Off to a good start! This was the first copy right presentation that I’ve attended that didn’t leave me even more confused than I was before I started. I actually understood what she was saying!

I found it extremely helpful for us to break into individual groups to work on our projects. The individual attention concerning metadata was a large bonus. It would have been more helpful to create the metadata for the images prior to arriving for the workshop.

Yesterday, the metadata session was phenomenal. I learned a ton of information and got clarification on many standards and crosswalks.  The cheat sheet will be great when I return back to my library and I cannot wait to share with my colleagues.

The first two days of the Institute have been rich with very informative presentations and valuable time for hands-on application. The overview of WordPress, Omeka, and mobile app tour, on the first day, were very useful.  The demonstrations of each platform allowed me to not only get a great preview of Omeka (the chosen tool for my project) but allowed me to see the functionality of the other technologies and their potential for future projects at my library. Today  was full of good information about metadata and data management. There were so many good points but some of the immediate take-aways I had from this morning sessions were: there are a number of metadata schemas for specific  areas with a specific purpose (including social media metadata),  utilize techniques to optimize discoverability of digital resources (look into getting a Google Webmaster account),  the future impact of linked data, and data preservation for  future use starts with an ongoing commitment to  following best practices (be more deliberate about selecting file names).

I am enjoying learning concepts in the morning and then applying those concepts in the afternoon with hands-on application. For example, when working with files to upload into Omeka, I was more mindful of file naming convention and had a better understanding of Dublin Core element definitions.

Very useful information on metadata this morning.

I could feel more confused, or more certain. But I think it’s a little of both. And actually, I want to try all three options, for different things. If the rest of the week is as densely packed with information and ideas (which I’m pretty certain it will be!), this will be an amazing program. Tomorrow: time to wade in all the way!

Thanks to everyone who gave so much of their time and learning today. I’m also looking forward to seeing what others are planning to do, and learn from them as well.

Scorpio rules!

why so many Scorpios?