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Metadata and Digital Initiatives / UM Libraries: Metadata

MDI is responsible for the processing and description of items -- new and archival, physical and digital -- for the library's catalog and discovery services, and manages the library's digital initiatives including the Institutional Repository.

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Established Names for the Current UM Departments
Last updated: 2018-08-16
Metadata for Digital Projects
Includes 3 tabs: instructions, example, template

Best Practices

UM Libraries Best Practices (2016)
MDL Best Practices (2014)
Mississippi Digital Library
CARLI Guidelines for Metadata 2014
Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries of Illinois

DROID

PRONOM identifier
PRONOM is a resource for anyone requiring impartial and definitive information about the file formats, software products and other technical components required to support long-term access to electronic records and other digital objects of cultural, historical or business value.
DROID user manual
DROID is a software tool developed by The National Archives (U.K.) to perform automated batch identification of file formats.

Using Open Refine

Add space after semi-colon:

value.split(";").join("; ")

Edit cells > Transform

Remove ending period: value.replace(/\.$/,"")
Find and replace: value.replace("Text to find","Text to replace")

Remove the final semi-colon at the end of a field:

value.replace(/(\;)(\B)/,"$2")

JSON History Whitespace
This history covers both whitespace common transforms for all columns in the template.
Paste text into APPLY.