Media Union Test Project Workflow--Proposal Draft

1. Selector
   • Chooses material for a collection and gives the collection a title
   • Assigns all images to be digitized a unique ID
   • Makes copies of any information available from paper files or File Maker
   • Sends slides, title, unique IDs, and added information to Cataloger
2. Cataloger
   • Creates suppressed collection record in MCAT and assigns authoritative forms to record headings.
   • Creates item records in File Maker (JS: macro here to transfer data from collection record to item record?)and performs authority work (or notifies Cataloging to perform authority work) in OCLC for unestablished name forms and corporate bodies. In subsequent phases of the project, item records will be created by hourly Media Union staff. Authority records for LC name and subject headings that do not already exist in the local database are transferred to a file and sent to DLPS.
   • Sends slides to digitizer along with unique ID
3. Digitizer
   • Digitizes items and associates digitized files with the unique ID
   • Sends files to MU for storage
4. Media Union
   • Notes receipt of image files in FileMaker
   • Sends copies of digital images and item level descriptions to Image Services
5. Image Services
   • Loads images and descriptions
   • Notifies Cataloging that images are accessible
6. Cataloger
   • Unsuppresses record in MCAT