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Wonderful! Thank you for your responsiveness. Best, Olivia On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 1:36 PM Meehleib, Tracy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Olivia, > > > > We are going to discuss this at our MODS Editorial Committee meeting > tomorrow and see if we can clarify that section and add more examples to > help distinguish and clarify the MODS <digitalOrigin> values. > > > > Best, Tracy > > > > > > Tracy Meehleib > > Network Development and MARC Standards Office > Library of Congress > 101 Independence Ave SE > > Washington, DC 20540-4402 > +1 202 707 0121 (voice) > +1 202 707 0115 (fax) > > [log in to unmask] > > > > [image: Email-LOC-logo] > > > > > > > > *From:* Metadata Object Description Schema List <[log in to unmask]> *On > Behalf Of *Olivia S Solis > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 5, 2021 1:38 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [MODS] "digitized other analog" and photos > > > > Hi Tracy, > > > > Thanks for responding! Yes, that is where I got the definition. I got > slides and transparency examples from the definition next to "digitized > other analog": > > > > [image: Screen Shot 2021-10-05 at 12.33.05 PM.png] > > This may be me being overly broad in the application of those terms to > photographic slides and transparency which are very commonly digitized in > our repository. Perhaps they just men slides and transparencies for old > school overhead projectors? Even so, that doesn't seem so fundamentally > different from a photographic slide, derived from an original to be > projected. > > > > Thanks, > > Olivia > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 10:36 AM Meehleib, Tracy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Hi Olivia, > > > > Have you looked at the MODS Guidelines section on <digitalOrigin> and the > <digitalOrigin> examples here: > > > https://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/userguide/physicaldescription.html#digitalorigin > ? > > > > Your examples seem to fall into *<digitalOrigin>*reformatted digital > *</digitalOrigin>.* > > > > Where are the slides and transparency examples you are referring to? > > > > Thanks, Tracy > > > > > > *From:* Metadata Object Description Schema List <[log in to unmask]> *On > Behalf Of *Olivia S Solis > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 5, 2021 9:02 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [MODS] "digitized other analog" and photos > > > > Hi all, > > > > I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction here, as I have > seem to gone into a spiral and something that *had *seemed clear to me > does not anymore: the application of "digitized other analog" in > <physicalDescription><digitalOrigin>: "A resource was created by digitizing > an intermediate form of the original resource (but not microform) such as > photocopy, transparency, slide, 2nd generation analog tapes, etc." > > > > Previously, I had considered most of our digitized items from analog > materials "reformatted digital" and thought of "digitized other analog" as > copies of copies (save microform). The "slides" and "transparency" examples > are throwing me off. We have a large photography collection. Some of our > digital objects are made from slides, some from prints. Prints had > universally been given "reformatted digital" but, I thought > a second longer. All photography is a copy of the original unless you are > talking about the original negative. > > > > Should all digitized photos be "digitized other analog"? If not, why do > slides get the designation and not prints? The "intermediate form" term may > have something to do with it (it's intended to be projected) but then that > doesn't make sense with the other example of photocopies in the definition. > > > > This email is specific to photos, but there are also "analogs" in AV > materials. Since we're an archive it might be hard in some cases to know if > something is a second generation tape. > > > > I'm trying to write clear guidelines for catalogers based on MODS > definitions, with use cases and examples, and in the process I confused > myself! Help get me out of this hole. :) > > > > Thank you, > > Olivia > > -- > > Olivia Solis, MSIS > > Metadata Coordinator > > Dolph Briscoe Center for American History > > The University of Texas at Austin > > 2300 Red River St. Stop D1100 > > Austin TX, 78712-1426 > > (512) 232-8013 > > > > > -- > > Olivia Solis, MSIS > > Metadata Coordinator > > Dolph Briscoe Center for American History > > The University of Texas at Austin > > 2300 Red River St. Stop D1100 > > Austin TX, 78712-1426 > > (512) 232-8013 > -- Olivia Solis, MSIS Metadata Coordinator Dolph Briscoe Center for American History The University of Texas at Austin 2300 Red River St. Stop D1100 Austin TX, 78712-1426 (512) 232-8013