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Metadata for your Digitization Project
- Stephanie Luke, the Metadata Librarian will work with you to determine a metadata options for your collection, with the assistance of a collection Librarian, Archives or a Subject Specialist as needed.
- This will be the public-facing, descriptive metadata associated with each item in the collection.
- The scope of this metadata will differ, depending on the repository into which it is ingested.
- This is the time to describe and contextualize the materials.
- Metadata creation – Based on the metadata options chosen, you will create metadata that describes each item to be digitized, including:
- title
- creator
- unique identifier (typically the BibID for bound materials, or box, folder, and item identifiers for archival collections)
- any other information that identifies the item, and places it in context.
- Here is where you would describe why the materials you want to digitize are important, and what you want the public to know about them.
Choosing an Access System for Your Content
