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MDS Projects
This document summarizes the status of technical services projects that are currently in progress. For information about projects that are inactive or completed, see LTS Completed or Inactive Projects.
For explanations of priorities, see Priority definitions

Dpt Sub Dpt Project Name Priority Target Date Contact Other Contributors Notes
MDS Thesis Mgr to eCommons 3-On hold 2009-12-31 Dianne Dietrich David Ruddy

Work with CIT to harvest thesis/dissertation records from Grad School Thesis Mgr (Oracle and...

MDS TLC Automation 2-In Process 2009-12-01 Dianne Dietrich Kathy Chiang

Work with Bill Trochim and Nisha Suda to develop an automated way to extract publication data...

MDS Registry of Digital Collections improvements 2-In Process 2009-12-31 Liz Muller Rick Silterra

Coordinate additions/improvements to Registry back end.  See...

MDS Acquisitions workflow analysis 2-In Process 2009-12-31 Glen Wiley, Liz Muller, Dianne Dietrich Boaz Nadav-Manes

Assess departmental workflows and communications/management tools.  Create document...

MDS CLO web site 2-In Process 2009-12-31 Liz Muller, Glen Wiley Lois Purcell, Jim Reidy

Reconfigure LTS web site and migrate into CLO site.  Will represent CLO structure and...

MDS WebFeat search for Luna collections 2-In Process 2009-12-31 Liz Muller

Investigate adding Luna collections to WebFeat cross-collection image search.  Find...

MDS Registry maintenance workflow 2-In Process 2009-11-30 Liz Muller

Reassess Registry maintenance workflow.  Update LTS Procedure #106 at...

MDS National Archives of Canada finding aid metadata 2-In Process 2009-12-31 Liz Muller, Dianne Dietrich Fiona Patrick

Extract metadata from NAC finding aid for use on DLIT-created site (DLXS).

MDS Parmenter grant 2-In Process 2010-06-15 Liz Muller Fiona Patrick, Peter Hirtle, Dean Krafft, Jon Parmenter

Apply for grant to digitize and transcibe Native American manuscript records.  Goal is to...

MDS Kheel Center Flickr consultation 3-On hold 2009-11-30 Dianne Dietrich, Liz Muller Barb Morley

Investigate image and metadata formats. Assess feasibility of uploading into Flickr.

MDS RMC metadata consultation 2-In Process 2009-12-31 Liz Muller Eli Brown

Create best practices document for metadata creation.

MDS A.D. White cast database 2-In Process 2009-12-31 Liz Muller Danielle Mericle, Annetta Alexandridis

Provide recommendations for metadata schema and content standards for database of 19th-c....

MDS Maps Luna project - Part 2 2-In Process 2009-12-31 Liz Muller Gary Branch, Mira Basara

Create MARC template for new Voyager records for e-version of maps.  Utilize URLs for...

MDS ARTstor migration - Phase 1 2-In Process 2010-01-31 Liz Muller Danielle Mericle, Mira Basara

Map Luna metadata to VRA Core 4.0; clean up data; send to ARTstor (Phase 1 collections: Isbell,...

MDS ARTstor migration - Phase 2 2-In Process 2010-06-30 Liz Muller Danielle Mericle, Mira Basara

Map Luna metadata to VRA Core 4.0; clean up data; send to ARTstor (Phase 2 collections: RMC,...

MDS ARTstor migration - Phase 3 2-In Process 2010-09-30 Liz Muller Danielle Mericle, Mira Basara

Map Luna metadata to VRA Core 4.0; clean up data; send to ARTstor (Phase 3 collections: Willard...

MDS MDS Willard Straight Photos into Flickr 2-In Process 2009-11-15 Dianne Dietrich Glen Wiley, Eli Brown, Baseema KrKoska

Work with Metadata Services and RMC to upload Willard Straight collection of images into Flickr...

MDS MDS Revision of Flickr Policies 3-On hold 2009-12-31 Dianne Dietrich Glen Wiley

Work with MDS to revise Flickr policies to accommodate the new role of MDS in the process. Use...

MDS MDS Loons 2007 3-On hold 2009-11-30 Dianne Dietrich

Gather, prepare and write metadata for the 2007 Loon data. Add to existing dataset that has been...

MDS New Acquisitions List 3-On hold 2009-10-31 Glen Wiley Johnathan Schultz

On hold due to insufficient time and resources.  Will revisit in early September.