includes mapping the content landscape. E-content will be from a variety of sources and repositories.
ConnectionLibraries of NZ “The People’s Network” Skilling New Zealand
New Zealand’s National Digital StrategyNational standards-driven ICT infrastructure with high levels of interoperability and a seamless across-sector framework
Continuity $24 millionfor digital preservationElectronic legal deposit
Content Matapihi, EPIC, Te Ara.Asset mapping, elearning, egovernment, ehealth, elaw, eresearch, etc