IASA's 55th Annual Conference

➺ Managing Collections with Audiovisual Metadata Tools
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Rebecca Fraimow (Workshop/Tutorial)
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As audiovisual content and formats become increasingly complex, the need to capture descriptive and technical metadata about audiovisual assets becomes ever-more pressing – and while asset management systems may come and go, the metadata contained in those systems shouldn’t disappear with them. This half-day workshop will focus on capturing accurate, standardized metadata that can be mapped and migrated between different systems using the PBCore schema.

Beginning with an introduction to key concepts in audiovisual metadata and a walk-through of the structure of the PBCore schema, the workshop will provide hands-on exercises in audiovisual cataloging using the PBCore Cataloging Tool to create XML records and MediaInfo to capture technical metadata about digital files. Attendees will learn about best practices for controlled vocabularies and standardized data fields, be presented with real-world use cases for PBCore records, and practice conceptual metadata mapping into databases.

Although the workshop will be presented in English, tools and resources will also be available in Spanish thanks to the NEH-funded PBCore Education and Training Project.