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- HK: Reported on the work she has done onboarding Nicole Joniec, the new Digital Collections and Metadata Librarian, and stated how this transitional period might affect digitization and metadata workflows going forward.
- Tasks of the new Digital Collections and Metadata Librarian: Nicole is working on completing metadata for already existing records rather than jumping straight to ingesting new content to help her get a sense of the metadata standards of the Institute. Presently, there are approximately 680 records that have been ingested with incomplete metadata, primarily missing a title and description, which are visible internally, but are awaiting publication. Hillary recommended that curators also continue to revisit records with incomplete metadata, as discussed during the last meeting. Nicole is finishing out the metadata on what she can and will touch base with the curators if she has any questions.
- Ingest training: Hillary will train Nicole on ingests this coming week.
- Ingest backlog: Over the summer, Jay has been busy digitizing, leading to a moderate backlog of content to be ingested.
- Curator appointments: Hillary is busy introducing Nicole to the collections. In mid-October into November, Hillary will set up quarterly appointments with each of the curators for Jay, Hillary and Nicole to review materials selected for digitization. This will be a good time to look over the materials, determine how Jay will photograph the content and to have a conversation about the workflow, why the content was selected and additional context to assist with metadata creation. This casual show and tell is a good opportunity for curators to ask any questions they may have related to the imaging process, whether or not materials fit the collection scope, and any rights issues pertaining to materials under consideration for digitization. ***These appointments are based off of the current workflow for Museum digitization, which is unaffected by this change.***
Digital collection selection and curation
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