Achieving and maintaining metadata quality: Toward a sustainable workflow for the IDEALS institutional repository

Ayla Stein; Kelly J. Applegate; Seth Robbins

doi:10.1080/01639374.2017.1358786

Achieving and maintaining metadata quality: Toward a sustainable workflow for the IDEALS institutional repository

Ayla Stein, Kelly J. Applegate, Seth Robbins

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Abstract

This article documents the steps taken to assess metadata errors within the IDEALS repository. It describes the workflows established to create accurate and consistent metadata, focusing especially on the batch ingest and retroactive metadata remediation processes. It also seeks to address theoretical issues surrounding the concept of metadata quality.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	644-666
Number of pages	23
Journal	Cataloging and Classification Quarterly
Volume	55
Issue number	7-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2017.1358786
State	Published - Nov 17 2017

Keywords

DSpace
Institutional repositories
Metadata
Metadata quality
Metadata quality assurance
Metadata remediation
Openrefine
Workflows

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Library and Information Sciences

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