Developing a metadata best practices model: the experience of the Colorado State University Libraries

Developing a metadata best practices model: the experience of the Colorado State University Libraries

Rettig, Patricia J. ; Liu, Shu, 1978- ; Hunter, Nancy Chaffin ; Level, Allison V.

Metadata -- Colorado -- Fort Collins

Institutional repositories -- Colorado -- Fort Collins

Colorado State University. Libraries

Digital libraries -- Colorado -- Fort Collins

Data dictionaries -- Colorado -- Fort Collins

Colorado State University. Libraries. Metadata Best Practices Task Force

Final, peer-reviewed manuscript. Access the publisher's version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19386380802656371

The Metadata Best Practices Task Force at the Colorado State University (CSU) Libraries developed a core set of metadata elements and an accompanying data dictionary to facilitate a coordinated metadata management approach for a central digital repository of diverse digital objects. This article describes the rationale for the Task Force and the process used for its work following a look at the background of digitization and past metadata practices at CSU. The article includes a literature review on institutional metadata projects and examples, and it ends with a description of the Task Force’s ongoing work and plans for future assessment.

Colorado State University. Libraries

2008

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