Digital Star Dust: The Hoagy Carmichael Collection at Indiana University

A metadata manager's role in collaborative projects

“…Further studies have made efforts to apply the principles of project management to metadata management and even utilize appropriate tools in the applications (Bennett and Sandore, 2001;Bloss, 2007;Frank, 2007). However, it is difficult to discover articles that focus on the discussion and exploration of the roles and responsibilities of metadata managers, although some articles may have briefly mentioned these as part of the overall description of their digital project undertakings (Bhandar et al, 2007;Bishoff, 2000;Brancolini et al, 2000;Calhoun, 2007;Colley, 2001;Kurth et al, 2004;Lytle, 2006;Murphy, 1998;Wright, 2004). Among others, Kurth et al emphasize the necessity of regulating metadata management as a special type of management for data and information and how to redesign the management of MARC metadata in a digital environment.…”

“…Bhandar et al (2007) concentrate on describing how social capital can be influenced as a motivator, an integrator, and a facilitator and what its role is in the management of collaborative projects. Both Brancolini et al (2000) and Bishoff (2000) use digital project cases to introduce the work of metadata managers in creating and administering metadata elements. And Lytle (2006) provides a more detailed coverage on each step of metadata planning, creation, and management in a collaborative digitization project she participated in.…”