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    The University of Maryland Libraries WikiProject: Challenges and Delights
    (2023-06-08) Hovde, Sarah; Doherty, Jennifer; Philips, Rigby; Guay, Beth
    In June 2020, members of what is now the Cataloging & Metadata Services team launched a project to begin exploring Wikidata, a free and open knowledge base of structured data. Over the next two and a half years, almost two dozen participants created and edited 1,492 Wikidata items related to 1,294 collections from SCUA and SCPA. In the process, UMD's Wikidata editors got to know our special collections, explored a linked data interface, and made library resources more discoverable by users on the open web. This panel features four project participants, who will provide an introduction to the editing project and share some of the challenges, delights, and historical backstories they discovered while working on Wikidata.
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    Uncovering Hidden Datasets in DRUM
    (2021-06-03) Durden, David; Buser, Allison
    DRUM has been available for UMD researchers to deposit research data since the mid-2000's but little mediation or curation has been performed on these materials to date. As the Libraries begin planning for a new collection within DRUM specifically for research data, the authors wondered how much research data had been deposited in DRUM as a supplemental file to an article, paper, or ETD rendering the data "hidden" from searches within DRUM. This poster presents two methodologies for querying records in DRUM, analyzing metadata to discover hidden datasets, and outlining the next steps for improving research data archiving and preservation in DRUM.
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    The benefits of library involvement in the implementation of a faculty activity reporting system
    (2019-06) Corlett-Rivera, Kelsey; Goodall, Sharon; MacOmber, Kendra; Huntenburg, Antonya
    Many universities have implemented software programs, such as Digital Measures and Faculty180, to manage faculty productivity and research information. This implementation process involves a number of different stakeholders, including IT, institutional reporting, research administration, faculty, etc. In many cases, an implementation team is assembled to bring together the right expertise. We advocate for the inclusion of the Libraries on that implementation team based primarily on our experience with Digital Measures at the University of Maryland, but also on communication with other institutions who have been through a similar process and a review of the literature. This poster will enumerate the benefits of library involvement, recommend points in the process at which to get involved (e.g. procurement, technical implementation, training), and identify the best people in a library organization to include at those moments, such as metadata experts or graduate assistants for training. We will also provide suggestions for librarians who need to make the case for inclusion, and address a few challenges to full participation. The poster format will allow us to present the information based on a visual timeline, which will make it easy for interested attendees to take our experience and apply it at their own institutions. We will also be able to spend time discussing our experience one-on-one with attendees to answer questions and learn from their experiences.
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    Transforming external legacy metadata for ArchivesSpace: A labor of love
    (2018-06-14) Parker, Bria
    When the AFL-CIO collection was acquired, University of Maryland Libraries received a database export of all the metadata associated with the materials. While we already had a proven process for transforming our local metadata from our migration from The Beast (Access Database) into ArchivesSPace, this process would not apply, as the metadata in the case of AFL-CIO was given to us in a different format. In this presentation I will outline the challenges of transforming the metadata and describe the transformation workflows. Specifically, I will show the tool (Stead) that was modified and used for the majority of the transformation work, as well as review the other steps, tips, and tools I utilized to format the metadata for optimal import into ArchivesSpace.
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    BTAA Geoportal: An update on collections, metadata, and interface design
    (2017-10-10) Piekielek, Nathan; Martindale, Jaime; O'Neal, Kelley
    The Big Ten Academic Alliance Geoportal provides discoverability and facilitates access to geospatial resources curated by librarians and geospatial specialists at twelve participating research institutions. Since the geoportal’s initial launch in the summer of 2016, steady progress has been made to enhance discovery and access to over 5,000 geospatial datasets and scanned maps. Throughout the last year, project working groups have focused on collection development, metadata coordination, and interface design. This work has included augmenting collections and identifying gaps, streamlining metadata workflows, and performing usability testing to help identify interface design improvements. This presentation provides a series of updates from the working groups and will offer a look to the future as we address project growth and strategic planning efforts.
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    Update on University of Maryland’s Work on the BTAA Geoportal
    (2017-06-08) O'Neal, Kelley; Parker, Bria; Majewicz, Karen
    An update about the contributions University of Maryland has made to the BTAA Geospatial Data Discoverability Projects as well as an update on the project and BTAA Geoportal as a whole. UMD has been involved in both the Metadata Steering Group and the Collection Development Group and have had input on
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    “Is This Enough?” Digitizing Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Archives Media
    (2015-07-16) Parker, Bria; Pike, Robin C.; Novara, Vincent, J.
    Special Collections in Performing Arts (SCPA) at University of Maryland Libraries collects performing arts materials that preserve performance practice, instruction, and scholarship, including the full scope of audiovisual (AV) formats. The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Archives at SCPA contains, among common print archival materials, a significant number of AV materials including performances, workshops, and choreography demonstrations. This collection of AV materials is exemplar of the numerous challenges facing AV digitization and preservation projects in university libraries and archives. The collection poses several metadata challenges as metadata standards and best practices for video materials lag behind those for audio and text materials. Additionally, archival collections are often not described to the item level, but in digitization projects, item level metadata is frequently expected to aid in discovery. Likewise, there are technical and personnel challenges in working with a vendor in creating a contract, negotiating the statement of work, scheduling the project, and gaining the staff necessary to support a new project or digitization initiative within a subject area. All of these issues cause angst and uncertainty when making decisions, at times leaving us wondering: “Are we doing enough?” In our presentation, we will outline the decisions we made for this project, our ultimate workflow, and our lessons learned moving forward.