New MAP Clearinghouse resource

Instructions

This form will allow you to submit your institution's application profiles, mappings, crosswalks and metadata code as digital files to the Clearinghouse project[1]. The MAP Clearinghouse is a project of the Digital Library Federation (DLF) Assessment Interest Group (AIG) Metadata Assessment Working Group[2]. The Metadata Assessment Working Group aims to build guidelines, best practices, tools and workflows around the evaluation and assessment of (mostly, descriptive) metadata used by and for digital libraries and repositories.

[1] https://dlfmetadataassessment.github.io/projects/metadata-application-profiles/ [2] https://dlfmetadataassessment.github.io/

The following information will be used to describe your document(s) when on the Clearinghouse website. Please be aware that if you do not complete the mandatory portions of this submission form, we may not be able to include your document(s) in the Clearinghouse.

Within each section, replace "Type your answer here" with the requested information. You may use Markdown to format your text. Use the "Preview" tab to review, and then click "Submit new issue" to complete your submission.

Institution Name (required)

University of North Texas Libraries

Description of Institution (optional)

Resource Name (required)

University of North Texas Libraries Input Guidelines for Descriptive Metadata

Resource Type (required)

Select one. How to fill out: - [x] Best practice

[ ] Metadata application profile
[ ] Metadata mapping
[x] Best practice
[ ] Metadata schema

Description of the Resource (optional)

Please tell us about the document(s) in a handful of sentences -- what is it used for? Why does it exist? If you have a lot to say about your doc(s) (more than one or two sentences), please consider zipping your submission with a README file.

The UNT metadata guidelines provide in-depth formatting and usage explanations for each available field, with example values and related information. The guidelines apply to all metadata in the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Collections (https://digital2.library.unt.edu/search/) which include more than 3.6 million items available in three public interfaces: [1] The Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu/), [2] the UNT Digital Library (https://digital.library.unt.edu/), and [3] the Gateway to Oklahoma History (https://gateway.okhistory.org/).

Resource Version and Date (optional)

Please tell us if there is a version number associated with the document(s) and the date when it was released.

This version accessed July 7, 2023; current version at https://library.unt.edu/metadata

Contact Information (required)

Please provide a name and email address for a person whom the Metadata Assessment Working Group can contact with any questions about this submission.

Hannah Tarver hannah.tarver@unt.edu

Is there any other information you would like to provide? (optional)

Not sure if I should provide a description of the Digital Collections as the "institution" description instead of repeating info related to the docs?

Provide File Attachment (required)

Please attach your file(s) using the drag and drop or selection method described at the end of this box.

If your content exceeds 10 MB, or if you have any questions or feedback, please contact the Metadata Assessment Working Group through our Google Group. untl_guidelines.pdf

DLFMetadataAssessment / DLFMetadataAssessment.github.io