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Authority Control For Digital Collections, Jeremy Myntti, Anna Neatrour, Nate Cothran
Authority Control For Digital Collections, Jeremy Myntti, Anna Neatrour, Nate Cothran
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Summary
- Metadata inconsistency
- Overview of authority control process
- Results and problems encountered
- Further work with Open Refine
Use Existing Data First: Reconcile Metadata Before Creating New Controlled Vocabularies, Jeremy Myntti, Anna Neatrour
Use Existing Data First: Reconcile Metadata Before Creating New Controlled Vocabularies, Jeremy Myntti, Anna Neatrour
Faculty Publications
The use of controlled vocabularies is essential in the creation of metadata for digital collections in order to provide consistency and ease of use for patrons and researchers. The University of Utah has been working to clean up metadata for digital collections to ensure that data adheres to best practices with the use of specific, controlled vocabularies. This has included a major data-cleanup project utilizing multiple approaches including a vendor's authority control service, data reconciliation in OpenRefine, and the exploration of different tools used for the creation and maintenance of local controlled vocabularies.