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Faculty Publications

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2017

Digital Collections

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Exposing Hidden Digital Collections: Dams Migration To Better Meet Our Users' Needs, Jeremy Myntti Jun 2017

Exposing Hidden Digital Collections: Dams Migration To Better Meet Our Users' Needs, Jeremy Myntti

Faculty Publications

  1. Pre-migration work
  2. Migration
  3. Post-migration work
  4. Lessons learned


The Western Name Authority File: Improving Access For Digital Collections And Archives, Jeremy Myntti, Anna Neatrour Feb 2017

The Western Name Authority File: Improving Access For Digital Collections And Archives, Jeremy Myntti, Anna Neatrour

Faculty Publications

Value of name authority control:

  • Easier searching for known names
  • Make searching more predictable
  • Consistency of records
  • Organize and collocate information
  • Efficiency for metadata creators
  • Easier to maintain data over time
  • Less errors in data
  • Differentiate similar names
  • Provide context for names


Metadata Migration Managed: Fixing Metadata That Was Up To No Good, Jeremy Myntti, Anna Neatrour, Brain Mcbride, Alan Witkowski, Matt Brunsvik Jan 2017

Metadata Migration Managed: Fixing Metadata That Was Up To No Good, Jeremy Myntti, Anna Neatrour, Brain Mcbride, Alan Witkowski, Matt Brunsvik

Faculty Publications

  • Overview of Marriott Library Digital Collections
  • Utah Digital Newspapers (UDN)
  • DAMS review in 2013
  • CONTENTdm set-up vs Open source set-up
  • Benefits of new system
  • Speed and indexing improvements
  • SIMP Tool for metadata management
  • Metadata template customization in CDM
  • Metadata issues we had to correct during migration
  • UDN migration vs. digital library migration
  • Future plans for metadata fixes