Metadata:
Principles and Practice
Programme
Features
This course
provides a practical introduction to principles and practice
of metadata, using as examples the most widely-used formats.
- what is
metadata?
- use and
significance of metadata
- metadata
formats; some important examples
- descriptive
and subject metadata
- metadata
creation, indexing and cataloguing
- creating
and evaluating metadata formats
Why you should
attend:
Metadata is
one of the most important, but least understood, aspects
of the modern information environment. This course demystifies
the concept of metadata, and shows how and why it is used,
in a variety of environments. A variety of commonly-used
metadata formats will be demonstrated for example Dublin
Core, and AACR/MARC - and the way in which metadata creation
relates to the 'traditional' library/information tasks
of indexing and cataloguing will be outlined.
Library/information
workers are often called to create metadata records; they
may also be asked to evaluate, choose or create metadata
formats for their organisation's information. This course
deals with both these topics, in principle and in practice.
On completing
the course, you will be able to:
- understand
what metadata is, how it is used, and why it is important
- be familiar
with several widely-used metadata formats
- understand
the relation between metadata, indexing and cataloguing
- be able
to create metadata records
- be able
to evaluate and choose appropriate metadata formats
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Companion Courses:
Building
and Deploying a Corporate Taxonomy
Organising Digital
Information and Knowledge
Constructing a Thesaurus
Cataloguing Practice
