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| Materials for Instructors | Materials for Sponsors |
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| Trainee Manual [PDF: 6MB / 178 pp.] | Guidelines for Sponsoring a Workshop |
| Instructor's Manual [PDF: 3.2MB / 246 pp.] | Needs Assessment Form [PDF: 24KB; 2 pp.] |
| Powerpoint Slides [PPT: 4.9MB] | List of Trainers [PDF: 76 KB / 2 pp.] |
| Certificate of Completion [Word: 24KB / 1 p.] |
Course Description
Current Version: 1a (March 2008)
In an applied, exercise-based context, the Metadata and Digital Library Development course introduces participants to metadata implementation considerations and processes in a digital library development context. Course goals include:
- Understand digital library design and development processes
- Explore the relationship between data/metadata and system functionality
- Understand the motivations and strategies for metadata conversion
- Understand metadata workflow design
- Appreciate the role of metadata and metadata work in digital library development project
- Recognize the role and contributions of the metadata specialist on a digital library project team
Intended Audience
The workshop is ideal for practicing catalogers who want to prepare to serve as metadata specialists in digital library projects.
Course Hours
The course is designed as a two-day workshop, consisting of 11.75 hours of instruction.
| Last Update: January 15, 2013 |
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