UALC Geospatial Discovery Task Force
Final Report and Tutorial
Quick Guide: MWDL Geospatial Metadata Quick Guide
Report: Best Practices for Geospatial Metadata Creation for MWDL Cultural Heritage Digital Repositories
Tutorial: Instructions for Assigning Geospatial Metadata Using GeoNames.org
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Charge for the Task Force:
The Geospatial Discovery Task Force of the Digitization Committee of the Utah Academic Library Consortium is an ad hoc committee whose charge is as follows:
1. Identify existing geospatial metadata practices used by Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) partners and other digital libraries, as well as other disciplines and organizations.
- Identify areas for potential development and improvement (e.g., key issues and problems)
- Identify easily achievable practices that MWDL partners can implement in the interim before a final recommendation is made.
- Identify examples of map-based search Interfaces, successful and unsuccessful
2. Develop guidelines for MWDL partners to use in standardizing metadata practices to optimize geographically-based discovery of digital resources.
- Suggest steps for addressing key issues and problems
- Recommend revisions to the MWDL Dublin Core Application profile to accommodate geospatial metadata
3. Develop recommendations and instructions for creating map-based search interfaces or augmenting existing interfaces with map-based search functionality.
4. Identify and share tools related to geospatial metadata and the creation of map-based search interfaces.
5. Create the following deliverables:
- An online bibliography of resources
- Guidelines for MWDL geospatial metadata practices
- Recommendations & instructions for creating map-based search interfaces or search functionality
- Final report on the task force’s activities, findings, and recommendations.
Co-Chairs
Liz Woolcott
Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services
Utah State University
Merrill–Cazier Library
435-797-9458
liz.woolcott@usu.edu
Kristen Jensen
Electronic Business Project Manager
Utah Department of Heritage and Arts
801-245-7243
kjensen@utah.gov