[Dspace-general] DSpace and authority/headings control

[Wayne Jones]

We're just in the process of setting up our DSpace-based repository at Queen's University, and we are thinking of basic issues such as workflow, accuracy and consistency of metadata, and authority control. I've found a few documents here and there on some DSpace sites dealing with the issue, but I'd be interested to hear about other libraries' policies and practices.

Do you have a procedure in place so that the metadata input by submitters is reviewed by library (or other) staff -- and, if so, does that review entail standard authority control practices used in libraries, such as checking authoritative sources and thesauri for forms of headings?

Thanks,

Wayne

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Wayne Jones
Head, Central Technical Services
Queen's University Library
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room B100A
Kingston, ON
K7L 5C4
tel: (613) 533-2802
fax: (613) 533-6819
email: jonesw at post.queensu.ca