Learning from artifacts: metadata utilization analysis

Describes the MARC Content Designation Utilization Project, which is examining a very large set of metadata records as artifacts of the library cataloging enterprise. This is the first largescale examination of descriptive metadata utilization. Presents an overview of study activities and suggests the study’s significance to the broader use of metadata in digital libraries. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.6 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Library Automation—MARC ; E.1 [Data Structures]: Records—MARC General Terms Design, Human Factors, Management, Measurement Keywords library cataloging, MARC records, metadata utilization

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: JCDL
• Authors: William E. Moen, Shawne D. Miksa, Amy Eklund, Serhiy Polyakov, Gregory Snyder
• Keywords: Descriptive Metadata Utilization, JCDL 2006, Library Cataloging, Metadata Utilization