Re: [CODE4LIB] Public Health Metadata

2016-03-14 Thread Kyle Banerjee 
Could you say a bit more about the documents you need to manage, the level
of specificity you need, how they'll be used, and what process you envision
to assign terms? If your documents are mostly clinical in nature, SNOMED
strikes me a good choice, but if you want terminology that could take you
to related articles in PubMed or your needs aren't mostly clinical, MeSH
might work better.

It's possible to crosswalk across vocabularies, but the different
vocabularies are optimized to support different needs so you'll want to
pick one that's appropriate for your use.

kyle

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Jacob Ratliff 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I currently work in an International public health non-profit, and we are
> setting up enterprise wide document management for dealing with Knowledge
> Management and Information Management issues. Lots of moving pieces, but I
> wanted to get some input on metadata specific to the medical/health world.
> I am looking for some metadata guidance specifically related to the
> medical/health world. Is anyone using any standard controlled vocabularies?
> Should I be looking into Linked Data? I'm starting off the research phase
> for all of the metadata, so links to resources and case studies is greatly
> helpful!
>
> Bonus points to anything that is international in scope, as over 75% of
> the employees at my company are non-US based (most of them in Africa).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jacob Ratliff
> Information Architect / UX Specialsit
> Management Sciences for Health
> jaratlif...@gmail.com
>

[CODE4LIB] NASIG’S 31st Annual Conference – Embracing New Horizons - Registration now OPEN!

2016-03-14 Thread publicist 
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[CODE4LIB] We Can Do It, You Can Too! Metadata Automation For Everyone - ALCTS Metadata Interest Group virtual preconference

2016-03-14 Thread Liz Woolcott 
***Apologies for duplication.***

Please feel free to forward and follow the conversation on Twitter:
#alctsac16


June 7 and 8, the Association for Library Collections and Technical
Services (ALCTS) 

will host a virtual preconference that will bring the conference experience
to you.  We Can Do It, You Can Too! Metadata Automation For Everyone


is a two-day virtual preconference that consists of two 90-minute sessions
on automating descriptive metadata creation and automating legacy data
cleanup projects. Registration is open, so sign up early to make sure you
get a spot.

As the pressure mounts to “digitize all the things!," the need to upload
new digital material quickly, efficiently and accurately while maintaining
established standards for discovery and interoperability becomes essential.
  This virtual preconference, which takes place June 7-8, will explore
methods for meeting these expectations including leveraging existing
archival data, batch processing, vocabulary reconciliation and other
techniques.

Session 1

Automating Descriptive Metadata Creation: Tools and Workflows



Tuesday, June 7, 1 – 2:30 p.m. Central, 2 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern, noon – 1:30
p.m. Mountain, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Pacific

Topics and Presenters:

   -

   Names to Faces: Automated Name Metadata Generation using Picasa,
   ExifTool, and the VRA Panel Export-Import Tool
   -

  Presented by Michelle Sweetser, University Archivist at Marquette
  University and Lynn Whittenberger, Metadata Librarian at Marquette
  University
  -

   Finding a New Metadata M.O. : Metadata Automation on a Budget at a
   Medium-Sized Institution
   -

  Presented by Joseph R. Nicholson, Metadata Librarian at University of
  North Carolina-Charlotte

Session 2

Automating Legacy Data Cleanup Projects



Wednesday, June 8, 1 – 2:30 p.m. Central, 2 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern, noon –
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Topics and Presenters:

   -

   Editing Legacy Metadata for ETDs: Description of a Best Practice Using
   the MARCEdit Plug-In Tool
   -

  Presented by Marielle Veve, Metadata Librarian at University of North
  Florida
  -

   Looking Back, Moving Forward: A Large-Scale Metadata Remediation Effort
   -

  Presented by Maggie Dickson, Metadata Architect at Duke University

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.

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Thank you!

ALCTS Metadata Interest Group Programming Chairs:

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Anna Neatrour, University of Utah

Re: [CODE4LIB] Public Health Metadata

2016-03-14 Thread Karen Hanson 
MeSH is one of >100 health/biomedical vocabularies listed in UMLS, so I suspect 
there may be other vocabularies in there that are a better fit for public 
health:
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/knowledge_sources/metathesaurus/source_faq.html
 
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/sourcereleasedocs/ 

You may need to sign up for a free license in order to browse all vocabularies:
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/umls.html 

Good luck!

Karen Hanson
Research Developer 
Portico

-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Jacob 
Ratliff
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 2:43 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Public Health Metadata

MeSH is a little helpful, but it is slightly different than the realm of  
public health, which spends a lot of time on the systems surrounding health, as 
well as the health areas themselves. (e.g. Pharmacy supply chain management). 
That's the direction I'm heading though!

Jacob

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Carol Bean  wrote:

> MeSH?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 14, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Jacob Ratliff 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I currently work in an International public health non-profit, and 
> > we
> are setting up enterprise wide document management for dealing with 
> Knowledge Management and Information Management issues. Lots of moving 
> pieces, but I wanted to get some input on metadata specific to the 
> medical/health world. I am looking for some metadata guidance 
> specifically related to the medical/health world. Is anyone using any 
> standard controlled vocabularies? Should I be looking into Linked 
> Data? I'm starting off the research phase for all of the metadata, so 
> links to resources and case studies is greatly helpful!
> >
> > Bonus points to anything that is international in scope, as over 75% 
> > of
> the employees at my company are non-US based (most of them in Africa).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jacob Ratliff
> > Information Architect / UX Specialsit Management Sciences for Health 
> > jaratlif...@gmail.com
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Public Health Metadata

2016-03-14 Thread Laura Buchholz 
The UN might have something useful. Here is a guide to some of their
vocabs: http://research.un.org/en/un-resources/terminology
The first one, AGROVOC, seems like it might help:
http://aims.fao.org/vest-registry/vocabularies/agrovoc-multilingual-agricultural-thesaurus

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 11:49 AM, todd.d.robb...@gmail.com <
todd.d.robb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Jacob,
>
> You could try browsing Linked Open Vocabularies:
> http://lov.okfn.org/dataset/lov/vocabs?=Health
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Jacob Ratliff 
> wrote:
>
> > MeSH is a little helpful, but it is slightly different than the realm of
> >  public health, which spends a lot of time on the systems surrounding
> > health, as well as the health areas themselves. (e.g. Pharmacy supply
> chain
> > management). That's the direction I'm heading though!
> >
> > Jacob
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Carol Bean  wrote:
> >
> > > MeSH?
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > > On Mar 14, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Jacob Ratliff 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I currently work in an International public health non-profit, and we
> > > are setting up enterprise wide document management for dealing with
> > > Knowledge Management and Information Management issues. Lots of moving
> > > pieces, but I wanted to get some input on metadata specific to the
> > > medical/health world. I am looking for some metadata guidance
> > specifically
> > > related to the medical/health world. Is anyone using any standard
> > > controlled vocabularies? Should I be looking into Linked Data? I'm
> > starting
> > > off the research phase for all of the metadata, so links to resources
> and
> > > case studies is greatly helpful!
> > > >
> > > > Bonus points to anything that is international in scope, as over 75%
> of
> > > the employees at my company are non-US based (most of them in Africa).
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Jacob Ratliff
> > > > Information Architect / UX Specialsit
> > > > Management Sciences for Health
> > > > jaratlif...@gmail.com
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Tod Robbins
> Digital Asset Manager, MLIS
> todrobbins.com | @todrobbins 
>



-- 
Laura Buchholz
Digital Projects Librarian
Reed College Library
503-517-7629
laura.buchh...@reed.edu

Re: [CODE4LIB] Public Health Metadata

2016-03-14 Thread todd.d.robb...@gmail.com 
Jacob,

You could try browsing Linked Open Vocabularies:
http://lov.okfn.org/dataset/lov/vocabs?=Health

Cheers!



On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Jacob Ratliff 
wrote:

> MeSH is a little helpful, but it is slightly different than the realm of
>  public health, which spends a lot of time on the systems surrounding
> health, as well as the health areas themselves. (e.g. Pharmacy supply chain
> management). That's the direction I'm heading though!
>
> Jacob
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Carol Bean  wrote:
>
> > MeSH?
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Mar 14, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Jacob Ratliff 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I currently work in an International public health non-profit, and we
> > are setting up enterprise wide document management for dealing with
> > Knowledge Management and Information Management issues. Lots of moving
> > pieces, but I wanted to get some input on metadata specific to the
> > medical/health world. I am looking for some metadata guidance
> specifically
> > related to the medical/health world. Is anyone using any standard
> > controlled vocabularies? Should I be looking into Linked Data? I'm
> starting
> > off the research phase for all of the metadata, so links to resources and
> > case studies is greatly helpful!
> > >
> > > Bonus points to anything that is international in scope, as over 75% of
> > the employees at my company are non-US based (most of them in Africa).
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Jacob Ratliff
> > > Information Architect / UX Specialsit
> > > Management Sciences for Health
> > > jaratlif...@gmail.com
> >
>



-- 
Tod Robbins
Digital Asset Manager, MLIS
todrobbins.com | @todrobbins

Re: [CODE4LIB] Public Health Metadata

2016-03-14 Thread Carol Bean 
MeSH?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 14, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Jacob Ratliff  wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I currently work in an International public health non-profit, and we are 
> setting up enterprise wide document management for dealing with Knowledge 
> Management and Information Management issues. Lots of moving pieces, but I 
> wanted to get some input on metadata specific to the medical/health world. I 
> am looking for some metadata guidance specifically related to the 
> medical/health world. Is anyone using any standard controlled vocabularies? 
> Should I be looking into Linked Data? I'm starting off the research phase for 
> all of the metadata, so links to resources and case studies is greatly 
> helpful!
> 
> Bonus points to anything that is international in scope, as over 75% of the 
> employees at my company are non-US based (most of them in Africa). 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jacob Ratliff
> Information Architect / UX Specialsit
> Management Sciences for Health
> jaratlif...@gmail.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] Public Health Metadata

2016-03-14 Thread Jacob Ratliff 
MeSH is a little helpful, but it is slightly different than the realm of
 public health, which spends a lot of time on the systems surrounding
health, as well as the health areas themselves. (e.g. Pharmacy supply chain
management). That's the direction I'm heading though!

Jacob

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Carol Bean  wrote:

> MeSH?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 14, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Jacob Ratliff 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I currently work in an International public health non-profit, and we
> are setting up enterprise wide document management for dealing with
> Knowledge Management and Information Management issues. Lots of moving
> pieces, but I wanted to get some input on metadata specific to the
> medical/health world. I am looking for some metadata guidance specifically
> related to the medical/health world. Is anyone using any standard
> controlled vocabularies? Should I be looking into Linked Data? I'm starting
> off the research phase for all of the metadata, so links to resources and
> case studies is greatly helpful!
> >
> > Bonus points to anything that is international in scope, as over 75% of
> the employees at my company are non-US based (most of them in Africa).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jacob Ratliff
> > Information Architect / UX Specialsit
> > Management Sciences for Health
> > jaratlif...@gmail.com
>

[CODE4LIB] Public Health Metadata

2016-03-14 Thread Jacob Ratliff 
Hi all,

I currently work in an International public health non-profit, and we are 
setting up enterprise wide document management for dealing with Knowledge 
Management and Information Management issues. Lots of moving pieces, but I 
wanted to get some input on metadata specific to the medical/health world. I am 
looking for some metadata guidance specifically related to the medical/health 
world. Is anyone using any standard controlled vocabularies? Should I be 
looking into Linked Data? I'm starting off the research phase for all of the 
metadata, so links to resources and case studies is greatly helpful!

Bonus points to anything that is international in scope, as over 75% of the 
employees at my company are non-US based (most of them in Africa). 

Thanks,

Jacob Ratliff
Information Architect / UX Specialsit
Management Sciences for Health
jaratlif...@gmail.com

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--

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[CODE4LIB] [Announcement] TemaTres 2.1 release is out! March 2016

2016-03-14 Thread diego ferreyra 
*** apologies for cross-posting ***

We are pleased to announce TemaTres 2.1, open source web tool to manage
formal representations of knowledge (Ontologies, Taxonomies, Thesauri,
glossaries,etc ).

Changelog TemaTres 2.1:
- Bulk editor (search and replace) form terms and notes (only admin user)
- New configuration option for access policies: enable/disable public view
of the vocabularyvocabulario
- New configuration option for quality policies: enable or do not allow
duplicate terms
- randomTerm. New API command to retrieve random terms. Supports  filtering
of terms according to notes
- Now the API command "fetch" expose the code term
- Improve some usability issues (menus, user messages, etc)


Many thanks to the feedback provided by TemaTres community :)

Any comments or doubt are welcomed :)

About TemaTres: http://vocabularyserver.com/
TemaTres around the world: http://vocabularyserver.com/vocabularies/
Download TemaTres 2.1: http://sourceforge.net/projects/tematres/
Gihub TemaTres: https://github.com/tematres/TemaTres-Vocabulary-Server
TemaTres Demo: http://r020.com.ar/tematres/demo/index.php?setLang=en
TemaTres documentation: http://vocabularyserver.com/wiki/

Some HOWTO:
How to update to Tematres 2.1 from 1.82:
- Replace the code but mantaine your db.tematres.php.

How to update to Tematres 2.1 from Tematres 1.6 (or preious version):
- Login as admin and go to: Menu -> Administration -> Database maintance ->
Update 1.6 to 1.7

How to manage many vocabularies with Tematres
- Copy /vocab directory (example: vocab2/) and change the prefix tables in
db.tematres.php

How to enable SPARQL endpoint:
1) Login as admin and go to Menu -> Administration -> Configuration ->
Click in your vocabulary: Set as ENABLE SPARQL endpoint (by default is
disable).

2) Login as admin and Goto: Menu -> Administration -> Database maintance ->
Update SPARQL endpoint.

-- 
Diego Ferreyra