I am posting this request for info on behalf of someone who is not on this list. Please reply directly to Jennifer at her email address (listed in the header, below).
Diane > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Diane M. Zorich" <dianezorich at comcast.net> >To: "jennifer tyner" <jennifer.tyner at COMM.GATECH.EDU> >Sent: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 10:33:26 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >Subject: Re: Social media applications and metadata > > > >Has anyone ever started from scratch with metadata for use in social >>media tools (flickr, facebook, YouTube, etc.)? This pertains mainly >>to posting photography and videos to these places and creating new >>descriptions, tags and file names for them. >> >>Our photography files already have metadata embedded in them in our >>DAM, but since our social media pages reach out to a different >>audience we are re-thinking the descriptive info to go with them. >>This doesn't seem to matter much since flickr totally messes up the >>metadata when the pictures are uploaded. I tried searching the past >>discussions in the VRA listserv to see if this has been mentioned >>before, but I couldn't find any notes about how some of you may be >>describing and tagging your pictures in flickr. >> >>In addition to the basic titles (file names), descriptions, and >>tags, we will also be adding a GPS feature to each one so that when >>viewing the campus map online, you will see pictures/videos pop up >>over the locations where they were shot on campus. >> >>Has anyone else done this before? The main concern I have is about >>creating a new controlled vocabulary list for the picture metadata >>used specifically in social media sites. I appreciate your feedback >>very much! >> >>Jennifer >> >>-- >>Jennifer Tyner >>Digital Projects Specialist >>Communications & Marketing >>Georgia Institute of Technology >>Atlanta, GA 30332-0181 >>(404) 894-8698 * (404) 894-7463 FAX >>http://www.gatech.edu/comm/photo > > >-- >Diane M. Zorich >113 Gallup Road >Princeton, NJ 08542 USA >Voice: 609-252-1606 >Email: dzorich at mindspring.com >or dianezorich at comcast.net -- Diane M. Zorich 113 Gallup Road Princeton, NJ 08542 USA Voice: 609-252-1606 Email: dzorich at mindspring.com or dianezorich at comcast.net
