High-Quality Metadata and Repository Staffing: Perceptions of United States-Based OpenDOAR Participants

Digital repositories require good metadata, created according to community-based principles that include provisions for interoperability. When metadata is of high quality, digital objects become sharable and metadata can be harvested and reused outside of the local system. A sample of U.S.-based rep...

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Published in:Cataloging & classification quarterly 2016-02, Vol.54 (2), p.101-116
Main Authors: Moulaison Sandy, Heather, Dykas, Felicity
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classification
Digital
digital repositories
Interoperability
Metadata
OpenDOAR
Perception
quality metadata
Repositories
repository staffing
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Summary:Digital repositories require good metadata, created according to community-based principles that include provisions for interoperability. When metadata is of high quality, digital objects become sharable and metadata can be harvested and reused outside of the local system. A sample of U.S.-based repository administrators from the OpenDOAR initiative were surveyed to understand aspects of the quality and creation of their metadata, and how their metadata could improve. Most respondents (65%) thought their metadata was of average quality; none thought their metadata was high quality or poor quality. The discussion argues that increased strategic staffing will alleviate many perceived issues with metadata quality.
ISSN:0163-9374
1544-4554
DOI:10.1080/01639374.2015.1116480