Collection Description Focus
What CD Focus Does
The aim of the Focus is to improve co-ordination of work on collection description methods, schemas and tools, with the goal of ensuring consistency and compatibility of approaches across projects, disciplines, institutions, domains and sectors. The Focus provides support for projects actively involved in collection description work and for those investigating or planning such work. One of the major strands of this support work has been the development of the CLD (Collection-Level Description) Online Tutorial. This has been created both as an aid to Implementers and as a tool for training.
The Focus will continue to promote and facilitate the use of the RSLP Collection Description Schema as the basis for collection description implementations. The Focus will also work with the Dublin Core Collection Description Working Group on the development of a DC-based schema for collection-level description, using the collection description attributes of the RSLP CD Schema as a starting point. Implementers are encouraged to join the DC-Collections list and contribute to the work.
The Focus will be supporting a range of initiatives including the continuing NOF Digitisation of Learning Materials Programme, Peoples Network Programme, Resource Regional Cross-Domain research projects, British Library Co-operation and Partnership Programme and a range of JISC projects. The Focus will also be seeking to engage with the FE sector through contact with the Regional Support Centres.
About Us
The work of the Focus was carried out by Ann Chapman until March 2011. Other UKOLN staff working on related projects provide support through expertise and knowledge.
During the period June 2001 - July 2004, when it was separately funded, the Focus reported to a Management Board. Focus work now forms part of UKOLN core activities.
The Focus is located within UKOLN and physically based at the University of Bath.
The staff at UKOLN are supported by their partners in the CD Focus Initiative, the Archives Hub and the mda.
The Focus can be contacted at ukoln@ukoln.ac.uk