Digital Collection Metadata Cards
Recall the core checks that make a digital collection findable, understandable, and maintainable.
Quality stack What four layers should a digital collection review cover? Collection, objects, metadata, and initiative governance. A launch can fail at any layer even when the scans look good. Internal vs user language Which title helps discovery? Keep internal identifiers in identifier fields; put user meaning in descriptive fields. Rights pressure Can we skip rights notes and just publish? We own the scans. A launch date is close and rights review feels slow. Treat digitization as the same as permission. Rights line Owning a scan does not automatically answer use permissions. A rights note tells users what they can…
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