May 02, 2008
BCR's CDP in First Monday
The Collaborative Digitization Program (CDP), now known as BCR's CDP, is the subject of a scholarly article in the May 5 edition of First Monday. The article, written by Christopher Cronin, assistant professor and head of Digital Resources Cataloging at the University of Colorado at Boulder, focuses on the use of metadata standards in the CDP's Heritage West database.
According to the abstract, "The CDP's Heritage West database represents not only the primary product of the organization, but also one of the oldest continuously operating collaborative repositories of cultural heritage metadata in the country." The article discusses the collaborative aspects of the CDP's origin, as well as the organization and development of the Heritage West database. Included is a history of how the CDP has used metadata standards since its creation.
The First Monday article is a preview of an exhaustive qualitative and quantitative study forthcoming by Cronin about the use of Dublin Core metadata standards in the creation and evolution of Heritage West.
The full article can be accessed at: www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2085/1957. For more information about BCR's CDP, please see the CDP website.
