* This culminating course is required to complete your micro-credentialing requirements. (optional) - What is micro-credentialing?
Do you catalog? Do you plan digital projects? Do you wish to better understand the role of metadata and how it works? In this 4-course certificate program, you will learn the purposes and functions of metadata, understand how XML is used to express a variety of metadata standards, explore various metadata standards currently in use, learn about customization and interoperability of metadata, and explore the importance of relationships in metadata.
To earn the certificate, you must complete the following courses (and this capstone project):
Learning objectives for this session may include:
- Analyze purpose and uses of metadata
- Outline components and needs of a successful metadata standard
- List types of metadata and their roles
- Learn methods of customizing, exchanging, transforming, and migrating metadata
- Identify technologies for articulating relationships in metadata
Contact
learning@amigos.org
Topic Area
Metadata
Instructor:
Emily Nimsakont is the Digital Librarian at Posit PBC, a data science software company. She previously worked as the Cataloging and Metadata Trainer for Amigos Library Services. She holds a master’s degree in library science from the University of Missouri-Columbia.