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Neatrour, Anna

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The University of Utah: J. Willard Marriott Digital Library

Automating Controlled Vocabulary ReconciliationAnna NeatrourMetadata LibrarianJeremy MynttiInterim Head, Digital Library ServicesProject Overview2Summary Metadata inconsistency Overview of vendor authority process Further work with Open Refine Next stepshttp://www.utahindians.org3InconsistencyGosiute IndiansGoshute IndiansNavajo IndiansNavaho IndiansSalt LakeSalt Lake CitySalt Lake City (Utah)Bishop, Dail StapleyBishop, Dale StapelyBishop, Dale StapleyBeckwith,   Frank A. (1876-1951)Beckwith,   Frank Asahel (1876-1951)Beckwith, Frank A.Beckwith, Frank A. (1876-1951)Beckwith, Frank Asahel (1876-1951)Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-19514Woven basket or jug;http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_Photo_Archives/id/13887Project Timeline5June-Sept. 2012 – Define projectOct. 2012 – May 2013 – TestingJune 2013 – Contracted with Backstage Library WorksJune 2013-Feb. 2014 – Continued testingFeb.-May 2014 – 17 collections processedJune-Aug. 2014 – Manual review (intern)April 2015-today – Explore OpenRefineMethodology6<title>A group of St. George (Sibwit) Paiutes and Wickiups (cedar)</title><subjec>Paiute Indians; Ute Indians--History; Wickiups; Indians of North America--Dwellings;</subject><covspa>Utah;</covspa><descri>A group of people sitting and standing in front of a brush shelter;<descri><publis>Digitized by: J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah;</publis><type>Image;StillImage;</type><format>image/jpeg;</format>http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uaida/id/14697Backstage: statistics and reports 7Unmatched reportChange reportBackstage: standardizationCapitalization, Punctuation, and Updated Authorized Access PointsForests and Forestry – Utahforests and forestry -- UtahForest lands - UtahForests and forestry--Utah8A group of Navajos at Navajo Mountain government school;http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uaida/id/43551Backstage: problems encounteredMissing MARC tags Names treated as topical headings and vice versa Provo => Provisional IRAData in wrong fields Date: Price Hiram, 1814-1901Incorrect match Local names matching wrong records Johnson,  Abe is not Johnson, F. T.9Walker War Map 1853-1854;http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uaida/id/15474Intern review and clean-up10OpenRefine project◦ Used UAIDA as a pilot, since it had the greatest number of unmatched names due to the size of the collection (over 8,000 items)◦ 529 unmatched names after Backstage process11Navajo woman weaving, http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uaida/id/45379OpenRefine: two approaches Reconciliation process developed by Jenn Wright and Matt Carruthers, University of Michigan Library, https://github.com/mcarruthers/LCNAF-Named-Entity-Reconciliation Reconciliation process developed by RodericPage, http://iphylo.blogspot.com/2013/04/reconciling-author-names-using-open.html12A group of Navajo children and teenagers, http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uaida/id/43285OpenRefine: differences in results Both processes found name matches through searching VIAF.◦ Wright and Carruthers’ process looked for a matching LC authority record in the VIAF cluster  81 records were matched, 132 were false matches, and 312 number had no match◦ Page’s process matched names to authors in a more general fashion 70 records were matched,  37 were false matches, and 449 had no match.13OpenRefine: manual work Check matches against collection and discard false matches14OpenRefine: manual work  Wright and Carruthers process had 262 undo/redo actions in the open refine project Page’s reconciliation process resulted in 424 undo/redo actions◦ Could have refined initial results further15Eight Hopi Baskets, http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uaida/id/45009Open Refine: student work Fall 2015 – student ran additional unmatched items through OpenRefinewith Wright & Carruthers process Metadata Librarian currently reviewing student work and updating collections16Next StepsCreate local and regional controlled vocabularies17Reconcile across more collections CONTENTdmmetadata exported in SOLR Easier to get list of personal names across all collections Explore other reconciliation methods18Next StepsURIs in CONTENTdm, MWDL (Primo),and DPLA19http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uaida/id/43183Questions20Anna Neatrour | anna.neatrour@utah.eduMetadata LibrarianJeremy Myntti | jeremy.myntti@utah.eduInterim Head, Digital Library Services

Automating controlled vocabulary reconciliation

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