Metadata Projects in the UW Libraries

• Metadata Guidelines: for people who want to mount digital collections using CONTENTdm software.
  
  
• UW Libraries Digital Collections
  • Image Collections
  • Data Dictionaries: metadata elements, their Dublin Core mappings, and data formatting instructions.
  • Digital Repository Collections
  
  
• Dublin Core in the UW Libraries Information Gateway
  
  
• EAD and Manuscripts-Special Collections-University Archives Finding Aids
  
  

Charge of the Metadata Implementation Group

As a committee of the University of Washington Libraries, reporting to the Head of the Monographic Services Division, the Metadata Implementation Group (MIG) develops and promotes the use of metadata standards to ensure reliable resource discovery within and across digital library projects. The Group will identify appropriate metadata and coordinate consistent application of metadata across a variety of software environments and resource types.

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