Tool Time: tackling long standing metadata issues through new tools and workflows

Abstract

It’s tool time! In this session, presenters will discuss tools that they developed to take on long-standing needs in special collections in novel (pun intended) ways, including a means for cataloging remotely, prioritizing processing projects, or comparing MARC fields in anticipation of a new ILS. Come learn how NYU’s Special Collections developed a digital surrogate cataloging workflow to facilitate remote cataloging; Duke’s Rubenstein Library migrated digitized catalog cards into the Internet Archive; and UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s developed an application to compare MARC metadata to facilitate migration to a new system-wide ILS.