Savvy Management Part I.I:Managing your own metadata

Juliet L. HardestyMetadata Analyst

Indiana University Librariesjlhardes@iu.edu@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,

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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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Back it up!

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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? – metadata@iu.edu

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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