5. Related Cataloging Practices
MARC
15.4%
No answer Dublin Core
33.3% 10.3%
EAD
12.8%
Specify Local
2.6% Schema
ICMS 17.9%
7.7%
…or not.
6. Information Needs
• Geographical location – 67%
• Environment and habitat descriptions – 41%
• Species information – 33%
• Narrative or historical information – 15%
7. Metadata for the Object!
EAC Organization NCD Collection
OrgId: EACO9 CollectionId: NCDC78
Name: Smithsonian Institution, Title: Frederick Coville,
National Museum of Natural History, field books, 1890-1924
Department of Botany Owner: EACO9
Creator: EACP173
Description: The collection consists of
EAC Person Coville's field notes from botanical
collecting and observation efforts in …
PersonId: EACP173
Name: Coville, Frederick
(Frederick Vernon), 1867-1937
Dates: 1867-1937 MODS Item
Biographical history: Frederick Vernon MODSid: MODSI1281
Coville, botanist and blueberry Collection: NCDC78
breeder, was born in New York and Title: Field notes, Death Valley
educated… Expedition, 1891
Dates: 1891.05.10-1891.07.30
EAC Expedition Creator: EACP173
ExpId: EACE0017 Expedition: EACE 0017
Name: Death Valley Expedition Abstract: This item contains narrative
Dates: 1890-1891 notes and lists of botanical specimens
Description: The Death Valley Expedition collected or observed during Coville's
was the first biological survey to … research in Death Valley . …
8. Metadata for Digital Access
• Metadata for the object
• Metadata for the surrogate
12. Metadata for the Derivatives
Starfish specimen collected off the coast of
Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica, c. 1962
Local number: SIA2012-0664
Summary: SIA RU007231, Box 140, Folder.
Taken during Waldo Schmitt's collecting
during the Palmer Peninsula Survey 1962-
1963.
Repository: Smithsonian Institution
Archives
13. Metadata for Digital Access
• Metadata for the object
• Metadata for the surrogate
• Metadata for playing with others
14. But field books from that expedition
are also in my collections…
17. EAC Person
PersonId: EACP173
Name: Coville, Frederick
(Frederick Vernon), 1867-1937
Dates: 1867-1937
Biographical history: Frederick Vernon
Coville, botanist and blueberry
breeder, was born in New York and
educated…
NCD Collection
CollectionId: NCDC78
Title: Frederick Coville,
field books, 1890-1924
Owner: EACO9
Creator: EACP173
Description: The collection consists of
Coville's field notes from botanical
collecting and observation efforts in …
18. Next steps
• Moving Registry online and enriching with
social tags and annotations
• Submitting records to SNAC
• Expanding the Registry to accept content from
other repositories
19. Project Team
Principal Investigators Project Advisors & Support
Rusty Russell Ricc Ferrante
Anne Van Camp Tammy Peters
Project Staff Sarah Stauderman
Carolyn Sheffield Nora Lockshin
Sonoe Nakasone Kristen Tyree
Lesley Parilla Kira Cherrix
Emily Hunter
