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Metadata Liaison: Allen Maberry

This database will consist of 2 kinds of records: images of whole newspapers pages enhanced by "Mr. Sid" magnifying software ("newspaper level") and then images of separate articles linked together by the CONTENT page turner ("article level").

History of Communication and Journalism Project	Dublin Core	Comments
Title	Title	Searchable. At the newspaper level, title is the title of the newspaper followed by the date issued, formatted according to ISO standard YYYY-MM-DD, and the 2-digit page number (e.g., Seattle Times 1990-03-25, p. 03). At the article level, enter the lead title of article. Variants of title, such as abbreviated titles on continuations of articles are not entered in this field.
Other title(s)	Title	Searchable. Title in another language, etc. Separate more than one "other title" by "<br>".
Place of pub.	Publisher	Searchable. Input in standardized hierarchical form separated by 2 hyphens. Nation--State (or Province)--City. Example: United States--Washington--Seattle, Canada--British Columbia--Vancouver.
Publisher	Publisher	Searchable. If a personal name, format as Last name, First name. Use LCAF form if available. Separate more than one publisher by "<br>".
Editor	Contributor	Searchable. Format Last name, First name. Use LCAF form if available. Separate more than one editor by "<br>".
Language	Language	Searchable. Natural language names (English, Vietnamese) rather than codes.
Author	Creator	Author of the article, if known. Searchable. If a personal name, format as Last name, First name. Use LCAF form if available. Separate more than one publisher by "<br>". This field will be blank at newspaper level.
Citation	Source	Input in form: [Newspaper title] Jan. 1, 1928, p. 4, col. 3. This field is used at the article level only and is blank at the newspaper level.
Subject	Subject	Searchable. Use LCSH if possible.
Notes	Description	Searchable. Any remarks or notes that are not covered by the other fields (use uncontrolled vocabulary). Separate notes by "<br><br>".
Keywords	Description	Searchable. List of controlled terms created by Professor Baldasty and the Newspaper Genre List of the U.S. Newspaper Program as an authorized list. Example: Japanese American newspapers
Transmission data	Format	Describes the digital conversion process, date scanned, etc.
Copyright or other rights statement	Rights	This field lists any restrictions on the use of an image..
Source	Relation; "IsPartOf"	Hyperlink in article records to the Mr. Sid file of source (i.e., newspaper page).
File name	Identifier	Searchable. Non-public field ("hidden"). Contains permanent file name as recorded on CD-Rom backup copies of images.

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