Hidden Metadata in Plain Sights: Romanian Folklore Catalogues

Abstract

This paper explores the way in which the old catalogues from the Romanian folklore archives can be improved with updated information about two key aspects of the folklore collections: the informant/performer and the village/location where the recordings where made. Using the headers from three different archives we will show the solution found for enriching the equivalent to dc:creator and dc:coverage. We will particularly focus on the case study of a series of recordings from Western Transylvania and how the metadata was cleaned, spliced and improved.