### Digital Asset Metadata Elements

Version 3.0

#### TITLE DATA

##### For each title

Title will correspond to a single MARC record in CONSER (itself related
to holdings information in the USNP UnionList, maintained by OCLC).

A CONSER record will be delivered for each title. Awardees are
responsible for ensuring the quality of the CONSER record.

LCCN used as the basis for a title identifier instead of ISSN because
not all newspapers have ISSNs.

  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Element         Data Type    Example           Notes                                                                                             Repeatable   Mandatory
  --------------- ------------ ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ -----------
  LCCN            string       sn83031150        Use canonical form of LCCN. See                                                                   NR           M
                                                 [**http://www.loc.gov/marc/lccn-namespace.html**](http://www.loc.gov/marc/lccn-namespace.html).                

  Issue/Edition   string       Daily (except     Should reflect pattern digitized and delivered. Usage in MARC 310, 321 can serve as guide.        NR           M
  Pattern                      Sunday) with                                                                                                                     
                               regional editions                                                                                                                
                               on Sat.                                                                                                                          

  Title Essay     string                         History/Scope note for the title - 500 words.                                                     NR           M

  Geographic      geographic                     For current administrative and geographic boundaries, supply this information for each county or  R            M
  Coverage        coverage                       significant city for which the newspaper provided local coverage. (Note that this is not just the              
                  data type                      place of publication as found in MARC 752.)                                                                    
                  (see below)                                                                                                                                   
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

##### Geographic Coverage Data Type

+-------+--------+---------+-------------------------+-------+-------+
| *     | **Data | **Ex    | **Notes**               | **Re  | **M   |
| *Elem | Type** | ample** |                         | peata | andat |
| ent** |        |         |                         | ble** | ory** |
+-------+--------+---------+-------------------------+-------+-------+
| Cov   | **st   | United  | Use vocabulary used in  | NR    | M     |
| erage | ring** | States  | MARC 752 \$a.           |       |       |
|       |        |         |                         |       |       |
| Co    |        |         |                         |       |       |
| untry |        |         |                         |       |       |
+-------+--------+---------+-------------------------+-------+-------+
| Cov   | **st   | New     | Use vocabulary used in  | NR    | M     |
| erage | ring** | York    | MARC 752 \$b.           |       |       |
|       |        |         |                         |       |       |
| State |        |         |                         |       |       |
+-------+--------+---------+-------------------------+-------+-------+
| Cov   | **st   | Kings   | Use vocabulary used in  | NR    | O     |
| erage | ring** |         | MARC 752 \$c.           |       |       |
|       |        |         |                         |       |       |
| C     |        |         |                         |       |       |
| ounty |        |         |                         |       |       |
+-------+--------+---------+-------------------------+-------+-------+
| Cov   | **st   | B       | Use vocabulary used in  | NR    | O     |
| erage | ring** | rooklyn | MARC 752 \$d.           |       |       |
|       |        |         |                         |       |       |
| City  |        |         |                         |       |       |
+-------+--------+---------+-------------------------+-------+-------+

####  ISSUE/EDITION DATA

##### For each issue/edition expected in the publication pattern, including missing issues/editions.

LC will supply barcodes for all duplicate microfilm reels. Provide
issue/edition records for all **known** issue/edition occurrences (i.e.
if microfilm reel includes information (target or Guide to Contents)
indicating an issue/edition was known to be published but is not
available as a digital asset at this time, create a record for that
issue/edition and use the Issue Present Indicator to indicate the
issue/edition the record describes is not available.)

The combination of LCCN, Issue Date, and Edition Order will be a unique
identifier for an edition.

+---------+-------+---------+----------------------+------+----------+
| Field   | Data  | Example | Notes                | Re   | M        |
| Name    | Type  |         |                      | peat | andatory |
|         |       |         |                      | able |          |
+=========+=======+=========+======================+======+==========+
| Lccn    |       | sn8     | Use canonical form   | NR   | M        |
|         |       | 3031150 | of LCCN. See         |      |          |
|         |       |         | [**http://www.l      |      |          |
|         |       |         | oc.gov/marc/lccn-nam |      |          |
|         |       |         | espace.html**](http: |      |          |
|         |       |         | //www.loc.gov/marc/l |      |          |
|         |       |         | ccn-namespace.html). |      |          |
+---------+-------+---------+----------------------+------+----------+
| Issue   | date  | 190     | Actual date issued,  | NR   | M        |
| Date    |       | 8-01-01 | corrected if         |      |          |
|         |       |         | necessary. Use this  |      |          |
|         |       |         | particular ISO 8601  |      |          |
|         |       |         | style:               |      |          |
|         |       |         |                      |      |          |
|         |       |         | YYYY-MM-DD.          |      |          |
+---------+-------+---------+----------------------+------+----------+
| Edition | pos   | 1       | Default is 1. If     | NR   | M        |
| Order   | itive |         | more than one        |      |          |
|         | in    |         | edition on this      |      |          |
|         | teger |         | date, number in      |      |          |
|         |       |         | chronological order. |      |          |
+---------+-------+---------+----------------------+------+----------+
| Issue   | s     | Not     | Valid values are:    | NR   | M        |
| Present | tring | dig     |                      |      |          |
| In      |       | itized, | -   Present          |      |          |
| dicator |       | pu      |     (Published and   |      |          |
|         |       | blished |     digitized)       |      |          |
|         |       |         |                      |      |          |
|         |       |         | -   Not digitized,   |      |          |
|         |       |         |     published        |      |          |
|         |       |         |                      |      |          |
|         |       |         | -   Not digitized,   |      |          |
|         |       |         |     not published    |      |          |
|         |       |         |                      |      |          |
|         |       |         | -   Not digitized,   |      |          |
|         |       |         |     publishing       |      |          |
|         |       |         |     unknown          |      |          |
+---------+-------+---------+----------------------+------+----------+
| Issue   | s     | No      | To record any        | NR   | O        |
| Present | tring | issue   | additional known     |      |          |
| Comment |       | pu      | information          |      |          |
|         |       | blished | indicated in film on |      |          |
|         |       | due to  | missing issues.      |      |          |
|         |       | w       |                      |      |          |
|         |       | eather. |                      |      |          |
+---------+-------+---------+----------------------+------+----------+
| Issue   | date  | 190     | If date printed was  | NR   | MA       |
| Date As |       | 7-01-01 | in error (not the    |      |          |
| Labeled |       |         | date issued), this   |      |          |
|         |       |         | field reflects the   |      |          |
|         |       |         | incorrect date as    |      |          |
|         |       |         | printed. Include     |      |          |
|         |       |         | this field only if   |      |          |
|         |       |         | date printed was in  |      |          |
|         |       |         | error.               |      |          |
+---------+-------+---------+----------------------+------+----------+
| Volume  | s     | 27      | Following SICI       | NR   | O        |
| Number  | tring |         | standard:            |      |          |
|         |       |         |                      |      |          |
|         |       |         | 1\. All numeric      |      |          |
|         |       |         | information shall be |      |          |
|         |       |         | converted to arabic  |      |          |
|         |       |         | numbers.             |      |          |
|         |       |         |                      |      |          |
|         |       |         | 2\. Alphabetic data  |      |          |
|         |       |         | used as enumeration  |      |          |
|         |       |         | designations shall   |      |          |
|         |       |         | be transcribed as    |      |          |
|         |       |         | they appear on the   |      |          |
|         |       |         | piece, and converted |      |          |
|         |       |         | to uppercase.        |      |          |
+---------+-------+---------+----------------------+------+----------+
| Issue   | s     | 3       | Following SICI       | NR   | O        |
| Number  | tring |         | standard:            |      |          |
|         |       |         |                      |      |          |
|         |       |         | 1\. All numeric      |      |          |
|         |       |         | information          |      |          |
|         |       |         | converted to arabic  |      |          |
|         |       |         | numbers.             |      |          |
|         |       |         |                      |      |          |
|         |       |         | 2\. Alphabetic data  |      |          |
|         |       |         | used as enumeration  |      |          |
|         |       |         | designations         |      |          |
|         |       |         | transcribed as they  |      |          |
|         |       |         | appear on the piece  |      |          |
|         |       |         | and converted to     |      |          |
|         |       |         | uppercase.           |      |          |
+---------+-------+---------+----------------------+------+----------+
| Edition | S     | M       | If present, as       | NR   | MA       |
| Label   | tring | ultiple | printed. If symbol   |      |          |
|         |       | ex      | is used to indicate  |      |          |
|         |       | amples: | edition label (e.g., |      |          |
|         |       |         | two stars), describe |      |          |
|         |       | Late    | the visual symbols   |      |          |
|         |       | City    | and the meaning of   |      |          |
|         |       | Final   | those symbols in     |      |          |
|         |       |         | parentheses (i.e. if |      |          |
|         |       | Two     | 2 stars are used to  |      |          |
|         |       | Stars   | represent Final      |      |          |
|         |       | (Final  | Edition, then Field  |      |          |
|         |       | E       | value should be      |      |          |
|         |       | dition) | \"Two Stars (Final   |      |          |
|         |       |         | Edition)\".)         |      |          |
|         |       | Extra   |                      |      |          |
+---------+-------+---------+----------------------+------+----------+

####  PAGE DATA

##### For each newspaper page expected in the publication pattern, including missing pages. 

Provide page records for all **known** page occurrences (i.e. if
microfilm reel includes information (target or Guide to Contents)
indicating a page was known to be published but is not available as a
digital asset at this time, create a record for that page and use the
Page Present Indicator to indicate the page the record describes is not
available.) Note, however, that a page record should not be created for
a page if the issue which the page is part of has been identified as
missing.

A TIFF, JPEG 2000, PDF, and ocr text file will be delivered for each
page.

The combination of LCCN, Issue Date, Edition Order, and Record Sequence
Number will be a unique identifier for a page.

+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Field      | Data | Example | Notes                 | Re   | M    |
|            | Type |         |                       | peat | anda |
|            |      |         |                       | able | tory |
+============+======+=========+=======================+======+======+
| Lccn       | st   | sn8     | Use canonical form of | NR   | M    |
|            | ring | 3031150 | LCCN. See             |      |      |
|            |      |         | [**http://w           |      |      |
|            |      |         | ww.loc.gov/marc/lccn- |      |      |
|            |      |         | namespace.html**](htt |      |      |
|            |      |         | p://www.loc.gov/marc/ |      |      |
|            |      |         | lccn-namespace.html). |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Issue Date | date | 190     | Actual date issued,   | NR   | M    |
|            |      | 8-01-01 | corrected if          |      |      |
|            |      |         | necessary. Use this   |      |      |
|            |      |         | particular ISO 8601   |      |      |
|            |      |         | style:                |      |      |
|            |      |         |                       |      |      |
|            |      |         | YYYY-MM-DD.           |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Edition    | posi | 1       | Default is 1. If more | NR   | M    |
| Order      | tive |         | than one edition on   |      |      |
|            | int  |         | this date, number in  |      |      |
|            | eger |         | chronological order.  |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Page       | posi | 13      | This orders the       | NR   | M    |
| Sequence   | tive |         | records for page      |      |      |
| Number     | int  |         | records within an     |      |      |
|            | eger |         | issue, regardless of  |      |      |
|            |      |         | printed page number.  |      |      |
|            |      |         | See Page Number field |      |      |
|            |      |         | below. This field is  |      |      |
|            |      |         | particularly useful   |      |      |
|            |      |         | for multi-section     |      |      |
|            |      |         | titles.               |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Reel       | st   | 37589   | Reel number to        | NR   | MA   |
| Number     | ring | 2205698 | correspond with LC    |      |      |
|            |      |         | barcode supplied for  |      |      |
|            |      |         | all duplicate         |      |      |
|            |      |         | microfilm reels       |      |      |
|            |      |         | deposited with LC.    |      |      |
|            |      |         |                       |      |      |
|            |      |         | Not mandatory for     |      |      |
|            |      |         | re-purposed materials |      |      |
|            |      |         | or if page is missing |      |      |
|            |      |         | (even if page is      |      |      |
|            |      |         | represented by a      |      |      |
|            |      |         | target).              |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Reel       | posi | 1       | This orders the       | NR   | MA   |
| Sequence   | tive |         | records for within a  |      |      |
| Number     | int  |         | reel. Indicate        |      |      |
|            | eger |         | position of the image |      |      |
|            |      |         | on the microfilm      |      |      |
|            |      |         | reel. In the case of  |      |      |
|            |      |         | two-up microfilming,  |      |      |
|            |      |         | each frame contains 2 |      |      |
|            |      |         | images, and each      |      |      |
|            |      |         | image has its own     |      |      |
|            |      |         | reel sequence number, |      |      |
|            |      |         | in left-right reading |      |      |
|            |      |         | order. In the case of |      |      |
|            |      |         | orientation-shift     |      |      |
|            |      |         | within the reel,      |      |      |
|            |      |         | continue to order the |      |      |
|            |      |         | images in left-right  |      |      |
|            |      |         | reading order.        |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Page       | st   | Present | Valid values are:     | NR   | M    |
| Present    | ring | (Pu     |                       |      |      |
| Indicator  |      | blished | -   Present           |      |      |
|            |      | and     |     (Published and    |      |      |
|            |      | dig     |     digitized)        |      |      |
|            |      | itized) |                       |      |      |
|            |      |         | -   Not digitized,    |      |      |
|            |      |         |     published         |      |      |
|            |      |         |                       |      |      |
|            |      |         | -   Not digitized,    |      |      |
|            |      |         |     not published     |      |      |
|            |      |         |                       |      |      |
|            |      |         | -   Not digitized,    |      |      |
|            |      |         |     publishing        |      |      |
|            |      |         |     unknown           |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Page       | st   | Best    | To record any         | NR   | O    |
| Present    | ring | copy    | additional known      |      |      |
| Comment    |      | av      | information indicated |      |      |
|            |      | ailable | in film.              |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Section    | st   | B       | If present, as        | NR   | MA   |
| Label      | ring |         | printed. Could be     |      |      |
|            |      |         | blank, "C," "IV,"     |      |      |
|            |      |         | "3," "Business," etc. |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Page       | St   | B3      | Exactly as printed.   | NR   | MA   |
| Number     | ring |         |                       |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Source     | st   | Library | Owner of source that  | NR   | M    |
| Repository | ring | of      | was digitized.        |      |      |
|            |      | Co      |                       |      |      |
|            |      | ngress, |                       |      |      |
|            |      | Wash    |                       |      |      |
|            |      | ington, |                       |      |      |
|            |      | DC      |                       |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Source     | enu  | DLC     | MARC organization     | NR   | MA   |
| Repository | mera |         | code of owner of      |      |      |
| Code       | tion |         | source.               |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Digital    | st   | Library | Awardee.              | NR   | M    |
| R          | ring | of      |                       |      |      |
| esponsible |      | Co      |                       |      |      |
| I          |      | ngress, |                       |      |      |
| nstitution |      | Wash    |                       |      |      |
|            |      | ington, |                       |      |      |
|            |      | DC      |                       |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+
| Digital    | enu  | DLC     | MARC organization     | NR   | MA   |
| R          | mera |         | code of Awardee.      |      |      |
| esponsible | tion |         |                       |      |      |
| I          |      |         |                       |      |      |
| nstitution |      |         |                       |      |      |
| Code       |      |         |                       |      |      |
+------------+------+---------+-----------------------+------+------+

####  TARGET DATA

##### For each image on reel that is not a newspaper page. 

The combination of a reel number and reel sequence number will be a
unique identifier for a target.

A TIFF, JPEG 2000, PDF, and ocr text file will be delivered for each
target.

+---------+-------+---------------+----------------+------+---------+
| Field   | Data  | Example       | Notes          | Re   | Ma      |
|         | Type  |               |                | peat | ndatory |
|         |       |               |                | able |         |
+=========+=======+===============+================+======+=========+
| Reel    | S     | 375892205698  | Reel number to | NR   | MA      |
| Number  | tring |               | correspond     |      |         |
|         |       |               | with LC        |      |         |
|         |       |               | barcode        |      |         |
|         |       |               | supplied for   |      |         |
|         |       |               | all duplicate  |      |         |
|         |       |               | microfilm      |      |         |
|         |       |               | reels          |      |         |
|         |       |               | deposited with |      |         |
|         |       |               | LC.            |      |         |
|         |       |               |                |      |         |
|         |       |               | Not mandatory  |      |         |
|         |       |               | for            |      |         |
|         |       |               | re-purposed    |      |         |
|         |       |               | materials or   |      |         |
|         |       |               | if page is     |      |         |
|         |       |               | missing (even  |      |         |
|         |       |               | if page is     |      |         |
|         |       |               | represented by |      |         |
|         |       |               | a target).     |      |         |
+---------+-------+---------------+----------------+------+---------+
| Reel    | pos   | 1             | This orders    | NR   | MA      |
| S       | itive |               | the records    |      |         |
| equence | in    |               | for within a   |      |         |
| Number  | teger |               | reel. Indicate |      |         |
|         |       |               | position of    |      |         |
|         |       |               | the image on   |      |         |
|         |       |               | the microfilm  |      |         |
|         |       |               | reel. In the   |      |         |
|         |       |               | case of two-up |      |         |
|         |       |               | microfilming,  |      |         |
|         |       |               | each frame     |      |         |
|         |       |               | contains 2     |      |         |
|         |       |               | images, and    |      |         |
|         |       |               | each image has |      |         |
|         |       |               | its own reel   |      |         |
|         |       |               | sequence       |      |         |
|         |       |               | number, in     |      |         |
|         |       |               | left-right     |      |         |
|         |       |               | reading order. |      |         |
|         |       |               | In the case of |      |         |
|         |       |               | ori            |      |         |
|         |       |               | entation-shift |      |         |
|         |       |               | within the     |      |         |
|         |       |               | reel, continue |      |         |
|         |       |               | to order the   |      |         |
|         |       |               | images in      |      |         |
|         |       |               | left-right     |      |         |
|         |       |               | reading order. |      |         |
+---------+-------+---------------+----------------+------+---------+
| Source  | S     | Library of    | Owner of       | NR   | M       |
| Rep     | tring | Congress,     | source that    |      |         |
| ository |       | Washington,   | was digitized. |      |         |
|         |       | DC            |                |      |         |
+---------+-------+---------------+----------------+------+---------+
| Source  | e     | DLC           | MARC           | NR   | MA      |
| Rep     | numer |               | organization   |      |         |
| ository | ation |               | code of owner  |      |         |
| Code    |       |               | of source.     |      |         |
+---------+-------+---------------+----------------+------+---------+
| Digital | S     | Library of    | Awardee.       | NR   | M       |
| Resp    | tring | Congress,     |                |      |         |
| onsible |       | Washington,   |                |      |         |
| Inst    |       | DC            |                |      |         |
| itution |       |               |                |      |         |
+---------+-------+---------------+----------------+------+---------+
| Digital | e     | DLC           | MARC           | NR   | MA      |
| Resp    | numer |               | organization   |      |         |
| onsible | ation |               | code of        |      |         |
| Inst    |       |               | Awardee.       |      |         |
| itution |       |               |                |      |         |
| Code    |       |               |                |      |         |
+---------+-------+---------------+----------------+------+---------+

###  Microfilm Reel Quality Analysis Metadata Elements (for Newly-Converted Materials)

This information will be utilized to study the technical characteristics
of microfilm used for digitization and they impact OCR quality, and
usability, using a quantifiable approach.

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Element           Data Type  Example        Notes
  ----------------- ---------- -------------- --------------------------------------
  Titles            string     National Forum MARC 130, if present. Otherwise use
                                              MARC 245 \$a. List multiple titles, as
                                              necessary, delimited by semi-colon. (
                                              ; )

  Reel Number       string     375892205698   Reel number corresponds with LC
                                              barcode supplied for all duplicate
                                              microfilm reels deposited with LC.

  Start Date        date       1910-05-28     Use this particular ISO 8601 style:
                                              YYYY-MM-DD.

  End Date          date       1910-11-12     Use this particular ISO 8601 style:
                                              YYYY-MM-DD.

  Position          string     2a             1a, 2a, 1b, 2b

  Reduction Ratio   string     20x            If stated

  Capture           string     300dpi         Resolution relative to original
  Resolution                                  material, measured in pixels/inch (or
  Original                                    mm.).

  Capture           string     6000dpi        Resolution relative to microfilm,
  Resolution Film                             measured in pixels/inch (or mm.).
                                              Capture Resolution_Film = Reduction
                                              Ratio x Capture Resolution_Original.

  Guide To Contents boolean    1              Valid values are 1 (present), 0
  Present Flag                                (missing).

  Guide To Contents string     Title          If present, transcribe text from Guide
  String                       established    to Contents, as it appears on film
                               April 30...    

  Date Microfilm    string     1986           Date of microfilm creation
  Created                                     

  Loose Leaves Flag boolean    0              For original material; Valid values
                                              are 1 (yes), 0 (no).

  Bound Volume Flag boolean    1              For original material; Valid values
                                              are 1 (yes), 0 (no).

  Comments          string                    

  Dimensions        string     17x23 in.      From original materials, if possible,
                                              or from N.W. Ayer & Son. *N.W. Ayer &
                                              Son\'s American Newspaper Annual*.
                                              Philadelphia : N.W. Ayer and Son,
                                              1880-1909.

  Pages Per Issue   positive   4              Estimate from microfilm, or from N.W.
                    integer                   Ayer & Son. *N.W. Ayer & Son\'s
                                              American Newspaper Annual*.
                                              Philadelphia : N.W. Ayer and Son,
                                              1880-1909.

  Number Of         positive   5              
  Resolution        integer                   
  Targets                                     

  Resolution Of     floating   7.1            Resolution of original camera master
  Master            point                     microfilm. Record actual number from
                    number                    line-pair resolution test pattern on
                                              film, if available.

  Resolution        string                    
  Comment Master                              

  Density Reading   floating   0.91           Ten readings per reel.
  Master            point                     
                    number                    

  Average Density   floating   0.95           
  Master            point                     
                    number                    

  Dmin Master       floating   0.20           
                    point                     
                    number                    

  Resolution Of     floating   6.3            Resolution of the duplicate negative
  Duplicate         point                     used for digitization. Record actual
  Negative          number                    number from line-pair resolution test
                                              pattern on film, if available.

  Resolution        string     Weak 7.1       
  Comment Duplicate                           
  Negative                                    

  Density Reading   floating   1.14           Ten readings per reel.
  Duplicate         point                     
  Negative          number                    

  Average Density   floating   1.10           
  Duplicate         point                     
  Negative          number                    

  Dmin Duplicate    floating   0.15           
  Negative          point                     
                    number                    
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