<BODY><P>So does this mean dc.creator can be used then?</P>
<P>Janet<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: Claudia Jürgen <Claudia.Juergen@ub.uni-dortmund.de> <BR>Date: Monday, March 16, 2009 3:07 am <BR>Subject: Re: [Dspace-general] dc.creator "do not use" -- why? <BR>To: Bram Luyten <bluyten@gmail.com> <BR>Cc: "Platt, Alice" <a.platt@snhu.edu>, "dspace-general@mit.edu" <dspace-general@mit.edu> <BR><BR>> Hi all, <BR>> <BR>> dc.creator is not used to store the information, who submitted an <BR>> item <BR>> to the repository. The information is stored in the item table as <BR>> submitter_id and in the metadata as dc.description.provenance. <BR>> <BR>> Sunny greetings <BR>> <BR>> Claudia Jürgen <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Bram Luyten schrieb: <BR>> > Dear Alice, <BR>> > <BR>> > dc.contributor.author is normally the default element for authors. <BR>> > I think dc.creator is being automatically completed with <BR>> information about <BR>
> > the user who submitted the item into dspace. So let's say that <BR>> I'm a <BR>> > librarian, submitting a bunch of different records in DSpace, my <BR>> name would <BR>> > be included in "dc.creator". <BR>> > <BR>> > For non-technical help with DSpace, there's a very good set of <BR>> DSpace course <BR>> > materials available here: <BR>> > http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/handle/2160/615 <BR>> > <BR>> > best regards, <BR>> > <BR>> > Bram Luyten <BR>> > <BR>> > @mire NV <BR>> > Technologielaan 9 (New address !) <BR>> > 3001 Heverlee <BR>> > Belgium <BR>> > +32 2 888 29 56 <BR>> > <BR>> > http://www.atmire.com - Institutional Repository Solutions <BR>> > http://www.togather.eu - Before getting together, get Tog@ther <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > 2009/3/13 Platt, Alice <a.platt@snhu.edu> <BR>> > <BR>
> >> I am just starting on a DSpace project in collaboration with <BR>> the IT <BR>> >> department at my institution. I am selecting metadata fields to <BR>> use and <BR>> >> would like to know why the dc.creation element is labeled “do <BR>> not use; only <BR>> >> for harvested metadata”. I do not understand; I would think <BR>> this would be <BR>> >> the most appropriate element for authors, regardless. If <BR>> dc.creator isn’t <BR>> >> being used, what is the default author element? <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> Another question – the information on the DSpace wiki is <BR>> largely technical <BR>> >> in nature. Is there a source for information for the librarian <BR>> side of <BR>> >> things that I might have missed? Best practices for metadata, <BR>> search & <BR>
> >> discovery, interface design, workflows, how to work with users <BR>> and groups, <BR>> >> etc.? <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> Thanks! <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> Alice Platt <BR>> >> <BR>> >> Digital Initiatives Librarian <BR>> >> <BR>> >> Shapiro Library <BR>> >> <BR>> >> Southern New Hampshire University <BR>> >> <BR>> >> 2500 North River Rd <BR>> >> <BR>> >> Manchester, NH 03106 <BR>> >> <BR>> >> 603-668-2211 x 2156 <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> >> _______________________________________________ <BR>> >> Dspace-general mailing list <BR>> >> Dspace-general@mit.edu <BR>> >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general <BR>> >> <BR>> >> <BR>> > <BR>
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