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Original Articles

Integrating Metadata Creation into Catalog Workflow

Pages 541-550
Received 01 Apr 2010
Accepted 01 May 2010
Published online: 23 Aug 2010
 

The University of Oklahoma Libraries recently undertook a project designed to integrate digital library metadata creation into the workflow of the Cataloging Department. This article examines the conditions and factors that led to the project's genesis, the proposed and revised workflows that were developed, the staff training efforts that accompanied implementation of the project, and the results and benefits obtained through the project's implementation. The project presented several challenges but resulted in an improved workflow, greater use of Cataloging Department resources, and more accurate and useful metadata while increasing the Library's capacity to support digitization efforts in a timely fashion.

Notes

1. Jeanne M. K. Boydston and Joan M. Leysen, “Observations on the Catalogers’ Role in Descriptive Metadata Creation in Academic Libraries,” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 43, no. 2 (2006).

2. Kevin L. Butterfield, “Catalogers and the Creation of Metadata Systems: A Collaborative Vision at the University of Michigan,” OCLC Internet Cataloging Project Colloquium Position Paper. http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/ebook/au/oclc/man/colloq/butter.htm

3. Boydston and Leysen, “Observations on the Catalogers’ Role in Descriptive Metadata Creation in Academic Libraries.”

4. Christine DeZelar-Tiedman. “Crashing the Party: Catalogers as Digital Librarians,” OCLC Systems and Services: International Digital Library Perspectives 20, no. 4 (2004): 145–147.

5. Jean Hudgins and Lisa A. Macklin, “New Materials, New Processes: Implementing Digital Imaging Projects into Existing Workflow.” Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 24 (2000): 189–204.

6. DeZelar-Tiedman, “Crashing the Party.”

7. Boydston and Leysen, “Observations on the Catalogers’ Role in Descriptive Metadata Creation in Academic Libraries.”

8. Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, “Educating Cataloging Professionals in a Changing Information Environment,” Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 49 (2008).

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