Metadata Steering Group

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Charge & Membership
Library standards/content experts
Lib-metadata email list & archives
Minutes
Reports & Recommendations
Earlier efforts

 

Charge & Membership

The charge of the Metadata Steering Group (MSG) is to approve and maintain metadata standards for the Library's digital initiatives. This group also establishes best practices for data content and approves new local practices for the application of existing standards. This group engages the perspectives of Library experts in the various international standards (TEI, MARC, VRA….) and is responsible for keeping up with changes and adjusting mappings and the metadata schema for the UVa Digital Library to stay aligned with external standards. The Group creates short-term working groups as needed, which may consist of representatives of the various standards and/or content domains (science, music, etc.) along with MSG members. The Group distributes its minutes to the lib-metadata email list and reports its recommendations to Martha Sites, Associate University Library for Production and Technology Services, for discussion and prioritization among her managers' group.

Members:

Erin Stalberg, Chair (Cataloging Services)
Elizabeth Gushee (Fine Arts Library)
Janis Kessler (Cataloging Services)
Sherry Lake (Brown Science & Engineering Library)
Mary Prendergast (Music Library)
Bess Sadler (Digital Research & Instruction Services)
Thorny Staples (Digital Library Research & Development)

 

Library standards/content experts

Beth Blanton-Kent (Science)
Bradley Daigle (EAD)
Leslie Johnston (Central Digital Repository)
Carla Lee (Science)
Greg Murray (TEI)
Christine Routolo (TEI)
Judith Thomas (Images/Audio/Video)
Ross Wayland (Central Digital Repository)

Lib-metadata Email List and Archives

The purpose of this list is to bring together everyone involved with and/or interested in the creation of metadata and metadata/cataloging standards for the UVa Digital Library. The list is open to all in the University of Virginia community.

Subscription information
View the archives (the archive is only available to the list members)

MSG Minutes

The first meeting of the MSG was September 25, 2003. Minutes are posted here as they become available, as well as to lib-metadata.

MSG Reports & Recommendations

Policy reports and recommendations that have been approved by the Library's administrative groups.

 

Earlier efforts

Digital Library Metadata Review and Planning Group Report (5/2003)

Minimum metadata element standards, and initial recommendations on local practice.