The group met 2-3 times this quarter.
Recent Activities
First Activity
Impact and Assessment for Fields in Metadata Standards
During this reporting period, work has been done to investigate and/or develop a system of analysis or best practice for asking and answering the above questions. A useful framework should analyze how a typical metadata standard contributes to the success of specific stakeholders and functions (users, content management systems, preservation, administration, etc.) It should also be bold enough to discuss level of utility.
It would be important to not only propose a system for analyzing this, but to also test it out across multiple standards to determine the efficacy of the system and its potential uses/misuses for metadata. It would also be vital to gather data across multiple institutions and database types using the same standards to see how specific stakeholders/functions change the value of fields.
During this reporting period, a literature review was completed and the group has been meeting to draft an analysis framework
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development, Member Engagement, Organizational Stability and Sustainability
What will your group be working on for the next three months?
During the next three months, the group will be working on a draft of the project executive summary and work out a timeline to have a working draft out for community comment.
Submitted by Darnelle Melvin on 01/17/2020