Date:Tue, 6 Nov 2007 16:14:51 -0500
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From:"Deridder, Jody L" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:MODS-generating software, open source, from UT DLC
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(Apologies for cross posting)
The University of Tennessee Digital Library Center is proud to announce
the release of the DLC-MODS Workbook, version 1.2 under the GNU General
Public License version 3.
The DLC-MODS Workbook provides a series of web pages that enable
users to easily generate complex, valid MODS metadata records that meet
the 1-4 levels of specification outlined in the Digital Library
Federation Implementation Guidelines for Shareable MODS Records, (DLF
Aquifer Guidelines November 2006).
Developed by programmer Christine Haygood Deane under the direction
of metadata librarian Melanie Feltner-Reichert, this open source
client-side software provides control of date formats and other
problematic fields at the point of creation, while shielding creators
from the need to work in XML. Metadata records created can be partially
created, saved to the desktop, reloaded and completed at a later date.
Final versions can be downloaded or cut-and-pasted into text editors for
use elsewhere.
Developed in support for our state-wide digitization project,
Volunteer Voices, we hope this system will assist others in their
efforts to create valuable digital libraries also. The software can be
viewed here: http://dlc.lib.utk.edu/~cdeane/UTK_LIB_DLC/WB5/workbook.htm
<http://dlc.lib.utk.edu/~cdeane/UTK_LIB_DLC/WB5/workbook.htm>
and downloaded here:
http://dlc.lib.utk.edu/~cdeane/UTK_LIB_DLC/beta_download.htm
<http://dlc.lib.utk.edu/~cdeane/UTK_LIB_DLC/beta_download.htm>
Please address comments and questions to Melanie Feltner-Reichert
([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ) and Cricket Deane
([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ).
Jody DeRidder
Digital Library Center
University of Tennessee Libraries
Knoxville, Tennessee
