Establishing a Metadata Service Marty Kurth Cornell University January 2003

CUL Goals & Objectives GOAL II: Provide digital 'life-cycle' production services.

A mandate to metadate II.3. Establish and operate a "consulting to production" metadata service capable of producing metadata in a variety of formats to organize, manage, and preserve collections over time and to enable effective discovery and use.

The DCAPS Model

Another view of DCAPS

What we say we do Metadata Services provides metadata consulting, design, development, and production services to the Cornell community to increase the value of their digital resources by making them easier to use, share, and repurpose.

Answering the $64K question Metadata is well-organized information about your digital resources, including titles, authors, keywords, format, versions, and rights.

Reaching our clients The DCAPS Metadata unit increases the value of digital resources by making them easier to access, use, share, and re-purpose. The metadata process organizes information about digital resources, including titles, authors, keywords, format, version, and rights.

Thinking it through... Metadata can be important when your digital text, image, audio, or video resources have grown beyond a few selected files; you want digital resources with better categorization that are easily retrievable and readily reusable;

Thinking it through... Metadata can be important when you intend to foster collaboration with colleagues and students through enhanced information sharing; you expect your resources to be accessed for years, decades, or longer; you want the ability to re-purpose your digital resources for new uses.

Implementing fee-for-service Dividing work into pre-production and production Deciding on an hourly-rate approach Creating an invoice Establishing a work plan format

Promotion DCAPS print brochure DCAPS website Regional metadata workshops Learning and Teaching with Technology Expo

Who’s leading who? Weekly goals Shared responsibility for projects Collaborative approach Encouraging initiative

CU Staff Skills for Success Inclusiveness Adaptability Self Development Communication Teamwork Service- Mindedness Stewardship Motivation

Staying connected Maintaining ties to CTS colleagues (cataloging support, network administration, collaborative management) Building new alliances (D-LIT colleagues/clients, non-CTS metadata librarians, non-CU service providers, sub-contractors)