(Apologies for cross posting)

  

The University of Tennessee Digital Library Center is proud to announce the release of the DLC-MODS Workbook, version 1.2 under the GNU General Public License version 3. 

 

   The DLC-MODS Workbook provides a series of web pages that enable users to easily generate complex, valid MODS metadata records that meet the 1-4 levels of specification outlined in the Digital Library Federation Implementation Guidelines for Shareable MODS Records, (DLF Aquifer Guidelines November 2006).

 

    Developed by programmer Christine Haygood Deane under the direction of metadata librarian Melanie Feltner-Reichert, this open source client-side software provides control of date formats and other problematic fields at the point of creation, while shielding creators from the need to work in XML.  Metadata records created can be partially created, saved to the desktop, reloaded and completed at a later date.  Final versions can be downloaded or cut-and-pasted into text editors for use elsewhere.  

 

  Developed in support for our state-wide digitization project, Volunteer Voices, we hope this system will assist others in their efforts to create valuable digital libraries also.  The software can be viewed here: http://dlc.lib.utk.edu/~cdeane/UTK_LIB_DLC/WB5/workbook.htm

and downloaded here:   http://dlc.lib.utk.edu/~cdeane/UTK_LIB_DLC/beta_download.htm

 

  Please address comments and questions to Melanie Feltner-Reichert ([log in to unmask]) and Cricket Deane ([log in to unmask]).

 

Jody DeRidder

Digital Library Center

University of Tennessee Libraries

Knoxville, Tennessee