This virtual workshop will offer an introduction to descriptive metadata for digital special collections. We will explore the purpose of metadata, some common metadata schemas and standards, and frequently-used metadata elements for item-level description. The focus will be on practical advice for creating high-quality metadata records. The workshop will include hands-on practice with creating metadata; participants are encouraged to bring an item from their own collections to describe.

Students registered for the Annual Meeting receive free registration for the Spring Workshop. Students must email Sarah Allison to receive the free registration code, smallison[at]bsu[dot]edu.

For more information, visit 2023 Spring Workshop.

LEU and ARC credits are available.

Questions? siaarchivists[at]gmail[dot]com
Website or registration issues: watso217[at]purdue[dot]edu