Creator Name Standardization Using Faceted Vocabularies in the BTAA Geoportal

Laura Kane McElfresh

doi:10.1080/01639374.2023.2200430

Creator Name Standardization Using Faceted Vocabularies in the BTAA Geoportal

Laura Kane McElfresh

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Digital libraries incorporate metadata from varied sources, ranging from traditional catalog data to author-supplied descriptions. The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Geoportal unites geospatial resources from the libraries of the BTAA, compounding the variability of metadata. The BTAA Geospatial Information Network’s (BTAA GIN) Metadata Committee works to ensure completeness and consistency of metadata in the Geoportal, including a project to standardize the contents of the Creator field. The project comprises an OpenRefine data cleaning phase; evaluation of controlled vocabularies for semiautomated matching via OpenRefine reconciliation; and development and testing of a best practices guide for application of a controlled vocabulary.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	605-625
Number of pages	21
Journal	Cataloging and Classification Quarterly
Volume	61
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2023.2200430
State	Published - 2023

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Data scrubbing
FAST subject headings
digital libraries
map libraries
name authority files (information retrieval)

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