Metadata for Digitized Resources

Learn how well-formed and valid XML forms the basis for defining and establishing new metadata standards. Discover how libraries use XML-based standards such as the Encoded Archival Description (EAD), Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS), MARCXML, Dublin Core (DC), the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) and other standards to enhance access to their digital collections and exchange information between repositories.

Learning Objectives

• Articulate a definition of metadata
• Describe the challenges of metadata on the Web
• Identify the types of metatdata used in digital projects
• Describe the role of XML in establishing and using metadata standards
• Realize that metadata does not always come in the form of a record
• Evaluate websites as metadata for presentation and navigation
• Identify the two meanings of structural metadata
• Explain how markup improves access
• Explain the difference between preservation metadata and technical metadata
• Identify types of rights metadata

Target Audience
Catalogers, digital librarians, webmasters, archivists, special collections librarians, or anyone who has responsibilities for the description and access to collection materials.

Prerequisites
None

Homework Expectations and Completion Requirements
Students will participate in class discussion, and complete both individual and cooperative assignment.
Please note: This class has a pre-class reading assignment.

It is designed for individual participation; each individual must register.

Technical Requirements
Live Online System Requirements
Web Browser and Text Editor such as Windows Notepad

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.