1. Notes on Operations: A Case Study of ETD Metadata Remediation at the University of Houston Libraries
- Author
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Thompson, Santi, Liu, Xiping, Duran, Albert, and Washington, Anne M.
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Academic libraries -- Information management ,Dissertations -- Management ,Metadata -- Management ,Mediation ,Digital libraries ,Company systems management ,Company business management ,Business ,Library and information science ,University of Houston -- Information management - Abstract
This paper provides a case study on remediating electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) metadata at the University of Houston Libraries. The authors provide an overview of the team's efforts to revise existing ETD metadata in its institutional repository as part of their commitment to aligning ETD records with the Texas Digital Library Descriptive Metadata Guidelines for Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Version 2.0 (TDL guidelines, version 2). The paper reviews the existing literature on metadata quality and ETD metadata practices, noting how their case study adds one of the first documented cases of ETD metadata remediation. The metadata upgrade process is described, with close attention to the tools and workflows developed to complete the remediation. The authors conclude the paper with a discussion of lessons learned, the project's limitations, future plans, and the emerging needs of metadata remediation work., Over the last two decades, institutions have increasingly accepted electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) as part of a student's graduation requirements. Not surprisingly, the proliferation of these documents have prompted [...]
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- 2019