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Report Of The Metadata Access To Digital Collections Task Force, Ardis Hanson, Ilene Frank, Charles Gordon, Susan Heron, Linda Mcrae, Jim Michael, Tom Miller, Pete Reehling, Sue Vastine, Walter Rowe Jan 2003

Report Of The Metadata Access To Digital Collections Task Force, Ardis Hanson, Ilene Frank, Charles Gordon, Susan Heron, Linda Mcrae, Jim Michael, Tom Miller, Pete Reehling, Sue Vastine, Walter Rowe

Ardis Hanson

The charge of this Task Force evolved from an assignment to “work with the Head of Cataloging to develop a plan to strengthen the output of metadata needed for digital and electronic collections." This assignment grew out of a concern by Derrie Perez, Interim Dean of the USF Library System, that there was increased fragmentation of the USF Libraries collections, with electronic and digital collections accessed by means other than the online catalog. This report examines the USF Libraries Digital Collections from its foundation, its overall strategy, and structure of the current system. This model will allow a fuller picture …