I would also use text and still image. Steer away from "mixed material" -- too ambiguous. Melanie -----Original Message----- From: Metadata Object Description Schema List on behalf of Sarah L. Shreeves Sent: Mon 4/14/2008 2:17 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MODS] typeOfResource for MS PowerPoint presentation? I use text AND still image since most ppts are a mixture of both. Mine are increasingly becoming more image heavy (and certainly from what I've seen on sites like SlideShare - http://www.slideshare.net/ - this is the norm...) sarah At 12:15 PM 4/14/2008, Rhonda Marker wrote: >We call it text. We've not yet seen a PowerPoint presentation >without a text title, and in fact most of the .ppt objects are >textual with images and other visuals that supplement the text. >(Though I've seen how my teenage daughter uses PowerPoint and I'm >wondering when the academy will turn the corner ...) >Rhonda > >Laura Akerman wrote: >>Anybody using MODS to describe presentations using PowerPoint or >>similar application? What typeOfResource do you give them? (Most >>are text with images - and some ppts are mostly still images, some >>are mostly text, some have a little bit of motion...) >> >>Software, multimedia? >> >>or one of the other types? >> >>Thanks, >> >>Laura >>-- >>Laura Akerman, Technology and Metadata Librarian >>Robert W. Woodruff Library, Room 128 >>Emory University >>Atlanta, Ga. 30322 >>ph: (404) 727-6888 / email: [log in to unmask] >> > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Sarah L. Shreeves >Coordinator, Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and >Scholarship (IDEALS) >University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign >Phone: 217-244-3877 or 217-233-4648 >Email: [log in to unmask] >http://ideals.uiuc.edu/