Metadata Implementation Group

Charge of the Metadata Implementation Group

As a committee of the University of Washington Libraries, reporting to the Director of Cataloging and Metadata Services, the Metadata Implementation Group (MIG) develops and promotes the use of metadata standards to ensure reliable resource discovery within and across digital library projects. The Group will identify appropriate metadata and coordinate consistent application of metadata across a variety of software environments and resource types.

Metadata in the UW Libraries

• Metadata Guidelines: for people who want to mount digital collections using CONTENTdm software.


• Data Dictionaries (a.k.a. schemas, metadata application profiles or MAPS): metadata elements, mappings to external schema, CONTENTdm database configuration properties, and data formatting instructions for various digital projects.


• UW Digital Collections: online multimedia collections built under auspices of the University of Washington Libraries' Digital Initiatives Program.


• UW ResearchWorks: institutional repository at UW powered by DSpace.


• Encoded Archival Description (EAD) at UW Libraries: the use of EAD at UW Special Collections.


• Finding Aids for Archival Collections: EAD encoded finding aids, UW Special Collections.


• Local XML Schemas: Locally created XML schemas.


• Local Namespaces: Locally created namespaces for use with XSLT.

Members of MIG:

• Diana Brooking
  Cataloging Librarian (Slavic)
• Moriah Caruso
  Preservation Librarian
• Crystal Clements
  Science and Media & Special Materials Cataloger
• Theodore Gerontakos, convener
  Metadata/Cataloging Librarian, Cataloging and Metadata Services
• Anne Graham
  Senior Computer Specialist, Libraries Information Technology Services
• Erin Grant
  Director, Cataloging and Metadata Services
• Denise Hattwig
  Curator, Image Collections & Services, Libraries UW Bothell/Cascadia Library
• Kris Kinsey
  Special Collections
• Ann Lally
  Digital Collections Curator, Libraries Special Collections
• Stephanie Lamson
  Head, Preservation Services
• Jian Ping Lee
  Chinese Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, East Asia Library
• Laura Lins
  Special Materials Cataloger, Cataloging and Metadata Services