Good metadata conforms to community standards in ways that are appropriate to the collection's materials, users, and future uses. In so doing, metadata supports interoperability while describing objects and collocating related objects. Examine the processes used to assess metadata quality and learn why some institutions may seek to customize metadata. Learn methods for exchanging and harvesting metadata and how metadata can be transformed between formats. Additional coverage addresses application profiles, the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), metadata crosswalks, and stylesheets.
This course is the third of four courses required to earn the Metadata Principles and Practices micro-credential and should be taken after Metadata Standards and Types.
* This course is eligible for micro-credentialing (optional) - What is micro-credentialing?
- Complete the following courses:
- Metadata Basics
- Metadata Standards and Types
- Metadata Quality, Customization, Exchange, and Transformation
- Metadata Relationships
- Complete extra requirements for micro-credentialing participants:
- Extra homework per course
- Extra capstone project (extra $70 fee) - information on the capstone project here
Scheduled Dates
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October 27, 2026, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Registation closes Oct 23, 2026 8:30am CT |
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- List characteristics of quality metadata
- Analyze the role of application profiles in customizing and documenting metadata practices
- Learn methods of exchanging, transforming and migrating 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.