MS 198: Morton Marcus, “The Poetry Show” recordings

[rmjaffe]

Section 1: Archival Assessment/Collection Background

Collection Information

Formal collection title: Morton Marcus, “The Poetry Show” Recordings Collection number: MS 198 Size: 163 GB

Objects

Type/format and dimensions of objects (within each collection or series) & quantity: 237 audio recordings Format: .aif Files: 237, 156 GB total Digital files location: //artifacts2.library.ucsc.edu/diginit2/ms0198_morton_marcus/

Rights Information

Copyright statement: Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives. Rights holder: Donna Mekis Access rights: Educational use only (Public) Processing archivist(s): Section completed by: T. Mora

Section 2: Metadata Assessment

Metadata properties to be included:

Collection level Collection Title (793) Description: something describing the collection Description (500s [removing “Compact disc. ”]) Rights Statement Rights Holder Access Rights (506) Rights Status Digital Publisher Digital Publisher Homepage Extent

Item level Title (245) Alt Title (246) Date Created (008 - Bytes 11-14) Description (518, 511, 520) Donor/Provenance (541) Subjects (6xx) Contributor (7xx) Genre (655) Physical Format: Cassette tape Resource Type: Sound Item Call Number (099) Extent (300$a [removing “1 audio disc ”]) Publication Date (264c)

Which elements will be added at which points in the workflow and by whom: RJ Metadata specialist(s): RJ Section completed by: RJ

Section 3: Digitization/Technical Processing Assessment

File format(s) for preservation masters: wav File format(s) for derivatives: streaming mp3, generated on ingest to DAMS File naming conventions: LCDxxxx. Named for "other call number" assigned to CDs. File directory: diginit2/ms0198_morton_marcus/MS 198 Morton Marcus Cassettes/MOD for DAMS Digitization specialist(s): Charles Hanson originally, Scott Campbell doing re-assessment and reprocessing Link to digitization initial assessment worksheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-x_o_7t0gW7mKsbCdgRvpwE3Yk8grYrHAGcBaA9Ln-0/edit#gid=1861278319 Section completed by: SCP

Section 3b: Audio reprocessing and transcription

• [x] Master files located on artifacts or Merritt
• [x] Files Assessed and standards documented
• [x] Files combined if needed
• [x] Archival files saved on artifacts2/diginit2 and dams_ingest
• [x] MP3 files loaded to Otter
• [x] Transcripts checked
• [x] Transcripts corrected
• [x] Transcripts saved to artifacts2/diginit Section completed by: AF

Section 4: Display Assessment

• [ ] Representative Image:

Actions & Acceptance Criteria

(specific to each collection & the steps required to prepare it for ingest)

Digital Project Workflow

• [x] MOU/Collection Information completed
• [x] Initial project meeting
• [x] Requested & received MARC records
• [x] Metadata exported and reformatted as spreadsheet
• [x] Metadata correction, enhancement, authority control
• [x] Assessment of digital files

Ingest Workflow

• [ ] Ingest metadata spreadsheet conforms to Bulkrax ingest specification
• [x] Files relocated to dams_ingest
• [ ] Collection has been successfully ingested
• [ ] Recordings play properly
• [ ] Metadata displays properly
• [ ] Collection has been published and is available to users on DAMS homepage

[rmjaffe]

@tmariamora When you have a chance, please select a representative image for the collection.

[tmariamora]

ok... images from the collection haven't been digitized; however there is an image in the DAMS, let's use it: https://digitalcollections.library.ucsc.edu/records/x059c889n

[rmjaffe]

Such a great photo!

[rmjaffe]

The files in dams_ingest do not match the filenames given on the ingest spreadsheet (smb://dams.library.ucsc.edu/dams_ingest/ms0198_morton_marcus/Morton_Marcus_bulkrax_20220323.xlsx). @afrebert would you mind checking the files against the spreadsheet?