Using Metadata to Describe Digital Content

This is the fourth module in the Public Library Partnerships Project curriculum, given by Greer Martin, Digital Public Library metadata librarian and archivist at the Digital Library of Georgia, and Anna Neatrour, metadata librarian at University of Utah and former metadata librarian at the Mountain West Digital Library.

It covers: why metadata is important, basic metadata fields, using controlled vocabularies, and using spreadsheets for metadata.

The Public Library Partnerships Project curriculum is intended for cultural heritage professionals who are new to digitization. It was designed to provide useful conceptual and practical information about each stage of the process to a beginner audience.

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