VVL Metadata Template

Metadata	Digitizer Enters Information Here:

VVL Call Number	VVL 01…
M Number	[M…bd…]
Speaker	[full name]

Language	[American English]
Gender of Speaker
Repeat Above as needed for each additional speaker

Original broadcast	[Network, Program Title, date]
Duration (length of recording)	[Minutes; K bytes]
Original recording information

[ ] ips, [ ] in. tape [mono or stereo], Most typically: “One 7” sound tape reel: 7.5 ips, mono half-track; 1/4 in. tape”
Access Restrictions (Copyright Note)

[copyright status 1-8]
Description of digital file	x audio files, [file format, size of file in Kbytes, duration, 44.1 K Hz, 16 bit, mono]
Production information	Digital master, [creation date], created with [BitWav or CoolEdit]
Recording conditions (background noises, etc.)	[preservation status]

Summary Note	[who, to whom, what, where, when, why (include as many details about the contents & context of the audio file as possible)]

[Transcription of first phrase:”…..” ]

Title Note	Title Supplied
Access Note	Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
General material description	electronic audio file

Metadata	Segmenter Enters Data Here:

Genre (type) of spoken words

(choose from list)

[Interview/Oral History]

[Speech]

[Dramatic Reading]

[Television News Broadcast]

[Radio News Broadcast]

[Public Lecture]

[Other]
Title (choose one form depending on genre)

[who is interviewed by whom, where, when]

[who gives a speech on what/when]

[who reads from what dramatic work, when]

[who reports on event, when]

[who lectures on what/when]

Dialect of Main Speaker
Number of Speakers [1,2,3,many]
Number of Speaker Changes
Access information	URL:

Names of people as subjects

Subjects

Places

Other Speakers

Organizations mentioned
Book/Song Titles

Number of segments

Duration of first segment

First line of first segment

Segment Notes

Repeat as needed for

number of segments

created 10/26/99 LR

NGSW Metadata Template

MSU AV/Voice Library

2000-09-12

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