Dear Colleagues,
You are invited to participate in a survey designed to collect
information on the practice of embedding
metadata into digital objects.
The purpose of the survey is to explore the cost and benefit of
embedding additional (i.e. LAM-generated) metadata into digital
objects, to the end of evaluating current practice and defining best
practices.
The survey consists of a mix of closed and open ended questions.
Participation should take between 15‐
20 minutes.
*Please follow this link to complete the survey:*
http://goo.gl/forms/okWuTIyTcN
Rachel Jaffe, Metadata Librarian, UC Santa Cruz and Edward Corrado,
Associate Dean, Library
Technology Planning and Policy, University of Alabama are conducting
this survey.
*Participation is voluntary; participants will have the right to
discontinue the survey at any point
without penalty.*
Information obtained from the online survey will be collected in a
manner that human subjects cannot
be identified, directly or through identifiers linked to the subject.
Data will be made available to the
profession; along with analysis of current practice and possibilities
for future research.
The University of California, Santa Cruz Institutional Review Board
has determined that this survey
qualifies as exempt from full IRB oversight.
No human subjects harm is expected to occur during the online survey.
*Extended deadline for completing the survey is September 30, 2015. *
Contact Rachel Jaffe at 831‐502‐7291 or [log in to unmask], or Edward
Corrado at 205‐348‐0266 or
[log in to unmask] with questions or concerns about this study. If you
have questions about your rights
as a participant in this research, please contact the University of
California, Santa Cruz Office of Research
Compliance Administration, at 831‐459‐1473 or [log in to unmask]
Regards,
Rachel Jaffe
Metadata Librarian
Metadata Services, University Library
University of California, Santa Cruz
1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(831) 502‐7291
[log in to unmask]
Edward M. Corrado
Associate Dean
Library Technology Planning and Policy, University Libraries
University of Alabama
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487‐0266
(205) 348‐0266
[log in to unmask]
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