Metadata Principles and Practices Part 3 - Customization and Exchange: Online (04/18/17)

This third workshop in the "Metadata Principles and Practices" series covers the processes by which institutions customize existing metadata standards, exchange and harvest metadata, transform metadata from one standard to another and migrate metadata to a newer standard. Topics to be covered include: metadata quality factors, application profiles, the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, metadata crosswalks and stylesheets.

Learning Objectives:

Understand why institutions want to customize metadata
Analyze the role of application profiles in customizing application profiles
Understand the role of XML namespaces
Outline the process of creating an application profile
Learn methods of exchanging, transforming and migrating metadata

Target Audience:

Any staff involved with cataloging, metadata or digtital initiatives wanting an overview of how metadata is customized transformed, exchanged and migrated.

Interested in taking ALL classes in the Metadata Principles and Practices series? Follow the links below to register for each:

Metadata Principles and Practices Part 1 – Metadata Basics: Webinar (04/04/17)

Metadata Principles and Practices Part 2 – Metadata Standards and Types: Webinar (04/11/17)

Metadata Principles and Practices Part 3 – Customization and Exchange: Webinar (04/18/17)

Metadata Principles and Practices Part 4 – Metadata Relationships: Webinar (04/25/17)

Virtual Trainer: Bill Walker, Amigos Library Services

Bill is the metadata and digitization expert at Amigos. His courses cover all aspects of digital projects and metadata, including cataloging and RDA. Prior to joining Amigos in 1996, Bill served as Music Cataloger at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. He has a Bachelor of Music degree in classical guitar and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; a Master of Music in music theory and a Master of Science in library science from the University of North Texas, Denton.

This is an online class. Access information will be emailed one week ahead.

Cost: NEFLIN classes are free of charge for Florida library staff. Registration is required for all classes and NEFLIN members get priority.