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Making it work, Making it fun: Metadata in action. Dreanna Belden University of North Texas Libraries 2007-06-01 dbelden@library.unt.edu. Making it work, Making it fun: Metadata in action. http://texashistory.unt.edu/ http://digital.library.unt.edu/.
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Making it work, Making it fun:Metadata in action Dreanna Belden University of North Texas Libraries 2007-06-01 dbelden@library.unt.edu
Making it work, Making it fun:Metadata in action http://texashistory.unt.edu/ http://digital.library.unt.edu/
Making it work, Making it fun:You will make mistates, er, mistakes! In terms of Typographical Errors: Letter transposition e.g. 9198 for 1998 Letter omission, e.g. Omt for omit Letter insertion, e.g. asnd for and letter substitution or misstrokes, e.g. likw for like No omissions Null values for mandatory elements Incomplete information Non ambiguous Inconsistency eg. multiple spellings, multiple possible meanings, mixed cases, initials, etc From “Metadata Madness: Quality Issues in Metadata Management” by Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, presented at TLA, 2007-04-11
Making it work, Making it fun:What is “right” for you. Identify the 'right' metadata Avoid large schemas Create at the right time At creation vs. at other points in object life-cycle Human vs. automatic Determine level of quality required Collaborators may have diverse and sometimes conflicting metadata requirements. From “Metadata Madness: Quality Issues in Metadata Management” by Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, presented at TLA, 2007-04-11
UNT Libraries’ Quality Assurance for Mandatory Elements From “Metadata Madness: Quality Issues in Metadata Management” by Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, presented at TLA, 2007-04-11
Making it work, Making it fun:Metadata in action Created /Enhanced by resource owners Created by automated means Created/Enhanced by metadata team UNTL Metadata Records From “Metadata Madness: Quality Issues in Metadata Management” by Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, presented at TLA, 2007-04-11
6 Cs of shareable metadata • Content • Consistency • Coherence • Context • Communication • Conformance Making it work, Making it fun:Metadata in action From “Making Interoperability Easier: Creating Shareable Metadata” by Sarah Shreeves, presented at IMLS’ Webwise, 2007-02-28
Making it work, Making it fun:Metadata in action Dreanna Belden University of North Texas Libraries 2007-06-01 dbelden@library.unt.edu