An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America Metadata

Metadata describes a digital item, providing (if known) such information as creator, publisher, contents, size, relationship to other resources, and more. Metadata may also contain "preservation" components that help us to maintain the integrity of digital files over time.

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Title

  • Main Title An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America

Creator

  • Author: Tarver, Hannah
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: University of North Texas
  • Author: Zavalina, Oksana
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: University of North Texas
  • Author: Phillips, Mark Edward
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: University of North Texas

Contributor

  • Organizer of meeting: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
    Contributor Type: Organization

Date

  • Creation: 2016-10-14

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This paper presents results of an exploratory, quantitative analysis regarding the application of a free-text Description metadata element and data values associated with this element within aggregated metadata harvested from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Physical Description: 11 p.

Subject

  • Keyword: metadata aggregations
  • Keyword: metadata values
  • Keyword: free-text fields
  • Keyword: item descriptions
  • Keyword: DPLA

Source

  • Conference: International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, October 13-16, 2016. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Collection

  • Name: UNT Scholarly Works
    Code: UNTSW

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Paper

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc910346

Degree

  • Academic Department: Digital Projects Unit
  • Academic Department: Library and Information Sciences
  • Academic Department: Digital Projects Unit
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