Savvy Management Part I.I:Managing your own metadata
Juliet L. HardestyMetadata Analyst
Indiana University [email protected]@jlhardes
What is this… metadata?
• Describes, categorizes, organizes• Example• Store, preserve, migrate• Find, identify, and access later – (sometimes much much later after it’s mixed in
with all sorts of other stuff that may or may not be related)
Metadata as a Scholar
• Main goals– Track (and don’t lose) your research– Use your research– Share your research
Step 3: Profit!
Step 2
Step 1: Data
Field data • spreadsheets, proprietary software
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Interviews • sound recordings, text documents,
screen capture
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Citations • articles, books, web sites, digital collections, presentations
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• Based on feature– File format– Date– File name– Directory
structure
Finding things later
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• Based on activity–Writing a paper–Conducting an experiment–Analyzing a data set–Creating a presentation–Preparing a lesson/course
• No correct answer when it’s personal
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Tools (and people) exist to help
• Evernote – note-taking in the cloud• Zotero – citation management• Bamboo Dirt – more digital research tool
options than you will ever need• Tools for research on the go – IU Libraries• Top 10 tech tips for IU students - UITS• What is Metadata? – [email protected]
Sharing your research (when it’s all done and
stuff)
• Publications– Title, author(s), subjects,
keywords, abstract• Research data sets– Field data, spreadsheets,
image sets– Metadata standards– Proprietary file formats
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Manage your scholar profile
• ORCID• Google Scholar citations• VIVO at IU• Web of Science, LinkedIn, Academia.edu• Ask fellow researchers/mentors/advisors• Organizes research around the corpus of YOU
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