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Mountain West Digital Library Dublin Core Application Profile, Cheryl D. Walters
Mountain West Digital Library Dublin Core Application Profile, Cheryl D. Walters
Cheryl D. Walters
This Dublin Core application profile supersedes the Metadata Guidelines for the Mountain West Digital Library (2006). It is intended to guide the creation of new metadata (i.e., created after June 1, 2010) by members and contributing partners of the MWDL. The Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) provides a portal (http://mwdl.org) to digital resources in universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, government agencies, and other entities in Utah, Nevada, and other parts of the U.S. West. Cheryl Walters served as Chair of the Metadata Task Force that wrote this profile.
Utah Manuscripts Association Encoded Archival Description Best Practice Guidelines, Version 1.2, Cheryl D. Walters, J. Gordon Daines
Utah Manuscripts Association Encoded Archival Description Best Practice Guidelines, Version 1.2, Cheryl D. Walters, J. Gordon Daines
Cheryl D. Walters
Best Practice Guidelines created for participants in the Utah Manuscripts Association EAD Project funded by a LSTA grant in 2007/2008
Thermal-Transfer Printing: A Better Way To Print Library Labels, Cheryl D. Walters
Thermal-Transfer Printing: A Better Way To Print Library Labels, Cheryl D. Walters
Cheryl D. Walters
Thermal-transfer printing, a technology borrowed from the manufacturing sector, offers libraries a flexible method for printing durable, accurate, legible, and attractive labels that reliably adhere to most book surfaces. When guided by an electronic program customized to meet a library’s particular needs, a thermal-transfer printing system offers virtually limitless variations in font, format, and functionality. It can print labels directly from the online catalog, thereby guaranteeing that call numbers on labels match what patrons see in the catalog. This article explains thermal-transfer printing and how it compares with other printing technologies, briefly explores applications in both the manufacturing and library …
Western States Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices, Version 1.2, Cheryl D. Walters
Western States Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices, Version 1.2, Cheryl D. Walters
Cheryl D. Walters
Funded by a grant awarded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in the fall of 2001, the University of Denver (Denver, Colorado) spearheaded a multi-state collaborative initiative to create a virtual collection of widely dispersed digital resources on the topic, Western trails. As part of this initiative, 23 institutions in four Western states were awarded mini-grants to create digital content and metadata for resources related to Western trails. In addition to creation of a virtual collection of digital resources, another significant component of this multi-state initiative was development of a set of Dublin-Core based best practices by …