FACADE2

A project for The Frances Loeb Library and the MIT Libraries to further development of a shared production tool, workflows, and a shared repository for the collecting, archiving, access and preservation of electronic architectural files.

Ann Whiteside, Librarian/Assistant Dean for Information Resources, Graduate School of Design

Deb Morley, Head of Specialized Content and Services, MIT Libraries

March 2012 Update

The team has:

  • Reviewed roles and responsibilities for the overall FACADE processing workflow.
  • Conducted a technical review of the existing Curator’s Workbench with Sebastian and provided Sebastian with the source code for his review.
  • Reviewed a workflow improvements document which contains a list of target areas from the original FACADE research project that could use further development, and drafted a list of enhancements that were reviewed with Sebastian.
  • Drafted a gift agreement
  • Begun discussions with institutional legal counsel re: gift agreement.
  • Obtained one set of building data and is in conversation with faculty about acquiring additional sets.
  • Reviewed and expanded vocabularies for CWB description tabs (disciplines, document types, project stages/phases, project divisions.)
  • Working towards standing up a demo of the original Curator’s Workbench with test data.

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