For FAQs and current status of services and policies see Metadata Implementation Group
Charge, membership list, and content links for the Metadata Implementation Group (MIG)
Charge
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.
MIG Members
| Diana Brooking | Head, International Studies Cataloging Unit, Cataloging and Metadata Services |
| Theodore Gerontakos | Head, Metadata and Cataloging Initiatives, Cataloging and Metadata Services |
| Anne Graham | Senior Computer Specialist, Libraries Information Technology Services |
| Erin Grant | Director, Cataloging and Metadata Services |
| Denise Hattwig | Head of Digital Scholarship, University of Washington Bothell/Cascadia College Library |
| Nava Khademisyan | International Studies Cataloging Librarian, Cataloging and Metadata Services |
| Ann Lally | Digital Collections Curator, Libraries Special Collections |
| Stephanie Lamson | Director, Preservation Services |
| Jian Ping Lee | Chinese Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, Tateuchi East Asia Library |
| Laura Lins | Media and Special Materials Cataloger, Cataloging and Metadata Services |
| Benjamin Riesenberg | Metadata Librarian, Cataloging and Metadata Services |
| Crystal Yragui | Science and Media & Special Materials Cataloger, Cataloging and Metadata Services |