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Findings from the Mellon Metadata Harvesting Initiative

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Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL 2003)

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Findings are reported from four projects initiated through funding by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2001 to explore applications of metadata harvesting using the OAI-PMH. Metadata inconsistencies among providers have been encountered and strategies for normalization have been studied. Additional findings concerning harvesting are format conflicts, harvesting problems, provider system development, and questions regarding the entire cycle of metadata production, dissemination, and use (termed metadata gardening, rather than harvesting).

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  1. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Martin Halbert

  2. University of Illinois, 1408 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Joanne Kaczmarek

  3. Digital Library Production Service, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Kat Hagedorn

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  1. NetLab, Knowledge Technologies Group, Lund University Libraries, P.O. Box 134, 22100, Lund, Sweden

    Traugott Koch

  2. Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,  

    Ingeborg Torvik Sølvberg

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Halbert, M., Kaczmarek, J., Hagedorn, K. (2003). Findings from the Mellon Metadata Harvesting Initiative. In: Koch, T., Sølvberg, I.T. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. ECDL 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2769. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45175-4_7

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