Welcome to LIS2407: Metadata Github

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

Articulate important concepts, issues, and terminology related to metadata theory, standards, and applications relevant to cultural heritage institutions;
Analyze and critically apply different approaches to metadata creation, storage, management, and dissemination within different information communities for different purposes;
Critically analyze and compare different metadata standards and their applicability to different contexts;
Create descriptive metadata for digital resources using selected metadata structure, content, value, and encoding standards;
Design and document metadata schemes and application profiles to meet the functional requirements of specific collections, projects, organizations, and communities;
Apply basic metadata quality metrics to evaluate the quality, interoperability, and shareability of different types of descriptive metadata;
Be equipped with knowledge and skills relevant to entry-level metadata librarian and metadata specialist positions in cultural heritage organizations.