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[RE: Database design query]



Jackie Esposito wrote:

> Penn State is in the second year of building such a website -- See
> www.psubldg.libraries.psu.edu.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jackie
>

> >>We are designing an Access database for our Web site
> >>that will cover the history of selected buildings on
> >>our campus, intended for casual researchers who are
> >>interested in basic information: date of construction,
> >>architect, name history, etc.
> >>
> >>To assemble this we will be pulling information from
> >>several sources: our buildings vertical file,
> >>photographs, and campus maps (for location info only,
> >>though we might include scanned map images later). We
> >>also plan to include additional-source citations for
> >>those interested in deeper research.
> >>
> >>Have any C&U archivists had experience with this kind
> >>of project before? What data elements did you include?
> >>Did you create a fully-local db from scratch, or did
> >>you find a particular established format (MARC, Dublin
> >>Core, etc) helpful? Perhaps a blend?
> >>
> >>You may reply either to the list, or directly to me at
> >>my email below (not my Yahoo account, please). If you
> >>have a project like this already up on the Web to
> >>show, please pass along the URL for it too, if you
> >>wish.
> >>
> >>Thank you in advance!
> >>
> >>David McCartney
> >>University of Iowa
> >>
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> >>The University of Iowa Libraries
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> Jackie R. Esposito
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