A user-friendly metadata quality control tool for the internet public library

ABSTRACT

The Internet Public Library (IPL) is crosswalking its metadata to Dublin Core. The quality of the crosswalked metadata will be unknown. The IPL is therefore developing a tool for metadata quality control suitable for use by LIS students who have little previous metadata quality control experience.

REFERENCES

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.7 Digital Libraries
          Subjects: Collection

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.7 Digital Libraries
          Subjects: User issues; Standards

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors

Keywords:
HCI, LIS instruction, dublin core, evaluation, internet public library, metadata, metadata quality control, user-centered design