Fundamentals of Metadata 2025 - Session 3.0

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This six-week course is an introduction to fundamental concepts of metadata.

Description: This six-week course is an introduction to fundamental concepts of metadata, including:

  • Similarities and differences between cataloging and metadata
  • Descriptive, technical, and administrative metadata schema
  • Content standards and controlled vocabularies
  • Approaches to metadata creation and transformation
  • Metadata project design

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Understand different types of metadata, content standards, and controlled vocabularies and their fit for purpose
  • Describe content using a metadata schema, content standard, and controlled vocabulary of their choice
  • Understand reasons and methods for metadata transformation
  • Design a metadata project based on real-world scenarios that are provided in the course materials

Who Should Attend:

This is a fundamentals course that will appeal to anyone interested in the topic with no previous experience.

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Academic Library
Archives & Records Management
Cataloging
Collection Management
Public Library
Rural Library
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Urban Library
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April 28 - June 06, 2025
All day
$196.71 Core member, $224.10 ALA member, $249 nonmember
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