Module 1: Digital Materials & Collections

Lecture Slides (Module 1)

Resources (Module 1)

Learning Goals

By the end of this module, you should...

• Be able to build a collection in Zotero, using a variety of sources, and have a basic understanding of the following concepts:
  
  • What is metadata?
  • Identifiers (DOIs, etc), names, and authorities, and vocabularies;
  • Formal representations of dates (ISO 8601).
• Be able to export a Zotero collection to RDF, and have a basic understanding of the following concepts:
  • What is the semantic web?
  • Schemas (DC, FOAF, etc.)
• Have a basic understanding of file types and formats as it relates to digital collections.
• Have basic understanding of Optical Character Recognition, and be able to use command-lines tools to perform OCR.

Goals for Next Time

• Build a collection in Zotero.
• Curate your metadata: 
  • disambiguate author names
  • clean up dates
• Obtain plain-text content, and add it to your collection.
• Export your collection to RDF.