1. Re-Discovering and
Linking Metadata
in Viewshare
Jeremy Myntti
Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services
University of Utah, Marriott Library
jeremy.myntti@utah.edu
January 26, 2013

2. Viewshare for Digital Collections
 Using existing metadata in Viewshare
 What?
 How?
 Why?
 Lessons learned
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3. http://www.lib.utah.edu/collections/digitalCollections.php
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4. http://westernsoundscape.org/
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5. http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/wss/id/866/rec/1
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7. http://www.westernsoundscape.org/maps/speciesExtent.php?species=207724
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8. http://westernsoundscape.org/googleMap.php
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9. What more could we do?
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15. Data Manipulation
 Multiple sources of latitude/longitude
 Existing
data (from Google Fusion tables)
 New data from Viewshare
 Export metadata from Viewshare
 Manipulate data in Excel
 Concatenate existing lat/long into one text string
 Merge existing and new coordinates in one field
 Load back into Viewshare
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29. How to enhance our existing interface
 New options for adding geographic data
 More faceting
 Unique pie charts
 Embed views from Viewshare in existing
webpages
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30. Ways to Enhance Viewshare?
 Edit text after loaded (Freemix)
 Merge data (Google Refine)
 Hierarchical faceting
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31. Lessons Learned
 Time for a metadata audit
 Identifymissing metadata
 Find inconsistencies
 Typographical errors
 Forms of headings
 Formatting discrepancies
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32. Lessons Learned
 Using existing data in new ways is not that
hard
 Don’t be scared of Linked Data!
 Future directions?
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33. Western Soundscape Archive
 http://westernsoundscape.org/
 http://viewshare.org/share/82439b16-65a3-
11e2-9024-4040e007d488/
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34. Questions?
Jeremy Myntti
Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services
University of Utah, Marriott Library
jeremy.myntti@utah.edu
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