Mixing and Mapping Metadata to Provide Integrated Access to Digital Library Collections Karen Calhoun Director, Central Technical Services Tom Turner Metadata Librarian, Albert R. Mann Library Cornell University ~Cornell University Library ~

Problem: Integrating Access So many information resources, so little time Information resources descriptions endlessly diverse –Cornell catalog, Library Gateway, and multiple digital collections –Different discovery methods and metadata formats Searchers are on their own to be aware of collections, know how to link to them, and search different interfaces ~Cornell University Library ~

Problem: Resource Discovery and Deep Searching Learn about all collections available Learn about all collections that are relevant Learn about all of the items in all of the collections that are relevant ~Cornell University Library ~

A Solution: ENCompass Development partnership: –Cornell, Kansas State University, Getty Research Library, University of Pennsylvania Addresses issues of metadata diversity –Cornell University catalog (MARC) –E-Reference Collection (DC) –Saving America’s Treasures (TEILite) ~Cornell University Library ~

Mixing and Mapping Baker: “metadata pidgin” Heery and Patel: “mixing and matching” Lagoze: “principle of modularity” “Mixing and mapping” –Robust searching –Cross-domain resource discovery ~Cornell University Library ~

Example: Digitized Pamphlets ~Cornell University Library ~ Collection-level Record UNQUALIFIED DUBLIN CORE Pamphlet One TEILITE OCR Page One TEILITE OCR Page Two TEILITE

Status of the Project Development, not implementation stage Nonproprietary resources for now –Defining metadata types and mappings –Metadata loader Focus on prototype –Cornell catalog –E-Reference Collection –Saving America’s Treasures Licensed resources in 2002 ~Cornell University Library ~