Metadata
John Dingle
History Liaison & Metadata Librarian
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What metadata is and what it does
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Examples of metadata for historical collections
- Dublin Core, Omeka's metadata standard
Today's Class
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Metadata
Think of 5 more forms of metadata you've encountered in the last 24 hours
"data about data"
Find
Identify
Select
Obtain / Use
Petfinder Activity
- Go to petfinder.com/
- As a group, choose 1 pet to adopt
- List the metadata that enabled you to make this choice.
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Discuss these questions in your group:
- Were there any ways Petfinder could have organized their site differently?
- Was anything missing that would have been helpful to have as metadata?
Takeaways
Some metadata is for people to use
Some metadata is for computers to use
Metadata is created with the user in mind
Find
Identify
Select
Obtain / Use
Historical Collections
- Spend some time browsing these historical collections:
- What common metadata appears for many of the items in these collections?
- What do you like and dislike about these sites?
Metadata Standards
Dublin Core
Controlled Vocabularies
Thank you!
Questions?
HIST-1P50
By jdingle
HIST-1P50
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