Metadata

ASLIB - The Association for Information Management
London, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' This course provides a practical introduction to principles and practice of metadata, using as examples the most widely-used formats.

what is metadata?
use and significance of metadata
metadata formats; some important examples
descriptive and subject metadata
metadata creation, indexing and cataloguing
creating and evaluating metadata formats
Why you should attend:
Metadata is one of the most important, but least understood, aspects of the modern information environment. This course demystifies the concept of metadata, and shows how and why it is used, in a variety of environments. A variety of commonly-used metadata formats will be demonstrated for example Dublin Core, and AACR/MARC - and the way in which metadata creation relates to the ’traditional’ library/information tasks of indexing and cataloguing will be outlined.

Library/information workers are often called to create metadata records; they may also be asked to evaluate, choose or create metadata formats for their organisation’s information. This course deals with both these topics, in principle and in practice.

On completing the course, you will be able to:
understand what metadata is, how it is used, and why it is important
be familiar with several widely-used metadata formats
understand the relation between metadata, indexing and cataloguing
be able to create metadata records
be able to evaluate and choose appropriate metadata formats
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