The MOSC Project: Using the OAI-PMH to Bridge Metadata Cultural Differences across Museums, Archives, and Libraries

• Published in: Information technology and libraries Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 22 - 24
• Main Author: Roel, Eulalia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL American Library Association 01.03.2005
• Subjects: Academic libraries; Archives; Archives & records; Collaboration; Community Relations; Cooperation; Cultural differences; Cultural factors; Cultural heritage; Digital libraries; Dublin Core Format; Emory University; Encoded Archival Description; Exact sciences and technology; Exhibits; Extensible Markup Language; Formats. Markup languages. Codification. Conversion; Georgia; Information and communication sciences; Information and document structure and analysis; Information management; Information processing and retrieval; Information science. Documentation; Libraries; Library collections; Library Services; Metadata; Museum archives; Museums; Music; Music of Social Change; Musicians & conductors; Open Archives Initiative; Protocol; Protocol for Metadata Harvesting; Sciences and techniques of general use; Social change; Studies; University libraries; USA; User services; United States; United States > US; Project; Archive; Open archives; Cooperation; Music; Transmission protocol; Metadata; Museum; Cultural aspect; Library; Social change; Interoperability
• ISSN: 0730-9295; 2163-5226
• DOI: 10.6017/ital.v24i1.3360

The MetaScholar Initiative of Emory UniversityLibraries, in collaboration with the Center for the Studyof Southern Culture, the Atlanta History Center, and theGeorgia Music Hall of Fame, received an Institute ofMuseum and Library Services grant to develop a newmodel for library-museum-archives collaboration. Thiscollaboration will broaden access to resources for learningcommunities through the use of the Open ArchivesInitiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAIPMH). The project, titled Music of Social Change(MOSC), will use OAI-PMH as a tool to bridge thewidely varying metadata standards and practices acrossmuseums, archives, and libraries. This paper will focusspecifically on the unique advantages of the use of OAIPMH to concurrently maximize the exposure of metadataemergent from varying metadata cultures.