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Title
Experiences in deploying metadata analysis tools for institutional repositories
Author(s)
Nichols, David M.;  Paynter, Gordon W.;  Chan, Chu-Hsiang;  Bainbridge, David;  McKay, Dana;  Twidale, Michael B.;  Blandford, Ann
Abstract
Current institutional repository software provides few tools to help metadata librarians understand and analyse their collections. In this paper, we compare and contrast metadata analysis tools that were developed simultaneously, but independently, at two New Zealand institutions during a period of national investment in research repositories: the Metadata Analysis Tool (MAT) at The University of Waikato, and the Kiwi Research Information Service (KRIS) at the National Library of New Zealand. The tools have many similarities: they are convenient, online, on-demand services that harvest metadata using OAI-PMH, they were developed in response to feedback from repository administrators, and they both help pinpoint specific metadata errors as well as generating summary statistics. They also have significant differences: one is a dedicated tool while the other is part of a wider access tool; one gives a holistic view of the metadata while the other looks for specific problems; one seeks patterns in the data values while the other checks that those values conform to metadata standards. Both tools work in a complementary manner to existing web-based administration tools. We have observed that discovery and correction of metadata errors can be quickly achieved by switching web browser views from the analysis tool to the repository interface, and back. We summarise the findings from both tools' deployment into a checklist of requirements for metadata analysis tools.
Publication Type
Journal article
Research Centre
Swinburne University of Technology. Information Resources
Source
Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, Vol. 47, no. 3/4 (Apr 2009), pp. 229-248
Publication Year
2009
Keyword(s)
Dublin Core metadata;  Institutional repositories;  Kiwi Research Information Service;  KRIS;  Libraries;  MAT;  Metadata Analysis Tool;  Metadata quality;  Open access repositories;  Repository administration
Publisher
Routledge
Publisher URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639370902737281
Copyright
Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC (2009). The accepted manuscript of the paper is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. This is an electronic version of an article published in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 47(3/4). The final and definitive version is available at http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/.
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0163-9374
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