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Metadata for you and me: Section 2 - A look at sharing: The current sharing environment (Module Text)

Urban, Richard J.; Riley, Jenn; Shreeves, Sarah L.

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Title
Metadata for you and me: Section 2 - A look at sharing: The current sharing environment (Module Text)
Author(s)
  • Urban, Richard J.
  • Riley, Jenn
  • Shreeves, Sarah L.
Issue Date
2008
Keyword(s)
  • Shareable metadata
  • Interoperability
  • Metadata
  • Metadata aggregations
Abstract
Section 2 provides a history of sharing in libraries, why sharing metadata benefits users and institutions, and how federated and aggregated search works.
Type of Resource
Text
Language
eng
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/112874
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
This work was made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. Grant number: RE-06-06-0062-06
Copyright and License Information
  • Copyright 2008 held by Sarah L. Shreeves, Jenn Riley, and Richard J. Urban
  • Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Owning Collections

Metadata for You and Me PRIMARY
Metadata aggregations such as OAIster and the IMLS Digital Collections and Content Project have shown that metadata designed for diverse local environments may fall short in providing the information needed for useful discovery in the aggregated environment. Metadata for You & Me workshops assist metadata planners in analyzing and implementing the changes that need to be made to local metadata to prepare it for sharing with aggregations and other institutions. Topics to be covered include: the current state of metadata aggregation initiatives the "six Cs and lots of Ss" framework for shareable metadata an analysis of shareable properties for various classes of metadata elements practical advice for implementing these principles Metadata for You & Me workshops address the needs of library, museum and cultural heritage professionals in the creation, development and use of interoperable or shareable descriptive metadata. The content of workshops is based on the Best Practices for Shareable Metadata , an initiat