External Links
Table of contents
- NYPL Documentation
- Aggregator Documentation
- Data Schemas
- Content Standards
- Controlled Vocabularies
- Training
NYPL Documentation
Links to documentation created by other Library divisions, departments, and units that are relevant to the Metadata Services Unit (MSU)
- Archival Processing Manual
- BookOps Cataloging
- DEIA in Collections Working Groups 🔒
- Digital 🔒
- Digital Preservation
- Digital Collections API
- ILS Team 🔒
- Media Preservation
- Preservation and Collections Processing
- Research Library Technical Services
- Sierra Manual
- SPEC (Preservation and Special Collections Processing Dashboard)
Aggregator Documentation
Links to documentation for aggregators that ingest records from NYPL Digital Collections
Data Schemas
- Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
- MAchine-Readable Cataloging (MARC)
- Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
Content Standards
- Resource Description & Access (RDA)
- OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
- Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Graphics) (DCRM(G))
- Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO)
Controlled Vocabularies
Links to documentation and look-up pages for controlled vocabularies relevant to the Metadata Management System (MMS)
Consult the respective element guidelines for an explanation of which vocabularies are displayed and preferred for a particular element or subelement, as well as when it is appropriate (and how) to add terms or names manually.
Vocabularies That Can Be Searched Using MMS Authorities Module
Vocabularies That Can Be Manually Added
Vocabularies Used in MMS Dropdown Fields
- ISO 639-2 Language Codes
- ISO 15924 Script Codes
- MARC Code List for Relators
- MMS Identifier elements
- MODS <title> Types
- MODS <typeOfResource> Types
- MODS <note> Types
Additional Vocabularies for Reference
The following controlled vocabularies are not integrated into MMS, but may be useful for further research of terms, names, or other standardized values not represented in
- Wikidata: collaboratively edited multilingual knowledge graph hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation
- Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN): database of people and corporate bodies related to the creation and maintenance of art and architecture
- Find a Grave: database of cemetery records that can be useful for biographical research of people who are no longer living
- Internet Broadway Database (IBDB): database of Broadway theatre productions
- Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDB): database of Off-Broadway theatre productions
Training
- Library Carpentry
- Code Academy
- 23 Linked Data Things
- Wiki Edu Wikidata Professional Development Training Modules
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Additional Wikidata training resources can be found on our WikiProject.