Developing a Metadata Best Practices Model: The Experience of the Colorado State University Libraries

The Metadata Best Practices Task Force (MBPTF) at the Colorado State University (CSU) Libraries developed a core set of metadata elements and an accompanying data dictionary to facilitate a coordinated metadata management approach for a central digital repository of diverse digital objects. This art...

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Published in:Journal of library metadata 2009-01, Vol.8 (4), p.315-339
Main Authors: Rettig, Patricia J., Liu, Shu, Hunter, Nancy, Level, Allison V.
Format: Article
Language:eng
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Summary:The Metadata Best Practices Task Force (MBPTF) at the Colorado State University (CSU) Libraries developed a core set of metadata elements and an accompanying data dictionary to facilitate a coordinated metadata management approach for a central digital repository of diverse digital objects. This article describes the rationale for the Task Force and the process used for its work following a look at the background of digitization and past metadata practices at CSU. The article includes a literature review on institutional metadata projects and examples, and it ends with a description of the Task Force's ongoing work and plans for future assessment.
ISSN:1938-6389
1937-5034