Do you catalog? Do you plan digital projects? Do you wish to better understand the role of metadata and how it works? This 2-hour course will cover the basics of metadata. Topics include: defining metadata; outlining the purposes and functions of metadata; list the components of a metadata infrastructure and keys to successfully launching a new metadata standard; understand how well formed XML provides a framework for expressing metadata in an online environment. This course is part of a four part series entitled Metadata Principles & Practices.
* This course is eligible for micro-credentialing (optional) - What is micro-credentialing?
- Complete the following courses:
- Complete extra requirements for micro-credentialing participants:
- Extra homework per course
- Extra capstone project (extra $70 fee)- information on the capstone project here
Learning objectives for this session may include:
- Analyze purpose and uses of metadata
- Outline components and needs of a successful metadata standard
- XML
- Identify three types of markup
- List rules for well-formed XML
Topic Area
Contact
learning@amigos.org
Session Duration
This course consists of one 2-hour session.
Contact Hours
2
Instructor
Emily Nimsakont is the Digital Librarian at Posit PBC, a data science software company. She previously worked as the Cataloging and Metadata Trainer for Amigos Library Services. She holds a master’s degree in library science from the University of Missouri-Columbia.