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NOAH RICHMANMedia Librarian
Audiovisual Services
TAXONOMY FOR PHOTO AT SALT RIVER PROJECTDigital Archiving in a Production Environment
A BRIEF HISTORY OF
THE HOHOKAM
300-1450 - Hohokam peoples create system of canals
RECONSTRUCTION OF HOHOKAM CANALS
• Mid 1860s - Jack Swilling settles in Salt River Valley and envisions reconstruction of ancient canals
• 1867 - Swilling Irrigating Canal Company digs first canal
DROUGHT, FLOODING, AND WATER CONFLICTS
• Water conflicts in Salt River Valley during late 19th century
• 1902 - President Theodore Roosevelt signs National Reclamation Act
• 1903 - Formation of Salt River Valley Water Users Association
THEODORE ROOSEVELT DAM
THEODORE ROOSEVELT DAM
• 1906 - Construction of dam begins
• 1909 - Hydropower from dam is sold to customers in the Salt River Valley
• 1911 - Theodore Roosevelt Dam is dedicated
WHY DOES A UTILITY COMPANY HAVE AN A/V DEPARTMENT?
• Documentation requirements of National Reclamation Act
• Over time evolves into fully staffed internal A/V group
WHERE I COME IN
WHY DOES THE PHOTO DEPARTMENT NEED A LIBRARIAN?
• Messy transition from negative film to digital
• Assets scattered in various locations, inadequate descriptions for search purposes
• Formalized workflows not in place for organization and ingest of digital media
WHAT WERE THE KEY ISSUES IN GETTING THE COLLECTION UNDER CONTROL?
• Formalizing workflows
• Implementing a taxonomy
• Getting assets into a centralized location
PHOTO WORKFLOW
• Ingest with shell script
• Formalize metadata schema
• Tracker sheet and color codes
PHOTO WORKFLOW
INGEST WITH SHELL SCRIPT
PHOTO WORKFLOW
FORMALIZE METADATA SCHEMA
PHOTO WORKFLOW
TRACKER SHEET AND COLOR CODES
TAXONOMY CONSTRUCTION – STEP 1
• Laying my foundation
• What resources exist within the company?
• What resources can I draw on from outside the company (i.e., LOC, Getty, Taxonomy Warehouse)
• What are my users going to understand?
TAXONOMY CONSTRUCTION - STEP 2
• Putting it all together
• Combining multiple information structures
• Determining parent and child categories
TAXONOMY CONSTRUCTION - STEP 3
• Testing and Revising
• Meeting with end users
• Revisions and follow up meetings
• Roll out and more meetings
THE FINAL PRODUCT
CENTRALIZING ASSETS
• Ingest from discs
• Scanning film negatives and transparencies
• Ingest from old servers and desktops
