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Indiana Odyssey: Photograph Collection Metadata

Catalogers develop visual literacy skills to make a digitized archival photograph collection discoverable. Presentation for the Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference in Fort Wayne on 15 November 2011.

Frank M. Hohenberger lays on the ground propped on one elbow next to his camera.
Hohenberger photographing flower, undated. Courtesy, The Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

I presented the talk, “An Indiana Odyssey: Enabling Discovery of the Frank M. Hohenberger Photograph Collection through Metadata Creation” at the Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference in Fort Wayne on 15 November 2011.

Abstract

If “a picture paints a thousand words,” then why do photograph collections need metadata? Join Indiana University’s Jennifer Liss for an overview of how the description of digital image collections may be integrated into a technical services workflow. Along the way, we’ll take a trip through Southern Indiana, as seen through the photographic lens of Frank M. Hohenberger.

Slides

An Indiana Odyssey: Enabling Discovery of the Frank M. Hohenberger Photograph Collection through Metadata Creation