Keywords

authority control, controlled vocabulary, digital library, linked data, metadata

Abstract

In an effort to identify an automated means of updating and standardizing metadata within a digital collection, the University of Utah's Marriott Library and Backstage Library Works partnered to develop a service that would replicate the benefits of an automated MARC21 authority control project for digital library metadata. This paper will discuss how the process to update MARC21 bibliographic records was adapted to update data encoded in XML. Future directions for this project will include taking a close look at how it can be used to link URIs with strings of data in order to prepare for a linked data environment.

Original Publication Citation

Myntti, J. and Cothran, N. (2013) Authority control in a digital repository: Preparing for linked data. Journal of Library Metadata, 13(2-3), 95-113. doi:10.1080/19386389.2013.826061 Preprint: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/file?id=1293869