From 4c59e045737f0e530e481c7d61ed006e294e4cfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bksstudio Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 04:47:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] GITBOOK-37: No subject --- how-to-start/track-2-data-assessment.md | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/how-to-start/track-2-data-assessment.md b/how-to-start/track-2-data-assessment.md index f5674a2..2458025 100644 --- a/how-to-start/track-2-data-assessment.md +++ b/how-to-start/track-2-data-assessment.md @@ -45,7 +45,22 @@ This track focuses on finding and evaluating valuable and relevant at-risk data. 🛠️**Skills Needed:** Be able to browse through web pages to assess value or significance of content then be able to access a google form to submit assessment and basic metadata (details about the webpage/website) -#### 2. Contribute capture suggestions for select repositories ([End of Term (EoT](https://eotarchive.org/)) or [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/)) collection +#### 2. Describe collected webpages/records + +🚁**Summary**: Description (at times also called metadata) helps with the management and access to digital records. Information about the content and context helps with identification, assessment, and verification of authenticity. + +🗂️**Workflow** + +* Read [dublin core basic manual ](https://www.dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/usageguide/)to learn about the use of metadata for digital records (for explanation on selected metadata fields, see section 4. Elements) +* Navigate to the [Data Tracking List ](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tOS7B3lgK-8wdgyhY81ntfICMIkGwAiHfeV63hi3UzU/edit?usp=sharing)sheet (stay on the first tab “EDIT TO THIS TABLE”) +* Select a row with an item that is marked as "Needs Metadata" (this info found in column K) +* Fill-in descriptive text for your select row for all 5 metadata columns (these are columns P through U colored in teal blue) +* Use Data Tracking sheet for title and URL to find other information to create description +* When metadata has been entered, change status of row in column K to "Needs Checksum" + +🛠️Skills Needed Have reading and writing literacy in English language to create metadata in English. Ability to distinguish between different types of metadata fields (who, what, when. where, how) + +#### 3. Contribute capture suggestions for select repositories ([End of Term (EoT](https://eotarchive.org/)) or [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/)) collection 🚁**Summary:** Participants in this track will browse a specific set of federal webpages to search for ones that need to be preserved.