Metadata: Software & Tutorials
Instructions for Customizing CONTENTdm Metadata Template
This tutorial may be found as a webpage here, and is also available as a video or PDF file.
OCLC Dublin Core Metadata Tutorial
OCLC has a simple PowerPoint based metadata tutorial available here.
Selected Metadata Schemas
Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd Edition (AACR2)
Cataloguing Cultural Objects (CCO)
Categories for the Description of Works of Art (CDWA)
Conceptual Reference Model (CRM)
Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)
International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC)
ISAD(G) (General International Standard Archival Description)
Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC 21)
Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard
Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
MPEG-7 (Moving Pictures Expert Group)
MPEG-21 (Moving Pictures Expert Group)
Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH)
Resource Description and Access (RDA)
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
Selected Controlled Vocabulary Resources
Cultural Objects Name Authority
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) Subject Terms
Library of Congress Authorities
Library of Congress: Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I (Subject Terms)
Library of Congress: Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II (Genre & Physical Characteristic Terms)
National Agricultural Thesaurus
Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) Controlled Vocabularies