FAX: 310-794-9357
Phone: 310-825-4092
Head: Claudia Horning
E-Resource Cataloging Assistant: Gabe Cardenas
The Digital Resources Metadata Section oversees the descriptive metadata that facilitates the discovery, identification, evaluation, and selection of the UCLA Library's online resources. In addition, the Section also serves as a resource for other UCLA units on metadata for online resources.
Primary Responsibilities & Services:
- Documentation, training, and project management for the creation of descriptive metadata for UCLA Digital Library Program collections
- Metadata consultations (within the Library and the larger UCLA community) on the selection of appropriate metadata standards, and the application of those standards to specific projects
- Mapping between metadata schemas
- Ongoing education and training on emerging trends in descriptive metadata
- Coordinating & tracking the timely cataloging of online monographs, serials and databases
- Providing maintenance and persistence in URLs
- Managing the load of MARCIVE government documents and CDL Shared Cataloging Program records
- Coordination with Digital Collections Services on database maintenance for online resources
Guidelines for Digital Library Projects
