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Collaboration from a data provider’s perspective

Collaboration from a data provider’s perspective. Jenn Riley Metadata Librarian Indiana University. Collaboration provides education. Learn from both service providers and other data providers Practical and theoretical lessons Selection of software

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Collaboration from a data provider’s perspective

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  1. Collaboration from a data provider’s perspective Jenn Riley Metadata Librarian Indiana University

  2. Collaboration provides education • Learn from both service providers and other data providers • Practical and theoretical lessons • Selection of software • Need to create “view” of metadata for shared environment • Improvements can be iterative • Community as resource

  3. Collaboration promotes quality • Demonstrates potential of how metadata can be used in a shared environment • Allows data providers to see the results of their efforts • Incentive for data provider to provide additional robustness

  4. Collaboration encourages innovation • “Two heads are better than one” • Innovations from each side can move to the other • Can negate the “chicken and egg” problem • Shared metadata can serve as a testbed for local improvements

  5. Collaboration sets priorities • Optional parts of the OAI protocol to implement • Adoption of new metadata formats • Exposure of new materials • Can de-prioritize things service providers normalize for their own purposess

  6. Collaboration poses challenges • Data providers must collaborate with multiple service providers • We can’t customize metadata for each and every service provider • Loss of control is scary • Project-specific guidelines not enough • Community-based standards and best practices needed • No hacks!

  7. The bottom line Collaboration benefits everyone.

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