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Unit 4: Introduction to
Metadata
Topic Areas: The unit is an introduction to
metadata concepts, various types
of metadata, and tools to create,
use, and maintain metadata. Includes descriptive,
administrative, structural,
preservation, and meta-metadata.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the meaning of metadata, its components, and characteristics.
- Define different types of metadata standards and their roles.
Guiding Questions:
- What is meant by metadata?
- What are the different types
of metadata?
- What purposes do these
different types of metadata
serve?
- How are different types of
metadata implemented?
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Required Readings
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Joudrey, The
Organization of Information,
Chapter 6
Riley,
Understanding Metadata
EARLY WARNING ALERT: Start reading for next week!
IFLA,
Library Reference Model
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Relevant Articles from
Encyclopedia of Library and
Information Science
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Greenberg, "Metadata
and Digital Information"
Zeng and Chan,
"Semantic Interoperability" |
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Recommended Readings
Articles
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Cantara,
"METS"
Cundiff,
"An
Introduction to METS" (link
to article)
Havens
and Storey, "Metadata Everywhere." |
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Recommended Readings
Web Resources
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Elings
and Waibel, "Metadata for All"
Heery and
Patel, "Application
Profiles"
Miller,
"Metadata Resources"
St.Pierre
and LaPlant, "We Used to Call It Publishing: Issues in
Crosswalking"
Swoger,
"What is Metadata?: A Christmas-themed exploration."
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Recommended Readings
Books at Beatley
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Gartner, Metadata in the Digital Library: Building an Integrated Strategy with XML, Chapter 2 and Chapter 6
Miller, Metadata for Digital Collections
Mitchell,
Metadata Standards and Web
Services in Libraries, Archives,
and Museums
Zeng,
Metadata, Chapters 1-2
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Select metadata schemes,
models, tools, and sites
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Crosswalk examples:
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative,
http://www.dublincore.org/
METS: Metadata Encoding &
Transmission Standard, http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/.
PREMIS: Preservation Metadata
Maintenance Activity, http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/ |
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Course Outline
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- Unit 1:
Introduction to Information
Organization
- Unit 2:
Retrieval Tools and Systems
- Unit 3:
Encoding
- Unit 4:
Introduction to Metadata
- Unit 5:
Conceptual Models, Description, and Access
- Unit 6:
Authority Control
- Unit 7:
Aboutness & Subject Analysis
- Unit 8:
Vocabulary Control
- Unit 9:
Classification & Arrangement
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