Is Quality Metadata Shareable Metadata? The Implications of Local Metadata Practices for Federated Collections

Shreeves, Sarah L.; Knutson, Ellen M.; Stvilia, Besiki; Palmer, Carole L.; Twidale, Michael B.; Cole, Timothy W.

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Title

Is Quality Metadata Shareable Metadata? The Implications of Local Metadata Practices for Federated Collections

Author(s)

• Shreeves, Sarah L.
• Knutson, Ellen M.
• Stvilia, Besiki
• Palmer, Carole L.
• Twidale, Michael B.
• Cole, Timothy W.

Issue Date

2005

Keyword(s)

• Metadata
• Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI PMH)
• Information quality

Abstract

This study of metadata quality was conducted by the IMLS Digital Collections and Content (DCC) project team (http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/) using quantitative and qualitative analysis of metadata authoring practices of several projects funded through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grant (NLG) program. We present a number of statistical characterizations of metadata samples drawn from a large corpus harvested through the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (PMH) and interpret these findings in relation to general quality dimensions and metadata practices that occur at the local level. We discuss the impact of these kinds of quality on aggregation and suggest quality control and normalization processes that may improve search and discovery services at the aggregated level.

Publisher

Association of College and Research Libraries

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/145

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant LG-02-02-0281

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