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Information Analysis and Repackaging

Notes Communicating ideas in vibrant new ways

As the business world moves into its Digital Future, version 2.0 (or is it 3.0 already?), firms are
faced with the regular task of making their presence more engaging, dynamic and easy to grasp
quickly — it’s a necessity in a time-pressed world. The brand that can project its idea or offer, no
matter how complex, in the clear and memorable ways that state-of-the-art digital content creation
permits is giving themselves an instant advantage.
Whether it’s 3D graphics, digital illustration, animation, audio editing, compositing, authoring or
through another means, our capabilities make digital content creation a simple, turnkey process.
Assets for telling your story — or closing the deal
Types of digital content we can produce include (but are by no means limited to)…
Digital text (HTML, XTML, etc.)
Audio (music, voice tracks, audiobooks, audio presentations)
Digital/interactive publishing (ebooks, interactive catalogues, etc.)
Web content creation
Digital graphics/illustration
Mobile content creation
Animation (Flash, vector, etc.)
Photography.

1.17 Metadata Guide

As part of its charge, the DCCT was asked to “develop digitization and metadata standards (in
consultation with the Access Strategies Team) for application to future DL projects and existing
resources that lack appropriate metadata.” Specific tasks in this area include:
Establishing library-wide guidelines for the creating, managing, and preserving digital objects, and
Investigating metadata requirements for digital objects vis-a-vis the institutional repository, OAI,
and digital object management systems under consideration.
The DCCT has prepared this guide providing links to resources which the team and librarians who
consult it will use when developing a DL applications. Proper application of metadata is only one
part (although a very essential one) of a digital project. Decisions about when and how to apply
metadata are affected by several factors beyond the purview of this document. In general, the team
will operate under the principles articulated in the NISO Framework, viz:
1. Appropriateness to described resource. Good metadata should be appropriate to the
materials in the collection, users of the collection, and intended, current and likely use of
the digital object.
2. Interoperability. Good metadata supports interoperability.
3. Vocabularies Good metadata uses standard controlled vocabularies to reflect the what,
where, when and who of the content.
4. Use Terms Good metadata includes a clear statement on the conditions and terms of use
for the digital object.
5. Authenticity/Persistence. Good metadata records are objects themselves and therefore
should have the qualities of good objects, including “archivability,” persistence, unique
identification, etc. Good metadata should be authoritative and verifiable.

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