Auditing Diversity In Library Collections

Abstract

cultural heritage metadata literature and should be considered by local metadata designers and creators. These include using schema elements correctly, using data values that are machine-processable in elements that require them, distinguishing administrative and technical metadata from descriptive metadata, and documenting local practices. He also notes that metadata creators often use spreadsheet programs to remediate their data when needed and recommends the open source tool OpenRefine for this purpose. Highly recommended.