This introductory course provides students with an understanding of descriptive metadata through hands-on experience in creating descriptive metadata records for digital objects.
Among the topics covered in the course are
- Overview of descriptive metadata
- Outline of community-specific metadata standards
- Nuts and bolts of Dublin Core
- Hands-on creation of Dublin Core records for
- Images
- Audio
- Text
- ETDs
Possible audience includes repository managers, catalogers, or anyone who works with digital objects.
Skill Level: Entry