Metadata Call 2024-05-28

Owned by Emma Beck
Last updated: May 28, 2024
3 min read

Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm Eastern

Call-In Info: Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting

Community Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iaH6zpXc32K3Llz9uKp8DYN-wqzEo9A6kfHtt4xmpx8/edit?usp=sharing

Moderator(s): Annamarie Klose

Notetaker: Emma Beck

Attendees: 

  • Christine Peterson (Amigos)

  • Annamarie Klose (Ohio State University)

  • Jon Cameron (Indiana University)

  • Emma Beck (University of Louisville)

  • Julie Hardesty (Indiana University)

Agenda: 

  • Avalon - Adding Avalon features to Valkyrie Hyrax is possible. However, it’s probably not anytime soon.

  • Roadmaps Alignment Group Update 

    • Community Report, finish up at end of june 

  • Allinson Flex - some work in Hyku being done, what are some goals in the larger Samvera community about it

    • Survey went out to Hyku users on ways to improve and what is wanted

    • Based on Hyku 6, have heard its not a good fit for Hyrax

    • Amigos is doing some work on this

    • Valkyrie compatible

    • Some want to be able to use the YAML file and the UI

    • Having customizable metadata is an important selling point for possible adopters

  • Follow-up on discussion led by Christine Peterson about creating an issue to provide custom thumbnails in Hyrax and Hyku.

    • Metadata only records with custom thumbnails: Provide access (via URL) to a publisher copy of a book or article that the library is barred from adding to their IR. The publisher may have restrictive rights, and/or the faculty member might be uncomfortable providing anything but the published version.

    • Metadata only records with custom thumbnails: Some faculty keep their websites and prefer a single access point from there. I don't know if this is a significant number at this point, though. It used to be more prevalent than it probably is now.

    • Rights issues: Provide a custom logo, e.g. lock symbol, for restricted content as a reminder that works require authentication for access. Currently, public records with all restricted files appear defective. This is confusing for users.

    • Rights issues: Override the IIIF Viewer when a smaller image or thumbnail - rather than full image in IIIF Viewer - is needed for sharing limited access to works with rights issues. This is also the Atla Digital Library approach.

    • PALNI uploads metadata only with an image, and then deletes the image and the metadata stays

    • If image is private, no thumbnail is shown, so it looks like a problem even if its not 

    • Typically a work issue, but can also be a collection example

    • Some Hyku versions can choose the collection file or upload a separate image. 

    • Hyrax versions are working differently, some let you choose from all works in a collection, some only let you choose a handful

    • Is this mostly a work or collection issue?

    • Issue about collection-level thumbnail: 

    • Not sure we know yet about what exactly we need for the work level development

    • Nurax - https://dev.nurax.samvera.org/  

    • Parent collections with child collections - no works to select for thumbnail on parent collection; have to add a work on parent collection to be able to set a thumbnail, then either have out of place work in parent collection or sometimes you can remove that work from the collection and the thumbnail stays in place (might be a bug?)

    • Avalon is a little different, trying to figure out how display something for transcript

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  • Open discussion

    • Heather is at open repositories next month. Has 7 minutes to highlight the Samvera community

    • Regional meetings are coming along, about to announce the west coast one. Maybe State of Samvera after the 3 meetings

    • Smaller Samvera presence at DLF

 

Next Meeting: June 25th, 2-3 Eastern