Title of Proposal
MOMMMA: Master Objects Migration and Metadata Mapping Activity
Abstract
So you’ve got nearly 2 million digital files from 8 collecting units with minimum, scattered or unknown metadata—how do you prepare to migrate those objects into a digital preservation repository that acts as a “light archive” providing access to your digital collections? This presentation will delve into data wrangling efforts, the creation of workflows, and the challenges encountered while preparing digital resources for migration from a limited access FTP server into a preservation environment created in FEDORA, layered with Hydra heads for access and other functional requirements. We will discuss project planning, the de-duplication efforts, development of a collection assessment tool and its implementation that allows us to prioritize migration efforts, as well as techniques used to transform, normalize, restructure, and link metadata to the accompanying digital resources.
Type of Proposal
Presentation
Proposal Category
Implementation, Planning, Workflows, Workflows
Keywords
digital preservation, digital migration, metadata mapping, project planning, project implementation, metadata wrangling
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Recommended Citation
Noonan, Daniel W. and Melvin, Darnelle O. (2016). "MOMMMA: Master Objects Migration and Metadata Mapping Activity," Central Plains Network for Digital Asset Management. https://newprairiepress.org/cpndam/2016/day2/3
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MOMMMA: Master Objects Migration and Metadata Mapping Activity
So you’ve got nearly 2 million digital files from 8 collecting units with minimum, scattered or unknown metadata—how do you prepare to migrate those objects into a digital preservation repository that acts as a “light archive” providing access to your digital collections? This presentation will delve into data wrangling efforts, the creation of workflows, and the challenges encountered while preparing digital resources for migration from a limited access FTP server into a preservation environment created in FEDORA, layered with Hydra heads for access and other functional requirements. We will discuss project planning, the de-duplication efforts, development of a collection assessment tool and its implementation that allows us to prioritize migration efforts, as well as techniques used to transform, normalize, restructure, and link metadata to the accompanying digital resources.
Learning Outcomes
We intend to provide the attendees with a framework for planning and implementing a digital preservation migration along, identifying major points of consideration, along with examples of metadata transformation workflows.