Findings from the MetaScholar Projects: AmericanSouth and MetaArchive

Halbert, Martin

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Title

Main Title Findings from the MetaScholar Projects: AmericanSouth and MetaArchive
Added Title Workshop on Applications of Metadata Harvesting in Scholarly Portals

Creator

Author: Halbert, Martin

Creator Type: Personal

Creator Info: University of North Texas

Publisher

Name: Emory University. General Libraries. MetaScholar Initiative

Place of Publication: [Atlanta, Georgia]

Date

Creation: 2003-10-24

Language

English

Description

Content Description: Article summarizing major findings of the MetaArchive and AmericanSouth projects, two of the seven projects of the 2001 Mellon Metadata Harvesting Initiative.
Physical Description: 63 p.

Subject

Keyword: metadata
Keyword: harvesting
Keyword: MetaArchive
Keyword: AmericanSouth
Keyword: open archives

Source

Seminar/Webinar: Proceedings of the Workshop on Applications of Metadata Harvesting in Scholarly Portals, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Collection

Name: UNT Scholarly Works

Code: UNTSW

Institution

Name: UNT Libraries

Code: UNT

Rights

Rights Access: public

Resource Type

Article

Format

Text

Identifier

Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc78315

Degree

Academic Department: Libraries

Note

Display Note: Abstract: This article summarizes major findings of the MetaArchive and AmericanSouth projects, two of the seven projects of the 2001 Mellon Metadata Harvesting Initiative. This article will not deal with the activities undertaken in these projects, or the decisions to conjoin the two projects to form the MetaScholar Initiative, as this information has been reported in detail elsewhere. [Halbert, 2003] Nor will it recount the already public motivations of the Mellon Foundation in funding these and other projects. [Waters, 2001] What will be reported are the general motivations that led to undertaking the MetaArchive and AmericanSouth projects, the questions that the projects set out to answer, and what findings were reached, both expected and unexpected.