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Make Metadata Creation Processes More Effective Program

Total current projects: 2


Problem statement: Creating metadata that suits local needs, readily aggregates across communities, and is easily exposed to Internet search engines remains a costly enterprise. Metadata created by libraries, archives and museums is generally not available to the user communities that look first to Internet search engines. Although mapping data structures has become a commonplace solution to integrate descriptions, real interoperability across the libraries, archives and museums communities cannot be achieved without addressing differences of description at the data-content level.

Impact: Projects within this program will provide a common understanding of which data elements are critical to lead users to the resources held by libraries, archives, and museums, to information professionals responsible for the management of those resources, and to machine applications. Sharing best practices for streamlining metadata creation among diverse environments will help bridge disparate workflows.

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For more information

Karen Smith-Yoshimura
Program Officer
smithyok@oclc.org