Introduction

What is this book?

This book is designed as a quick introduction to authoring metadata using basic elements from the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative.

Who is it for?

It is intended for anyone needing an expedient tutorial on how to make a basic metadata record for a digital document. Particularly, this resource is intended for…

• Historical society workers and volunteers.
• Community archivists.
• Students in Library and Information Science.
• Librarians and other information workers who don’t work primarily in technical services.

How is it organized?

This book contains…

• A basic introduction to metadata.
• An introduction to a popular metadata standard, Dublin Core.
• How-to guides on filling out each of Dublin Core’s basic elements.
• Example metadata records for documents common to local historical societies.

Who made it?

The present draft of this resource was created by Caitlin Matheis, Bailey VandeKamp, and Micah Bateman through resources made available by the Institute of Museum & Library  Services, the University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science, and the University of Iowa Libraries’ OpenHawks program.

Citation:

Matheis, Caitlin, Bailey VandeKamp, and Micah Bateman. Dublin Core Quick Start: An Intro Guide to Creating Metadata, 17 March 2024, https://pressbooks.uiowa.edu/dcquickstart/.