In this blog post, we look at the benefits of using the DRI Batch Metadata Template for the Atlantic Philanthropies Archive Project.
In the second part in our series of blog posts discussing how to capture metadata using the DRI Batch Metadata Template, we look at the benefits of using the template for the Atlantic Philanthropies Archive Project. If you want to learn more about using the DRI metadata template itself, see our earlier post on ‘Metadata for Researchers’ and watch this space for the next in the series.
The Atlantic Philanthropies Archive Project
by Anja Mahler, Digital Archivist
My role in this project is to develop guidelines, collection structures, ingest schedules and metadata policies, as well as the hands-on creation of metadata and ingestion of digital objects into the DRI.
When embarking on the project in 2018, I familiarised myself with the project, the desired outcomes and how to ingest data into DRI. I learned there are two methods of ingesting data to DRI – batch ingest and individual object ingest – and I was faced with deciding on a workflow before metadata creation and ingest began in earnest. I chose to use the DRI Batch Metadata Template in the form of a MS Excel spreadsheet to generate metadata and batch ingest objects to DRI…
