Cataloging Tools Produced by the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/cataloging.html
A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections
Common Elements for Description & Cataloging
http://www.niso.org/framework/framework2.html
I always found LOC’s website so useful. So Cataloging tools was very useful to understand how to catalog photographs. what to think and consider when cataloging them,.
Reading: Chapters 1-4, 7 of Head first SQL
April 17, 2008
A database is a container that holds tables and other SQl structures related to those tables.
information in the database is organized into tables.
Tables are organized as columns and rows.
Column = Value
Row = Information
SQL readings were actually easier than I thought. First, I was scared to read them but then they seemed okay.
I actually did not know anything about SQL, so it was good to learn about. Thanks
Readings: Chapters 1-3 of Introduction to vocabularies and handouts from SCM: Subject Headings
April 17, 2008
Readings: Chapters 1-3 of Introduction to vocabularies
1. What is Art and Material Culture Information, and Why is it Important?
2. Documentation: Analyzing and Recording Information
3. Standards: What Role Do They Play?
Handouts from SCM: Subject Headings
After the class, I actually understood these readings. MARC makes much more sense to me now. It will be much better when I start creating these MARC records.
A MARC record is a MA chine-Readable Cataloging record.
“Machine-readable” means that one particular type of machine, a computer, can read and interpret the data in the cataloging record.
Cataloging record: “Cataloging record” means a bibliographic record, or the information traditionally shown on a catalog card.
1.Description:
2.Main entry and added entries:
3.Subject headings (subject added entries):
4.Call number:
1.Fields are marked by TAGS.!
A field: Each bibliographic record is divided logically into fields. There is a field for the author, a field for title information, and so on.
A tag: Each field is associated with a 3-digit number called a “tag.” A tag identifies the field — the kind of data — that follows.
example:
100 1# $a Pirsig, Robert M.
2. Some fields are further defined by INDICATORS.
Indicators: Two character positions follow each tag (with the exception of Fields 001 through 009).
Each indicator value is a number from 0 to 9. (Although the rules say it can be a letter, letters are uncommon.)
3. subfields
4.content designators
authority control is very important: library of congress authorities website to check for subject headings.
AACR2 (Anglo-American-Cataloging-Rules)
Introduction to Metadata
April 17, 2008
Pathways to Digital Information
This was very useful information. I want to incorporate this in my metadata schemas.
Notes:
Introduction
Content, context and structure can be shown in Metadata.
Wayne’s Wine Epiphany
April 17, 2008
After listening to this, I have a better understanding of what metadata is. I like the concept of it.
Thanks for this.
April 3/ Class Notes – Search databases
April 3, 2008
We are going to have 2 pages.
insert php uses insert sql
viewall php uses select sql
create empty target and create query one
create results.php and entersearch.php
entersearch.php – create a name
forms – form search subject person
submit reset
select everything – next to action click on the folder, and select results.php
save it
results.php.
bindings, recordset
make sure all is selected
filter:subject person
equals subject person
form valiable
caption contains…
image : data sources
URL:finalimages/
March 20/2008 Class Notes
March 20, 2008
metadata-crosswalks
http://www.niso.org/framework/Framework2.pdf
http://www.loc.gov/marc/marcdocz.html
“A crosswalk allows metadata
created by one community to be
used by another group that employs
a different metadata standard.”
Crosswalk
Organizations follow different standards. Institutions have specific users for their metadata schemes. Crosswalk shows relatedness between metadata schemes. It is about element to element mapping. It is important to keep a consistency across metadata standards.
It seems to me that metadata is more stable than Dublin core.
One of the importances for Dublin Core is that institutions can add websites that they create for their collections.
It seems like there is no way to include everything in Dublin Core so only the useful ones are included. I don’t think it will be possible to allow mapping from Dublin Core to MARC.
There are differences between MARC and Dublin Core for sure. Dublin core is a simpler way than MARC. It makes it easier to search the metadata.
What Dublin Core is important is that it is a machine readable online website.
March 13/ Class Notes
March 13, 2008
10 images scanned for next week -
thumnails and bigger ones
create fields for your database
scan and upload images 10 images
continue dreamweaver
viewrecords.php (under viewall.php)
give it a title
show all the records
bind the database on the page to ..
database, click plus
create a new record set
record set as search – searching for star all…
name of the recordset doesnt matter
connections: myConnection
table: clicking the one it finds
columns : all
no filter
sort : filename -accending
you can press test and show you in tables ( just to test it)
click ok
click plus
a list of field names show up
we’re just going to use a table to organize it
insert bar : hit common
table right under common
rows: 4 ( 4 fields)
columns : 1
table width: 200 – minimum width
table will extend whatever is in it.
click ok
bindings
recordset
drag filename, category, caption and id
upload the viewall – say yes
erase recordset
tree sign – pope001
data sources
url : images/
click on table
go to server behaviour
repeat regions , all regions
March 6/ Class Notes- Dreamweaver
March 6, 2008
dreamweaver site
inClass2
yes server – php sql
files where: data (d drive)
new folder : give a name inClass2
and open it ( select)
edit locally
ftp
ppcm07/username/inClass2
username
password
http://www.imagearts.ryerson.ca/serdem/inClass2/
go to the beginning: write the same thing
and say no to the last one., click done
right click to site-inclass2
new folder
inclass 2 – drop down list
manage sites
edit – advanced
select images click done
take images from inclass2 (weston) to data d …
you should have them in your dreamweaver .. 3 photos
we are going to make 2 pages.
insert data into our database
(small application)
other page : use the images on database
right clik – new file .php
insert.php
change the title – untitled document
its easily overlooked
web http.
php
rdms my sql
they talk to each other- they are all connected
web server only speaks HTML
php server only speaks php
rdms server only speaks sql
.php – dont even try to read it as html
send it to php
create a database connection
myConnection
localhost
serdem
password (7 digits)
clickdatabase and click your username
databases, my connection, tables
write insert new images
twice enter
format heading 3
forms – click the first square
text field – second one to the square
filename
enter filename:
enter category
enter caption
caption : delete the label
go to textarea , write caption
2 more buttons
to submit button
to reset button
button (up)
write submit
write reset ( go to reset form)
down – form#form1 – select the form ( selects altogether)
application – server behaviours
plus signt _ drop sign -
insert record
click my connection
after inserting go to : insert.php
http://www.imagearts.ryerson.ca/serdem/inClass2/insert.php
put all the folder names – click submit
http://www.imagearts.ryerson.ca/serdem/phpmyadmin/
serdem – inclass2 – browse
new file – viewall.php
table
4 coloumns 1
bindings
recordset
drag filename, category, caption and id
upload the viewall – say yes
erase recordset
tree sign – pope001
data sources
url : images/
click on table
go to server behaviour
repeat regions , all regions
