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Pampering Uploaders: Easing The Metadata Upload Process, Craighton T. Hippenhammer
Pampering Uploaders: Easing The Metadata Upload Process, Craighton T. Hippenhammer
Faculty Scholarship – Library Science
Digital Commons has done a pretty good job at keeping its metadata forms user friendly. First, the form should be as simple as we can make it. Hide metadata fields that are not needed for the document type at hand. Second, add fields that you need but other universities may not. Digital Commons’ support staff has no problem creating special fields for us. Third, use dropdown lists to pick options when options are limited and known. And fourth, make the most-often-chosen option into the readily visible default option. All of these will save time and cut down on confusion.
Comparing Institutional Repository Software: Pampering Metadata Uploaders, Craighton T. Hippenhammer
Comparing Institutional Repository Software: Pampering Metadata Uploaders, Craighton T. Hippenhammer
Faculty Scholarship – Library Science
Compares Digital Commons, a mature institutional repository, with the Wesleyan Holiness Digital Library (WHDL), a newly developed repository, examining software features, specifications, handling of document types, quality factors, search functions and the necessity of great support.
A Digital Collection Center's Experience: Etd Discovery, Promotion, And Workflows In Digital Commons, Kelley F. Rowan
A Digital Collection Center's Experience: Etd Discovery, Promotion, And Workflows In Digital Commons, Kelley F. Rowan
Works of the FIU Libraries
This presentation was given at the Digital Commons Southeastern User Group conference at Winthrop University, South Carolina on June 5, 2015. The presentation discusses how the digital collections center (DCC) at Florida International University uses Digital Commons as their tool for ingesting, editing, tracking, and publishing university theses and dissertations. The basic DCC workflow is covered as well as institutional repository promotion.