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Description: This six-week course is an introduction to fundamental concepts of metadata, including:

• Similarities and differences between cataloging and metadata
• Descriptive, technical, and administrative metadata schema
• Content standards and controlled vocabularies
• Approaches to metadata creation and transformation
• Metadata project design

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this course, attendees will be able to:

• Understand different types of metadata, content standards, and controlled vocabularies and their fit for purpose
• Describe content using a metadata schema, content standard, and controlled vocabulary of their choice
• Understand reasons and methods for metadata transformation
• Design a metadata project based on real-world scenarios that are provided in the course materials

Who Should Attend:

This is a fundamentals course that will appeal to anyone interested in the topic with no previous experience.