Metadata Documentation Practices at ARL Institutional Repositories

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author Kenfield, Ayla Stein
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contents Metadata Documentation Practices at ARL Institutional Repositories Kenfield, Ayla Stein Metadata Documentation Electronic Libraries Archives Research Libraries Academic Libraries Web Sites Library Services This paper describes an investigation into whether institutional repositories at member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) provide publicly available metadata documentation via the repositories' websites. The study compares the results of a September 2017 survey with findings from a review of ARL institutional repository websites. Slightly more than half of ARL institutional repositories do provide metadata documentation. Implications of the results are discussed, including specific research questions for moving forward. A call to reimagine documentation as a tool of transparency is delivered.
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spellingShingle Metadata Documentation Practices at ARL Institutional Repositories
Kenfield, Ayla Stein
Metadata
Documentation
Electronic Libraries
Archives
Research Libraries
Academic Libraries
Web Sites
Library Services
Metadata Documentation Practices at ARL Institutional Repositories Kenfield, Ayla Stein Metadata Documentation Electronic Libraries Archives Research Libraries Academic Libraries Web Sites Library Services This paper describes an investigation into whether institutional repositories at member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) provide publicly available metadata documentation via the repositories' websites. The study compares the results of a September 2017 survey with findings from a review of ARL institutional repository websites. Slightly more than half of ARL institutional repositories do provide metadata documentation. Implications of the results are discussed, including specific research questions for moving forward. A call to reimagine documentation as a tool of transparency is delivered.
title Metadata Documentation Practices at ARL Institutional Repositories
topic Metadata
Documentation
Electronic Libraries
Archives
Research Libraries
Academic Libraries
Web Sites
Library Services
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1233046