1. Collection Building Tools: Contributing to the NSDL
NSDL Annual Meeting
October 18-20, 2006

2. Metadata Repository (MR) Methods
Essentially done with OAI via
Pathways
Generate own metadata with CWIS or other tools
Early on NSDL scraped websites
Recommend a Resource

3. NDR Approaches (1) OAI – still okay
DLESE Collection System – cataloging tool communicating with NDR API
Middle School Portal Data Management System – resource-centric data manager and cataloging tool
iVia – processes website content to auto-generate metadata then submit to NDR
On Ramp – distributed creation/editing of content

4. NDR Approaches (2)
Expert Voices – blogging tool integrating NSDL resources
Instructional Architect – discover, select and design instruction from NSDL for NSDL
Content Assignment Tool (CAT) – suggests standards for resources
Recommend a Resource – provide a URL
Other Tools – CWIS, etc.

5. (More detail in a few slides)
Tools for this Session
DLESE Collection System (DCS)
Middle School Portal Data Management System (MSP DMS)
(More detail in a few slides)

6. Activity: Manage Collections
The ability and methods used to manage collections in
the NDR are still under development.
What kinds of activities/workflows do you use to
manage collections? (less about tools and scripts)
Examples:
DLESE aggregates many collections and therefore needs to know which metadata record belongs to which collection
DLESE needs to know if a URL of a resource belongs to more than one collection

7. DLESE Collection System (DCS): Highlights
Multiple built-in metadata formats
DLESE, NSDL_DC, OAI_DC
Works with and validates across different XML schemas
Handles multiple collections in multiple formats simultaneously
Create different workflows for each collection
Writes directly to the NDR API
Platform independent and web accessible
OAI is embedded
Secure access if needed

8. Middle School Portal Data Management System (MSP DMS): Highlights
Metadata can come from multiple sources – OAI, iVia, directly from collections
All metadata for a unique ID (URL) is viewable in the same space
Web based cataloging tool
Assign the same resource to multiple projects
Projects provide template of fields they want
Records are built from existing metadata – pick and choose (or add your own)
Records are exported in multiple formats

9. Demonstrate Tools DLESE Collection System (DCS)
Middle School Portal Data Management System (MSP DMS)
Beta version available for testing

10. Contact Information
Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)
Katy Ginger
Jonathan Ostwald
Holly Devaul
Middle School Portal
Kim Lightle
Roger Cunningham