PBCore Handout & New PBCore XML Examples
The PBCore Advisory Subcommittee’s Communications Team has created a handout for people considering using PBCore at their institutions. Feel free to download the pdf and share it with your colleagues as you begin to consider options for managing metadata about audiovisual materials in your collections. Additionally, Education Team member Morgan Oscar Morel has created several […]
PBCore at Smithsonian Channel
Recently I had the pleasure of talking with the Director of the Library and Archives at Smithsonian Channel, Karma Foley. This summer Smithsonian Channel is migrating to a more robust database, and Karma shared how PBCore is informing this expansion and helping the channel preserve their private collection in a file-based, CollectiveAccess environment. Smithsonian Channel […]
Continue to provide PBCore feedback through GitHub issues!
As the PBCore committee analyzes data coming from our survey (thank you, community!) we wanted to take a moment to let you know how we’ll be tracking community feedback going forward – we welcome and encourage your continued input! In a short few steps, you can sign up for a Github.com account and submit “issues” […]
PBCore data exchange with the Pop Up Archive
You may have heard about the Pop Up Archive, which if you haven’t, you should. From my vantage point, they are solving a key problem of radio producers (and anyone creating digital audio) by providing: – A simple way to upload and preserve the highest-resolution digital audio files with the Internet Archive as the back […]
How to embed PBCore in data distribution APIs
As a well-defined metadata format, PBCore records can be embedded within and transported over almost any API.
WNET-Thirteen Releases its PBCore Cataloging Tool
WNET/Thirteen hereby releases the software of its PBCore Repository Project under the GPLv3 license (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). The PBCore Record Repository is an online database tool built on Ruby on Rails, Sphinx search, and MYSQL that was created at WNET/Thirteen to facilitate the import, export, search, creation and modification of PBCore records according to the PBCore 1.2.1 […]
QuickStart Guide for PBCore Cataloging Tool Updated
With the release of the PBCore Cataloging Tool, a QuickStart Guide was posted to the PBCore website. This Guide has been greatly expanded and in essence has become your User Guide to the PBCore Cataloging Tool. The updated guide provides step-by-step instructions on using the Cataloging Tool, how to enter metadata, how to create User […]
Cataloging Tool’s Runtime Versions Available for Download
The PBCore Cataloging Tool based on FileMaker Pro databases was made available for download earlier in 2007. The tool is a fully featured database file that complies with the PBCore metadata dictionary. It provides a PBCore compliant method for describing media assets and has direct links to the PBCore User Guide for assistance. The Tool […]
Cataloging Tool using PBCore (FileMaker for Mac & Windows) Ready for Download!!
Need to catalog media items using the PBCore Metadata Dictionary? From our PBCore User Guide (http://pbcore.org/PBCore/PBCore_Tools.html) you may now download the FileMaker Cataloging Tool along with two read me files (for end-users, and for admins/developers who want to customize the tool). An audio/video overview of the Cataloging Tool is available in our fourth training module, […]
Flyer Announcing PBCore Version 1.0 Release: “Shhh…It’s Time to Listen to your Inner Librarian”
Here’s the last version of our flyer, “Shhhh…It’s time to listen to your inner librarian.” It announces the impending launch of the PBCore Metadata Dictionary, version 1.0. PBCoreFlyer
