Metadata Standards and Crosswalks

The course will explore the following topics:

• Content standards: AACR2, DACS and CCO, with some information on RDA
• Common metadata schemas: IPTC, Dublin Core, and MARC-XML
• Metadata crosswalks and transformations
• Application profiles for Dublin Core and other metadata standards
• Other types of metadata, including technical, preservation and rights metadata

Learning Objectives

• Describe how different content standards approach the construction of titles and names
• Compare different descriptive metadata standards
• Examine methods of transforming metadata from one standard to another
• Recognize how application profiles guide the application of metadata standards
• Examine other types of metadata including preservation, technical, structural and rights metadata

Target Audience
The course is intended for library, archives, and museum professionals with experience in collections management or cataloging.

Prerequisites
None

Homework Expectations and Completion Requirements
It is designed for individual participation; each individual must register.

This course is part of the "Train to Share" series made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Project-based homework is an important part of this training series.

Technical Requirements
Live Online System Requirements

Schedule
This course consists of four 2-hour sessions.  

The Imaging and Preservation Service is funded in part by a grant from the Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the Humanities.