Pub Date : 2018-01-02DOI: 10.1080/19386389.2018.1454379
Lauren Manninen
ABSTRACT Digital Commons is a popular hosted solution for institutional repository creation in academic libraries. The platform enables libraries to create customized digital collections representative of their institutions, which can include research data. As increasing numbers of academic libraries seek to provide research data services to their communities, institutional repositories are used for archiving of research data. Digital Commons users are no exception. This article explores data collections in Digital Commons and evaluates their associated metadata. Digital Commons offers no standard metadata format for datasets. A review of data hosted in Digital Commons repositories found that there is a need for a standardized language in describing research data within Digital Commons Institutional Repositories.
{"title":"Describing Data: A Review of Metadata for Datasets in the Digital Commons Institutional Repository Platform: Problems and Recommendations","authors":"Lauren Manninen","doi":"10.1080/19386389.2018.1454379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2018.1454379","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Digital Commons is a popular hosted solution for institutional repository creation in academic libraries. The platform enables libraries to create customized digital collections representative of their institutions, which can include research data. As increasing numbers of academic libraries seek to provide research data services to their communities, institutional repositories are used for archiving of research data. Digital Commons users are no exception. This article explores data collections in Digital Commons and evaluates their associated metadata. Digital Commons offers no standard metadata format for datasets. A review of data hosted in Digital Commons repositories found that there is a need for a standardized language in describing research data within Digital Commons Institutional Repositories.","PeriodicalId":39057,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Metadata","volume":"86 1","pages":"1 - 11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91106285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-01-02DOI: 10.1080/19386389.2017.1401869
Yhna Therese P. Santos
ABSTRACT This article examines the perception of academic librarians regarding the arrival of Resource Description and Access (RDA) in the Philippines. Perception statements coming from various researches done on RDA were used to determine their sentiments toward RDA. The respondents were also asked to enumerate and explain their perceived advantages and disadvantages on RDA. In the end, 85 academic librarians from all over the Philippines responded. The findings show that Philippine academic librarians have mixed perceptions on RDA, as some of the respondents treat RDA as a feasible replacement or alternative for Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, while some are not quite sure of its compatibility with Philippine libraries.
{"title":"Resource Description and Access in the Eyes of the Filipino Librarian: Perceived Advantages and Disadvantages","authors":"Yhna Therese P. Santos","doi":"10.1080/19386389.2017.1401869","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2017.1401869","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article examines the perception of academic librarians regarding the arrival of Resource Description and Access (RDA) in the Philippines. Perception statements coming from various researches done on RDA were used to determine their sentiments toward RDA. The respondents were also asked to enumerate and explain their perceived advantages and disadvantages on RDA. In the end, 85 academic librarians from all over the Philippines responded. The findings show that Philippine academic librarians have mixed perceptions on RDA, as some of the respondents treat RDA as a feasible replacement or alternative for Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, while some are not quite sure of its compatibility with Philippine libraries.","PeriodicalId":39057,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Metadata","volume":"570 1","pages":"45 - 56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85699420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19386389.2018.1443414
A. Battista, Karen L Majewicz, Stephen P. Balogh, D. Hardy
ABSTRACT Consortial geospatial data communities, such as the OpenGeoPortal federation and the GeoBlacklight initiative, facilitate contextualized discovery and promote metadata sharing to disperse hosting and preservation responsibilities across institutions. However, the challenges of communal metadata are manifold; they include proliferating standards, varying levels of completeness, mutable technology infrastructures, and uneven availability of human labor. Drawing from literature on metadata quality control, we outline a procedure for “scoring” GeoBlacklight records to establish a Domain Specific Language for metadata best practices. We propose strategies for authorship and management conducive to functionally interoperable geospatial metadata, that is versioned and enhanceable by the collective.
{"title":"Consortial Geospatial Data Collection: Toward Standards and Processes for Shared GeoBlacklight Metadata","authors":"A. Battista, Karen L Majewicz, Stephen P. Balogh, D. Hardy","doi":"10.1080/19386389.2018.1443414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2018.1443414","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Consortial geospatial data communities, such as the OpenGeoPortal federation and the GeoBlacklight initiative, facilitate contextualized discovery and promote metadata sharing to disperse hosting and preservation responsibilities across institutions. However, the challenges of communal metadata are manifold; they include proliferating standards, varying levels of completeness, mutable technology infrastructures, and uneven availability of human labor. Drawing from literature on metadata quality control, we outline a procedure for “scoring” GeoBlacklight records to establish a Domain Specific Language for metadata best practices. We propose strategies for authorship and management conducive to functionally interoperable geospatial metadata, that is versioned and enhanceable by the collective.","PeriodicalId":39057,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Metadata","volume":"10 1","pages":"183 - 200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74584163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19386389.2018.1440919
Teressa M. Keenan, W. Walker
ABSTRACT This case study describes the several challenges faced by Library personnel at the University of Montana as they iteratively made an historical dataset available in the institutional repository in a way that attempted to optimize its discoverability, accessibility, searchability, and usability to current and future researchers. The authors will examine the development of this multi-media dataset collection in order to discuss the specific challenges and opportunities around: describing and making available an historical dataset, repository structures, metadata specifications, and accessibility requirements.
{"title":"Considerations and Challenges for Describing Historical Research Data: A Case Study","authors":"Teressa M. Keenan, W. Walker","doi":"10.1080/19386389.2018.1440919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2018.1440919","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This case study describes the several challenges faced by Library personnel at the University of Montana as they iteratively made an historical dataset available in the institutional repository in a way that attempted to optimize its discoverability, accessibility, searchability, and usability to current and future researchers. The authors will examine the development of this multi-media dataset collection in order to discuss the specific challenges and opportunities around: describing and making available an historical dataset, repository structures, metadata specifications, and accessibility requirements.","PeriodicalId":39057,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Metadata","volume":"1987 1","pages":"241 - 252"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82271173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19386389.2018.1440927
M. Mayernik, J. Huddle, C. Hou, Jennifer Phillips
ABSTRACT For libraries to become more visible and integral within the scientific data ecosystem, they must find ways to connect with external communities, systems, and standards. The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Library contains over 300 titles in its collection that are primarily scientific data. The items in this collection are largely bound paper historical weather records published and distributed by various national and regional weather bureaus. This article presents a project within the NCAR Library that made these data assets more visible and discoverable for the weather and climate research community. The project centered around the development of an assessment framework, based on geospatial and temporal ranges, with which to prioritize items within the collection for MARC-based metadata upgrades. The second component of this project focused on making these assets more visible outside of the NCAR Library catalog by contributing metadata records to a cross-NCAR data search and discovery system. We present an approach to conducting a transformation from MARC to the ISO 19115 geospatial metadata standard, and discuss how to make this transform more robust. If the value and utility of library-housed data collections like these are to be fully realized, library metadata must circulate beyond the traditional boundaries of library institutions.
{"title":"Modernizing Library Metadata for Historical Weather and Climate Data Collections","authors":"M. Mayernik, J. Huddle, C. Hou, Jennifer Phillips","doi":"10.1080/19386389.2018.1440927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2018.1440927","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT For libraries to become more visible and integral within the scientific data ecosystem, they must find ways to connect with external communities, systems, and standards. The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Library contains over 300 titles in its collection that are primarily scientific data. The items in this collection are largely bound paper historical weather records published and distributed by various national and regional weather bureaus. This article presents a project within the NCAR Library that made these data assets more visible and discoverable for the weather and climate research community. The project centered around the development of an assessment framework, based on geospatial and temporal ranges, with which to prioritize items within the collection for MARC-based metadata upgrades. The second component of this project focused on making these assets more visible outside of the NCAR Library catalog by contributing metadata records to a cross-NCAR data search and discovery system. We present an approach to conducting a transformation from MARC to the ISO 19115 geospatial metadata standard, and discuss how to make this transform more robust. If the value and utility of library-housed data collections like these are to be fully realized, library metadata must circulate beyond the traditional boundaries of library institutions.","PeriodicalId":39057,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Metadata","volume":"9 1","pages":"219 - 239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81949656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19386389.2018.1440922
Kara Handren, A. Leahey
ABSTRACT Many academic libraries support the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), offering new ways of interacting with geographic resources online. As these libraries host larger amounts of digital data, including maps and GIS, management and access become increasingly important. This article highlights and analyses the work of a group of Ontario University Libraries to inventory, digitize, georeference, and describe historical maps from the Canadian National Topographic Series. Specifically, we discuss the opportunities and challenges in describing these maps using the ISO 19115 standard, and the resulting access improvements which we argue are transformative for map libraries in the digital age.
{"title":"Disciplinary Metadata in Libraries: A Case Study Applying the ISO 19115-North American Profile (NAP) for Describing Historical Topographic Maps","authors":"Kara Handren, A. Leahey","doi":"10.1080/19386389.2018.1440922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2018.1440922","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Many academic libraries support the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), offering new ways of interacting with geographic resources online. As these libraries host larger amounts of digital data, including maps and GIS, management and access become increasingly important. This article highlights and analyses the work of a group of Ontario University Libraries to inventory, digitize, georeference, and describe historical maps from the Canadian National Topographic Series. Specifically, we discuss the opportunities and challenges in describing these maps using the ISO 19115 standard, and the resulting access improvements which we argue are transformative for map libraries in the digital age.","PeriodicalId":39057,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Metadata","volume":"9 1","pages":"253 - 269"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78440832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19386389.2018.1443698
A. Garnett, A. Leahey, D. Savard, Barbara Towell, Lee Wilson
ABSTRACT The potential for reusing research data is inextricably tied to how discoverable these data are to other researchers. Currently in Canada, cross-disciplinary discovery of research data is limited. This article discusses the processes followed and results achieved by the Portage Data Discovery Metadata Working Group in its efforts to support the development of the Federated Research Data Repository discovery service in Canada. Ideas around metadata standards, best practices for harvesting research data, developing common data models, and challenges associated with linking research data to other research outputs are explored.
{"title":"Open Metadata for Research Data Discovery in Canada","authors":"A. Garnett, A. Leahey, D. Savard, Barbara Towell, Lee Wilson","doi":"10.1080/19386389.2018.1443698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2018.1443698","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The potential for reusing research data is inextricably tied to how discoverable these data are to other researchers. Currently in Canada, cross-disciplinary discovery of research data is limited. This article discusses the processes followed and results achieved by the Portage Data Discovery Metadata Working Group in its efforts to support the development of the Federated Research Data Repository discovery service in Canada. Ideas around metadata standards, best practices for harvesting research data, developing common data models, and challenges associated with linking research data to other research outputs are explored.","PeriodicalId":39057,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Metadata","volume":"2 1","pages":"201 - 217"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85605807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-10-02DOI: 10.1080/19386389.2018.1439278
Erik Radio, F. Rios, J. Oliver, B. Hickson, N. Wallace
ABSTRACT The proliferation of research datasets and their availability in various repositories require metadata that provides sufficient context and organizational clarity to enable their reuse. However, datasets come in myriad forms, structures, and relationships. As characteristics of datasets vary across disciplines, it is reasonable to suggest that the methods by which they are discoverable by metadata should be informed by the considerations unique to differing research areas. As such, for their internal unity to be accurately represented it is necessary that their ontological characteristics be documented reflectively along the same ontic spectrums. This article will explore the relationship between metadata and dataset structures in order to illuminate ontic alignments between them and how this impacts contextualization. We will examine common data structures for dataset metadata and implications each contains. A survey of the types of datasets from the Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Geospatial Information Systems, and Research Software will be examined for their ability to be accurately documented by common standards, particularly in discipline-specific repositories. Similarly, an investigation into how metadata is being used in different contexts and how various systems help or hinder its fullest functioning may point towards challenges operating on a deep level.
{"title":"Manifestations of Metadata Structures in Research Datasets and Their Ontic Implications","authors":"Erik Radio, F. Rios, J. Oliver, B. Hickson, N. Wallace","doi":"10.1080/19386389.2018.1439278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2018.1439278","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The proliferation of research datasets and their availability in various repositories require metadata that provides sufficient context and organizational clarity to enable their reuse. However, datasets come in myriad forms, structures, and relationships. As characteristics of datasets vary across disciplines, it is reasonable to suggest that the methods by which they are discoverable by metadata should be informed by the considerations unique to differing research areas. As such, for their internal unity to be accurately represented it is necessary that their ontological characteristics be documented reflectively along the same ontic spectrums. This article will explore the relationship between metadata and dataset structures in order to illuminate ontic alignments between them and how this impacts contextualization. We will examine common data structures for dataset metadata and implications each contains. A survey of the types of datasets from the Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Geospatial Information Systems, and Research Software will be examined for their ability to be accurately documented by common standards, particularly in discipline-specific repositories. Similarly, an investigation into how metadata is being used in different contexts and how various systems help or hinder its fullest functioning may point towards challenges operating on a deep level.","PeriodicalId":39057,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Metadata","volume":"40 1","pages":"161 - 182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73685656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-04-03DOI: 10.1080/19386389.2017.1348783
Shuheng Wu, Besiki Stvilia, Dong Joon Lee
ABSTRACT Prior studies have identified a need for engaging researchers in providing and curating their identity data. This article reports findings from a qualitative study exploring how researchers use and participate in online research information management (RIM) systems and their requirements for information quality in RIM systems. The purpose of the study was to enhance the knowledge of how to design scalable and reliable solutions for research-identity data curation by examining researchers' motivations for participating in online RIM systems and contributing to research-identity data curation. The findings identify nine activity-related motivations for using RIM systems, five types of information-quality problems in RIM systems, and 12 information-quality criteria that researchers perceived to be important in RIM systems. This study also identified three levels of participation in RIM systems: Readers, Personal Record Managers, and Community Members. Design recommendations were suggested for institutional repositories and RIM systems to provide improved services.
{"title":"Readers, Personal Record Managers, and Community Members: An Exploratory Study of Researchers' Participation in Online Research Information Management Systems","authors":"Shuheng Wu, Besiki Stvilia, Dong Joon Lee","doi":"10.1080/19386389.2017.1348783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2017.1348783","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Prior studies have identified a need for engaging researchers in providing and curating their identity data. This article reports findings from a qualitative study exploring how researchers use and participate in online research information management (RIM) systems and their requirements for information quality in RIM systems. The purpose of the study was to enhance the knowledge of how to design scalable and reliable solutions for research-identity data curation by examining researchers' motivations for participating in online RIM systems and contributing to research-identity data curation. The findings identify nine activity-related motivations for using RIM systems, five types of information-quality problems in RIM systems, and 12 information-quality criteria that researchers perceived to be important in RIM systems. This study also identified three levels of participation in RIM systems: Readers, Personal Record Managers, and Community Members. Design recommendations were suggested for institutional repositories and RIM systems to provide improved services.","PeriodicalId":39057,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Metadata","volume":"64 1","pages":"57 - 90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78964786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-04-03DOI: 10.1080/19386389.2017.1353348
Mitra Pashootanizadeh, M. Kokabi
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to determine the appropriate MARC format for Farsi printed books and digital resources considering the present situation of MARC and information organization in Iran. For this purpose, a descriptive research methodology was applied and a researcher-made questionnaire survey instrument was designed to investigate the viewpoints of Iranian MARC experts concerning MARC use in Iran. A 5-point Likert-type scale checklist was for collecting the experts' perceptions about the importance of each MARC criterion. Iranian MARC experts were asked to express their viewpoints. The respondents were identified using the “snowball” sampling method. Findings revealed that by making some modifications to UNIMARC, we could meet the cataloguing requirements of the most widely used information resource in Iran, the printed book; however, due to the rapid growth of digital resources, the tendency to use them in Iran, and the limited capabilities of UNIMARC (i.e., having no link to digital resources and having no metadata schemes such as MARCXML, MODS, METS, and MADS), UNIMARC does not seem to guarantee a better future for development of library systems compared with MARC21.
{"title":"The Most Appropriate MARC Format for Farsi Printed Books and Digital Resources","authors":"Mitra Pashootanizadeh, M. Kokabi","doi":"10.1080/19386389.2017.1353348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2017.1353348","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to determine the appropriate MARC format for Farsi printed books and digital resources considering the present situation of MARC and information organization in Iran. For this purpose, a descriptive research methodology was applied and a researcher-made questionnaire survey instrument was designed to investigate the viewpoints of Iranian MARC experts concerning MARC use in Iran. A 5-point Likert-type scale checklist was for collecting the experts' perceptions about the importance of each MARC criterion. Iranian MARC experts were asked to express their viewpoints. The respondents were identified using the “snowball” sampling method. Findings revealed that by making some modifications to UNIMARC, we could meet the cataloguing requirements of the most widely used information resource in Iran, the printed book; however, due to the rapid growth of digital resources, the tendency to use them in Iran, and the limited capabilities of UNIMARC (i.e., having no link to digital resources and having no metadata schemes such as MARCXML, MODS, METS, and MADS), UNIMARC does not seem to guarantee a better future for development of library systems compared with MARC21.","PeriodicalId":39057,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Metadata","volume":"131 1","pages":"110 - 91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79198280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}