The Metadata Manual

Rebecca L. Lubas is Director, Cataloguing and Discovery Services at the University of New Mexico Libraries, where she coordinates a group of catalogers. Rebecca was previously Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services and Special Formats Cataloger at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries, and a founding member of the Metadata Services Unit at MIT. Rebecca holds an MA in English Literature from Ball State, an MLIS from Louisiana State University, and a BA from the University of Notre Dame, USA. She is the Editor of Practical Strategies for Cataloguing Departments. Amy S. Jackson is a Digital Initiatives Librarian at the University of New Mexico where she works with digital projects and the institutional repository. Prior to moving to New Mexico, Amy was the project coordinator for the IMLS-funded Digital Collections and Content project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Amy received her MLIS from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts and also holds a master's degree in music from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, USA. Ingrid Schneider is the Metadata and Authority Control Librarian at New Mexico State University (NMSU), where she has been working to lay the foundation for a dedicated digital initiatives unit, and works daily on building the NMSU Library’s inaugural digital collections. Ingrid received her MLS from Indiana University, and holds Bachelor’s Degrees in English and German from Ohio University, USA.

• List of figures and tablesList of abbreviationsAcknowledgementsForewordPrefaceAbout the authorsChapter 1: Introduction to metadataAbstract:IntroductionWhat is metadata?History of metadataThe types and structure of metadataMetadata languagesQuality control and interoperabilityWhere to go for more informationChapter 2: XML basicsAbstract:What is XML?How are XML records created?Other content in XMLWell-formed vs. valid XMLWhy do we use XML?XML example recordsExample exerciseChapter 3: Using Dublin Core: With information from the Dublin Core Metadata InitiativeAbstract:Background/HistoryChanges to Dublin CoreThe DCMI Metadata TermsExample recordExercisesAnswer keyChapter 4: Using Encoded Archival Description (EAD): With information from Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002, by the Society of American ArchivistsAbstract:IntroductionDevelopmentElementsExample EAD record (abbreviated)ExerciseAnswer keyChapter 5: Using Categories for the Description of Works of Art (CDWA) and CDWA Lite: With information from the Getty InstituteAbstract:IntroductionCCO (Cataloging Cultural Objects)ElementsExercisesAnswer keyChapter 6: Using VRA Core 4.0Abstract:IntroductionDevelopment of VRA CoreVRA Core 4.0 elementsExample recordExercisesAnswer keyChapter 7: The big pictureAbstract:IntroductionShareabilityThe semantic webRDF ExercisesMaking records shareableMapping and crosswalkingXSLTOAI-PMHExercisesConclusionWhere to go for more informationAnswer keyShareability exerciseOAI-PMH exerciseAppendix: XML examplesReferencesIndex