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Information Continuity: A Temporal Approach to Assessing Metadata and Organizational Quality in an Institutional Repository
Radio, Erik
Radio, Erik
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Repositories provide a vital infrastructure for an institution to aggregate and disseminate creative output, yet this task is only as successful as the effective organization of its content. The University of Kansas is currently undergoing a systematic review to analyze metadata and content organization in its own repository. This paper argues that for a full assessment to be achieved it is necessary to not view the repository as a fixed item, but as an entity with its own continuity. This temporal approach has a significant impact on establishing resource provenance for metadata policy adjustments, disciplinary migration, and resource extensibility. For any repository it is essential for ensuring long-term viability.
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This paper was presented at the 8th annual Metadata and Semantics Research Conference held in Karlsruhe, Germany, November 27-29, 2014.
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2014-11
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Springer
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Metadata, Institutional repositories, Time
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Radio, E. (2014). Information Continuity: A Temporal Approach to Assessing Metadata and Organizational Quality in an Institutional Repository. In S. Closs, R. Studer, E. Garoufallou, & M.-A. Sicilia (Eds.), Metadata and Semantics Research SE - 22 (Vol. 478, pp. 226–237). Springer International Publishing. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13674-5_22