* This culminating course is required to complete your micro-credentialing requirements. (optional) - What is micro-credentialing? Do you catalog? Do you plan digital projects? Do you wish to better understand the role of metadata and how it works? In this 4-course certificate program, you will learn the purposes and functions of metadata, understand how XML is used to express a variety of metadata standards, explore various metadata standards currently in use, learn about customization and interoperability of metadata, and explore the importance of relationships in metadata. To earn the certificate, you must complete the following courses (and this capstone project):
- Analyze purpose and uses of metadata
- Outline components and needs of a successful metadata standard
- List types of metadata and their roles
- Learn methods of customizing, exchanging, transforming, and migrating metadata
- Identify technologies for articulating relationships in metadata
Instructor(s)
Elliot Williams is the Metadata Strategist at the University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries and Museums. He has more than 12 years of experience working in metadata and cataloging at academic libraries, previously having worked at the University of Miami and Texas Digital Library. Elliot has masters' degrees in information studies from the University of Texas and history from the University of Miami.