Files in this item
Files | Description | Format |
---|---|---|
application/pdf ![]() | (no description provided) |
Description
Title: | Repository Metadata: Approaches and Challenges |
Author(s): | Chapman, John W.; Reynolds, David; Shreeves, Sarah L. |
Subject(s): | metadata
DSpace institutional repository heterogeneity Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS) |
Abstract: | Many institutional repositories have pursued a mixed metadata environment, relying on description by multiple workflows. Strategies may include metadata converted from other systems, metadata elicited from the document creator or manager, and metadata created by library or repository staff. Additional editing or proofing may or may not occur. The mixed environment brings challenges of creation, management, and access. In this article, repository efforts at three major universities are discussed. All three repositories run on the DSpace software package, and the opportunities and limitations of that system will be examined. The authors discuss local strategies in light of current thinking on metadata creation, user behavior, and the aggregation of heterogeneous metadata. The contrasts between the mission of each repository effort will show the importance of local customization, while the experience of all three institutions forms the basis for recommendations on strategies of benefit to a wide range of librarians and repository planners. |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis Group, LLC |
Citation Info: | Chapman, John, David Reynolds, and Sarah L. Shreeves. 2009. Repository metadata: approaches and challenges. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 47, no.3/4: 309-325. |
Genre: | Article |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/13968 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/01639370902735020 |
Publication Status: | published or submitted for publication |
Peer Reviewed: | is peer reviewed |
Rights Information: | Copyright 2009 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. Posted with permission. |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2009-10-12 |
This item appears in the following Collection(s)
-
Faculty and Staff Research - University Library
Research and scholarship of the Library faculty and staff -
Presentations, Publications, and Workshops - IDEALS
Presentations, publications, and workshops relating to the IDEALS Initiative or its software platform